Enemies of Ethics Equals Environmental Exodus, Part 2. Issue 3 (July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ramsey, Suzanne
• Is Part Of: Plastic surgical nursing. Volume 35:Issue 3(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-07
• Subjects: Surgery, Plastic -- Nursing -- Periodicals; Surgery, Plastic -- Nursing -- United States -- Periodicals; Surgical nursing -- Periodicals; 617.9520231
• DOI: 10.1097/PSN.0000000000000098
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0741-5206

Abstract

Abstract : Bullying and mobbing in the workplace have accelerated at alarming rates around the world in the past decade. Health care workers, nurses, managers, physicians, and owners of organizations, sometimes choose unethical methodology as a means to obtain personal and/or organizational goals. The consequences of these unethical decisions have a profound impact on the victim, by-standers, the organization, as well as the nursing profession. As a result, victims (nurses) often suffer from physiological and psychological distress, posttraumatic stress disorder, suicide, and erosion of professional confidence; patient's quality of care is undermined; nurses exit the profession; and organizations suffer from decreased morale, decline in productivity, financial loss, and a tarnished reputation.