Bullying and workplace violence.

摘要

When I was a student nurse trying to get a blood pressure on a post-operative patient in recovery, the surgeon verbally chastised me in front of other staff because I was not getting the blood pressure fast enough. I also remember, as a young nurse, being choked by a patient's father because I asked him to leave at midnight, well after visiting hours were over. The attack was unprovoked and caused no physical harm, but it is ingrained in my memory because of the mental trauma it caused.