A night shift supervisor points out a nurses faults to other ...

[frankwu]

A night shift supervisor points out a nurses faults to other coworkers. The supervisor frequently exhibits this behavior in the presence of this nurse. The manager of the unit has submitted a written warning to the supervisor.
 
  The manager labels the behavior as: 1. Lateral violence.
  2. Unprofessionalism.
  3. Lack of civility.
  4. Aggressive.

Question 2

A medical-surgical nurse is anxious because a coworker became aggressive toward the nurse in the break room. The coworker made false accusations toward the nurse. The most common source of lateral violence against nurses is:
 
  1. Rapists.
  2. Clients.
  3. Coworkers.
  4. Disgruntled family members.

[frogdreck123456]

Answer to Question 1

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Explanation: 1. Lack of civility is defined as uncivil or rude behavior. Lateral violence is defined as a coworker
who is aggressive towards others. The behavior is unprofessional. The behavior is
passive-aggressive.

Answer to Question 2

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Explanation: 1. Lateral violence occurs when a coworker confronts another coworker in an aggressive,
unprofessional manner. This could include physicians and other health care professionals.
Nurses have also experienced aggressive behaviors by clients and their families but lateral
violence pertains to coworkers.

[frankwu]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[jackie]

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