Abstract

Colleague violence in nursing, identified as bullying, represents a significant issue. This cross-sectional and descriptive study aims to investigate the prevalence of workplace bullying among nurses and how these perceptions of bullying vary according to their individual-professional characteristics, frequency of support from managers and colleagues, and the bullying situations encountered. The study was conducted on 323 nurses, with data collected through an online survey using a descriptive information form and the Negative Act Questionnaire-Revised (NAQ-R). Descriptive statistics, Mann Whitney U, and Kruskal Wallis H tests were utilized for the analysis in SPSS. The findings indicate that the mean score of nurses on the NAQ-R is 35.61±12.34. Significant differences were found in the scale mean scores based on age, type of institution, unit worked, shift type, frequency of support from managers and colleagues, and the bullying situations encountered (p

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