TY - JOUR PY - 2013// TI - An exploration of the workplace bullying experience: Coping strategies used by nurses JO - Journal for nurses in professional development A1 - Simons, Shellie A1 - Sauer, Penny SP - 228 EP - 232 VL - 29 IS - 5 N2 - 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.
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LA - en SN - 2169-9798 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.NND.0000433147.33631.c9 ID - ref1 ER -