By Kristin Hayes, About.com If you’ve never heard the phrase, “Nurses eat their young.” it’s only because you haven’t spent enough time around nurses. What does this mean? Well to be frank, there’s a lot of emotional abuse that can go on in the world of medicine. As a nurse you can often expect a …
Tag Archive: Bullying in healthcare
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Feb
22
2010
AU: Hospital to review bullying claims
from ABC.net.au Two external reviews will be held into the Canberra Hospital’s maternity unit. Nine obstetricians have resigned from the hospital in the past 13 months. ACT Health Minister Katy Gallagher met with a group of doctors at the hospital this morning to discuss bullying allegations and the workplace environment. Ms Gallagher agreed to two …
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Oct
22
2009
Laws needed to stop health-profession bullying, panel told
By James Thalman, DeseretNews.com An epidemic of workplace bullying in hospitals and clinics has gotten so bad it will take legislation to put a stop to it, members of the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Interim committee were told Wednesday. And, it’s having direct negative effects — sometimes fatal — on the care of patients, …
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Aug
05
2009
Nurse Abuse – Study: Half of emergency nurses physically assaulted at work
By Barry Carpenter, the33tv.com American emergency rooms, for patients, a place to get better, and for many nurses, an often dangerous workplace. The Emergency Nurses Association surveyed nearly 3,500 emergency nurses nationwide and found half have been spit on, hit, pushed or shoved, scratched and kicked. 25% have had it happen twenty times over the …
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Jul
23
2009
UK: Student midwives ‘bullied by senior nurses with gang-culture mentality’
from The Daily Mail Britain’s next generation of midwives is being bullied by senior nurses with a ‘gang culture’ mentality, a new survey has found. Student midwives say they are belittled and shouted at in front of staff if they ask for help – and that the abuse is ruining their self-esteem and confidence. More …
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