Citation

Simons S, Sauer P. J. Nurses Prof. Dev. 2013; 29(5): 228-232.

Affiliation

University of Massachusetts Lowell. University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/01.NND.0000433147.33631.c9

PMID

24060657

Abstract

This qualitative descriptive study explored nurses' experience of being bullied and examined their coping strategies. A purposive sample of 18 registered nurses who self-identified as being targets of bullying behavior was used. The authors found that nurses used a variety of coping strategies. An understanding of these strategies can assist staff development educators to develop interventions to eliminate this pervasive problem.

Language: en