Workplace violence; discharge voiding.

摘要

QUESTION: I am a manager of a busy peri-anesthesia service, and I am interested in information related to workplace and horizontal violence. Education regarding this issue is an institutional and unit-based goal.Response: This is such a great question! Authors have written about the concept of horizontal violence in nursing since the 1970s. Unfortunately, the increased incidence of workplace violence noted throughout the country has brought the topic back to the surface. In general terms, horizontal violence is believed to be a symptom of oppression and the experience of powerlessness related to the historic dynamics of nursing and medical traditions. Horizontal violence is common in nursing because of the inherent differences between the primarily female culture of nursing and the predominantly male culture of medicine. The end result is a toxic atmosphere of those who oppress and those who have been oppressed.