Week 7 Discussion
The phrase “nurses eat their young” has been around for decades. The consequences of bullying include nurses reporting poorer mental health, decreased collaboration with team members, ineffective communication, reduced work productivity, and poor job commitment.
Do you feel bullying or horizontal violence is an issue in the clinical environment? Why or why not?
Discuss how the nurse mentor can promote professional socialization in the workplace.
In order to receive full credit, you will need to clearly respond to both parts of the question as your headings AND cite at least one scholarly reference in all of your responses. Do not use references without dates. All references must be five years and less to date.
Prompts should be 250-300 words, and peer responses should be 100-150 words each. References, citations, headings, and salutations are not counted as part of the word count. Be sure to cite and reference in APA 7th ed.
