An Integrative Review of Bullying and Lateral Violence Among Nurses in Magnet® Organizations. (August 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pfeifer, Lauren E.; Vessey, Judith A.
• Is Part Of: Policy, politics and nursing practice. Volume 18:Number 3(2017:Aug.)
• Page Start: 113
• Page End: 124
• Publication Date: 2017-08
• Subjects: bullying among nurses -- lateral violence -- horizontal violence -- workplace incivility -- The Joint Commission -- Magnet® hospital; Nursing -- Practice -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Standards -- Periodicals; Medical policy -- Periodicals; Health Policy -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Periodicals; Politics -- Periodicals; Public Policy -- Periodicals; 610.73
• DOI: 10.1177/1527154418755802
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1527-1544

Abstract

Over the past several years, researchers have postulated that Magnet® organizations improve collegiality and potentially could mitigate workplace bullying and lateral violence (BLV). In order to synthesize and evaluate the existing literature on BLV in the Magnet® setting, an integrative review was conducted. The final analysis consisted of 11 articles (8 quantitative and 3 qualitative studies) and revealed that researchers still use a variety of terms to define and measure BLV. Several of the studies used blended samples of both Magnet® and non-Magnet nurses, making it difficult to evaluate for response differences. The existing studies suggest that BLV continues to exist and remain a large issue even in the Magnet® setting (Hickson, 2013; Latham, Ringl, & Hogan, 2013). Future studies should examine the prevalence of BLV in both Magnet® and non-Magnet organizations and also explore the organizational factors that reduce its occurrence.