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Workplace Bullying among Nurses at Selected Hospitals in Port-Said City

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Nursing Administration

Abstract

Background: Workplace bullying is a universal issue that has negative effects on organizations, nurses, and patients as well; so, bullying should be handled effectively to reduce or avoid its potential negative impacts. Aim: The current study aimed toassess workplace bullying among nurses. Subjects and Method: Design: A descriptive designwas applied in this study. Settings:  The study was conducted in two hospitals affiliated to the Ministry of Health, now they are affiliated to the Universal Health Insurance in Port-Said Governorate, namely: El-Salam and El-Zhour. Subjects: The study samplewas 142 nurses. Tool of data collection: data were obtained through Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised (NAQ-R). Results: The results of the present study showed that 52.1% of the studied nurses were victims of work-related bullying and 40.8% of them were victims of person-related bullying, otherwise 42.3% of them weren't bullied through physically threatening behavior. Conclusion: Based on the results of the present study, it can be concluded that, more than one-third of the nurses were victims of workplace bullying and there was no statistically significant difference between workplace bullying and personal and job-related data. Recommendation: It was recommended to formulate work processes that nourish positive systems, justice, and respect; develop a formal procedure for reporting and investigating bullying, and develop a protocol for workplace bullying management.

DOI

10.21608/pssjn.2022.123977.1179

Keywords

bullying, Nurses, workplace bullying

Authors

First Name

Aya

Last Name

Nasr

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Assistant Lecturer of Nursing administration department, Faculty of nursing, Port Said university, Port Said, Egypt

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aya_nasr@nur.psu.edu.eg

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First Name

Sanaa

Last Name

Ibrahim

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Professor of Nursing Administration Department Faculty of Nursing Port Said University

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sanaaahmed@nur.psu.edu.eg

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First Name

Ghada

Last Name

Mohamed

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Affiliation

Lecturer of Nursing Administration Department Faculty of Nursing Port Said University

Email

ghadaghabbour@yahoo.com

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First Name

Rasha

Last Name

El-Sayed

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Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration Department Faculty of Nursing Port Said University

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rashamoheb@gmail.com

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Volume

9

Article Issue

3

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38284

Issue Date

2022-12-01

Receive Date

2022-02-27

Publish Date

2022-12-31

Page Start

66

Page End

85

Print ISSN

2356-8658

Online ISSN

2682-3241

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Original Article

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866

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Journal

Publication Title

Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing

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22 Jan 2023