NUR 302 Nursing

Topic Name is Horizontal Violence

Thesis Statement: Organizational Policies that are implemented to avoid the effects of horizontal violence in nursing

 

Effects of Horizontal Violence in Nursing 

 

Organizational Policies to avoid Horizontal violence in nursing:

Introduction: 

The horizontal violence in nursing is defined as the act of undesired abuse and violence act that are take place within the workplace. In this types of cases of the act the bullying is being repeated over several times that is caused aggression. With the help of most of the acts this can help to deal with effective acts. It is important for the nurses within an organization to work with each other in order having a common goal and objective that will help to have a positive attitude. Nevertheless, there are instances of negative workplace experience that is generally generated due to the act of aggression among the employees (Price, 2015).

The current assignment will mainly focus on the organizational policies that are being implemented in order to minimize the adverse effects that are associated with the horizontal violence that can have   

Effects of Horizontal Violence in Nursing 

There has been a strong violent effect of horizontal violence of nursing especially for the new graduate students, who are constantly under the challenge of persuasive and bullying. There has been a great challenge and interpersonal conflict that had a severe negative impact on the psychology of the newly selected nurse.

According to Volz et al., (2017), the physical and verbal abuse can look at the confidence of the newly selected nurses and also demotivate their working capability. In spite of Huge numbers of nurses been qualified every year in the United States the rate of nurses who are leaving their job are increasing every year due to the fact that they are not able to withstand the adverse effect of physical and mental abuse. High level of the motivation among the currently working nurses also lowering their performance capability.

Organizational Policies to avoid Horizontal violence in nursing:

Purpora and Blegen (2015), have mentioned about the zero tolerance policy that has been implemented by several Healthcare organisations in the United States in order to counter the effect of horizontal violence among the nurses. This policy can help to ensure that the individual responsible for the horizontal violence. The implication of this policy needs to be legally maintained in order to ensure that all the victims of horizontal balance are able to raise their complaints. The effect of interpersonal violence among the nurses can also be reduced significantly with the help of the zero tolerance policy and also ensure that healthy environment is maintained within the workplace of the Health Care Unit. The American Nursing Association have prepared the guidelines for zero tolerance policy in order to ensure the safety of the patient along with the nurses from the effects of horizontal violence.

All types of workplace violence along with verbal attacks are included within the policies that are implemented by the nursing Association (Becher & Visovsky, 2012).

Conclusion: 

Hence, it can be concluded that the horizontal balance is one of the major challenge encountered by newly qualified nurses that can cause de-motivation and higher rate of turnover among the American nurses. Zero tolerance policy is one of the effective legal action that can be used to prevent the effect of horizontal balance.

References: 

Becher, J., & Visovsky, C. (2012). Horizontal violence in nursing. Medsurg nursing, 21(4), 210.

Price, B. J. (2015). Horizontal violence in nursing: policy implications.

Purpora, C., & Blegen, M. A. (2015). Job satisfaction and horizontal violence in hospital staff registered nurses: the mediating role of peer relationships. Journal of clinical nursing, 24(15-16), 2286-2294.

Volz, N. B., Fringer, R., Walters, B., & Kowalenko, T. (2017). Prevalence of horizontal violence among emergency attending physicians, residents, and physician assistants. Western journal of emergency medicine, 18(2), 213.