Jenna, a registered nurse (RN) has been accused of gossiping and ...

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Jenna, a registered nurse (RN) has been accused of gossiping and bullying a new graduate RN on her unit. This type of workplace violence is called _____ violence.
 
  a. horizontal
  b. co-worker
  c. threatening
  d. nurse to nurse

Question 2

The head nurse and a staff nurse are having a conflict over how to use and apply a new procedure for dressings in the medical/surgical unit. The staff nurse wishes to use the new pro-cedure based on newly released nursing research.
 
  The head nurse wishes to use a protocol that has been used in the department for a number of years. The head nurse later makes comments to other staff on her unit about the credibility of the staff nurse. This behavior is associated with: a. Lateral violence.
  b. Horizontal violence.
  c. Confrontation.
  d. Bullying.

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Answer to Question 1

A
A major source of violence against nurses is horizontal, or lateral, violence from other nurses. Horizontal violence consists of antagonistic behaviors as a result of historical, geographic, gend-er-related, and workplace-related issues. The behaviors may include gossip, innuendo (verbal and nonverbal), scapegoating, passive-aggressiveness, disrespecting privacy, and bullying (Walrafen et al., 2012; Weinand, 2010).

Answer to Question 2

D
Bullying involves aggressive or destructive behavior or psychological harassment of a recipient who is in a position of power differential with the perpetrator (the head nurse). Bullying is closely related to lateral or horizontal violence and involves such behaviors as incivility or inti-midation.