The occurrence of lateral violence is usually perpetrated by experienced nurses, while the novice nurses are, often, the victims. Nursing students and the nurses that have been newly licensed are the most affected in these situations. Owing to the prevalence of this practice, it has become almost acceptable within nursing environs. Therefore, it usually goes unreported (Christie & Jones, 2014).
Accurate data showing the incidence of lateral violence in nursing circles is, widely, unavailable. Nevertheless, more recent reports show that the vice is widespread, and ranges from 65% to 80%; judging from the nurses that were surveyed. A research conducted among students in junior nursing illustrates that lateral violence incidents happens as soon as the first interaction between the student nurse and the experienced nurse they are meant to work under or with. Graduate nurses encounter LV, and reported a high absenteeism rate. Some of them even contemplated quitting the profession (Becher & Visovsky, 2012). It is also noted that LV extends to other staff within the healthcare settings. It may also involve doctors and staffing supervisors who were found to represent 49.1% and 26.9% respectively. Yet, it has also been found that lateral violence is not a preserve of lateral positioning. The vice has been noted to extend from nursing fraternity leadership to other staff under supervision (Becher & Visovsky, 2012).
Analysis of EBP Findings The findings of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) regarding lateral violence unequivocally denote that it is noxious throughout the nursing profession. Moreover, the harm caused by this phenomenon is destructive on myriad levels. Firstly, evidence indicates that lateral violence occurs with alarming frequency -- so much so, in fact, that it is difficult to report because of its exceedingly high rate of incidence. Moreover, the repercussions of this occurrence
PICO The PICO question for this study is: Among nurses, how effective is nursing peer review as compared a basic civility tutorial intervention in moderating lateral violence and incivility in the workplace? Introduction: Key Issues How Incivility Impacts the Nursing Profession The issue of incivility in the workplace is one that affects all stakeholders in nursing—from supervisors to nurses on down to patients. Allen, Holland and Reynolds (2015) found, for instance, that when incivility
Violence A Concept Analysis of Lateral Violence Describe the study and how it relates to your area of nursing. As a practicing nurse in the field for 12 years, I can report firsthand to the negative impact that lateral violence has on the quality of experience and treatment in a healthcare context. Indeed, the study in question here, by Embree & White (2010), concerns the destructive consequences of unrestrained lateral violence in
Introduction Lateral violence includes all acts of intimidation, humiliation bullying, unwarranted criticism and angry outbursts among other forms from a worker directed to another working (Clarke, 2014). In my current practice, most experienced nurses often feel superior to their inexperienced junior nurses. Therefore, they treat them with contempt as they feel they are more knowledgeable than them. For instance, one nurse may respond with an outburst on anyone enquiring of something
Violence MORE THAN A BRAWL A long-standing epidemic, which is recognized and addressed after 25 years, may be as serious as the diseases, which the healthcare industry has been zealously combating. It is called lateral violence or LV. It is hostility in both verbal and physical forms dealt by nurses upon fellow nurses under them, on the same level and among themselves. Six authors discuss its causes, forms, frequency, the victims,
Intimidating communication is definitely present within my work place. Student nurses and new staff have often been the victims of bullying that is coming from actual nursing and facility staff that have been on location for long periods of time. Such situations have been witnessed by not only the student nurses working within the facility, but also by the patients and senior staff members Patients see the lateral violence first