Abstract
Background: Workplace bullying is common problem that threatens nursing profession, nurse's health and ability to work safely. Aim: to assess workplace bullying among nurses in primary health care centers in Port Said governorate.Setting: Study was conducted in seven primary health care centers representing districts of Port Said governorate.Sample: composed of 61 staff nurses working at health clinics in the randomly selected primary health care centers. Tools of data collection: Data were obtained through Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised (NAQ-R).Results: Majority of staff nurses (86.9%) had secondary nursing education and 82% were married. More than half of the studied nurses (54.1%) were victims of workplace bullying, two third of nurses (60.6%) had bullied by patients and patient relatives and more than one third (33.3%) bullied by supervisor and manager. Conclusion: It was concluded from this study, more than half of nurses were victims of workplace bullying. There was no statistical significant relation between workplace bullying and socio-demographic data.Recommendation: Counseling sessions about consequences of workplace bullying should be held on regular base in health care centers.
Highlights
Workplace bullying (WPB) is universal problem spotted in different countries and several professions
Recommendation: Counseling sessions about consequences of workplace bullying should be held on regular base in health care centers
Butler, Prentiss, & Benamor (2018) who studied prevalence of workplace bullying among registered nurse and clinical partner had reported that both exposed to unmanageable workload
Summary
Workplace bullying (WPB) is universal problem spotted in different countries and several professions. It is form of aggression and actions that impeding a person's work (World Health Organization, 2012).There is no universally approved formal definition of workplace bullying, due to its complicated and multifaceted patterns (Branch, Ramsay & Barker, 2013). Workplace bullying is common problem that threatens nursing profession, nurse's health and ability to work safely. Aim: to assess workplace bullying among nurses in primary health care centers in Port Said governorate. Setting: Study was conducted in seven primary health care centers representing districts of Port Said governorate. More than half of the studied nurses (54.1%) were victims of workplace bullying, two third of nurses (60.6%) had bullied by patients and patient relatives and more than one third (33.3%) bullied by supervisor and manager. There was no statistical significant relation between workplace bullying and socio-demographic data
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