Relationship between Workplace Bullying against Nurses and their Bullying Behaviors towards Children

Egyptian Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences Pub Date : 2022-07-01 DOI:10.21608/ejnhs.2022.251413

Marwa Abouheiba, Maha Elshater, A. Elsharkawy

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Introduction: Pediatric nurses may stumble upon more than one complaint because of bullying in their workplaces. Workplace bullying of pediatric nurses leads to direct negative impact on their relationship with the children under care and their parents. Aim: To find out the relationship between workplace bullying against nurses and their bullying behaviors towards children. Design: A descriptive correlational research design was used. Settings: Six Pediatric Medical Units of Alexandria University Child’s Hospital (AUCH) at Elshatby, Alexandria, Egypt. Subjects: All staff nurses (120) who worked with children in the previously mentioned settings. Tools: Three tools were used, Tool I: Nurses’ Characteristics Structured Interview Schedule, Tool II: Workplace Bullying Scale, and Tool III: Nurses’ Bullying Behaviors towards Children Observational Checklist. Method: Every nurse was interviewed individually to collect data about nurses’ characteristics. The Arabic translated Workplace Bullying Scale was disseminated to every studied nurse individually and it was filled down by the self-report method. Every studied nurse was observed individually for three times in three different shifts to assess his/her bullying behaviors towards children using Nurses’ Bullying Behaviors towards Children Observational Checklist. Results: The total score of Workplace Bullying Scale showed that 65.8% of participating nurses had been bullied during their work hours. Nurses’ bullying towards children was scored as 14.2%, 33.1%, 32.5% for the physical, verbal, and social behaviors respectively. There was a weak positive correlation between the total score of workplace bullying against nurses and their total score of bullying behaviors towards children with χ2 = 4.003, P= 0.04 and r=0.1. Conclusions: There was a significant positive correlation between workplace bullying against nurses and their bullying behaviors towards children. The strongest correlation was between workplace bullying and verbal bullying behaviors. The most common verbal bullying behaviors against children were name-calling and intimidation.

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护士职场霸凌与儿童霸凌行为的关系

儿科护士可能会偶然发现不止一个投诉，因为在他们的工作场所欺凌。儿科护士的职场欺凌直接影响其与被护理儿童及其父母的关系。目的:探讨护士职场霸凌与儿童霸凌行为的关系。设计:采用描述性相关研究设计。环境:埃及亚历山大市埃尔沙比的亚历山大大学儿童医院(AUCH)的六个儿科医疗单位。对象:在上述环境中与儿童一起工作的所有护士(120人)。工具:使用了三个工具，工具一:护士特征结构化访谈表，工具二:工作场所欺凌量表，工具三:护士对儿童的欺凌行为观察表。方法:对每位护士进行单独访谈，收集护士特点资料。将翻译成阿拉伯文的《职场欺凌量表》分发给每一位被研究护士，并采用自我报告法填写。采用《护士对儿童欺凌行为观察表》，对每名被研究护士进行3次轮班观察，评估其对儿童的欺凌行为。结果:《工作场所欺凌量表》总分显示，65.8%的受访护士曾在工作时间内遭受过欺凌。护士对儿童的欺凌在身体、言语和社会行为方面的得分分别为14.2%、33.1%和32.5%。护士职场欺凌总分与儿童欺凌行为总分呈弱正相关，χ2 = 4.003, P= 0.04, r=0.1。结论:工作场所对护士的欺凌与其对儿童的欺凌行为存在显著正相关。工作场所欺凌与言语欺凌行为之间的相关性最强。对儿童最常见的言语欺凌行为是辱骂和恐吓。

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