Doctors, Nurses, and the Ethics of Bullying « The Nursing Ethics Blog

Bullying, or even subtler forms of interpersonal conflict, can be common in any kind of workplace. But it’s particularly corrosive, and dangerous, in healthcare settings, where effective teamwork really can make the difference between life and death.

See this editorial by Theresa Brown, for the NY Times: Physician, Heel Thyself

…while most doctors clearly respect their colleagues on the nursing staff, every nurse knows at least one, if not many, who don’t.

Indeed, every nurse has a story like mine, and most of us have several. A nurse I know, attempting to clarify an order, was told, “When you have ‘M.D.’ after your name, then you can talk to me.” A doctor dismissed another’s complaint by simply saying, “I’m important.”

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Physician, Heel Thyself - NYTimes.com, Theresa Brown, RN

IT was morning rounds in the hospital and the entire medical team stood in the patient’s room. A test result was late, and the patient, a friendly, middle-aged man, jokingly asked his doctor whom he should yell at.

Turning and pointing at the patient’s nurse, the doctor replied, “If you want to scream at anyone, scream at her.”

This vignette is not a scene from the medical drama “House,” nor did it take place 30 years ago, when nurses were considered subservient to doctors. Rather, it happened just a few months ago, at my hospital, to me.

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On the Job by Anita Bruzzese: 6 Ways to Handle Criticism at Work

"If something is bothering the boss, you've got to find out what it is," she says. "That's why it's so important that you ask questions, trying to narrow down exactly what is the problem. Don't let the boss talk about past issues because there's nothing you can do about that. Keep him focused on what must be done in the future."

Rosenberg, author of From Rage to Resolution, (iUniverse, $23.95), offers more tips when dealing with criticism at work:

• Control your body language. Don't clench your teeth or fists or cross your arms while listening. Try to sit next to the boss if he's offering feedback such as in a performance review. This sets a more friendly, equitable tone.

• Don't become defensive. Justifying yourself is a waste of time, as is trying to blame someone else.

• Focus on the problem. When the speaker is done, ask questions and then rephrase the issue: "As I understand it, you are concerned about (this problem) and you would like me to (state solution). Is that correct?"

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Nurses Long Work Hours, Scheduling Can Increase Patient Mortality

A new study has found that patient deaths from pneumonia and acute myocardial infarction were significantly more likely in hospitals where nurses reported schedules with long work hours. The finding was just one of several revelations from a study of nurses' work schedules, patient outcomes, and staffing led by University of Maryland School of Nursing researchers in collaboration with researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

The study is the latest in ongoing research on nurse scheduling and staffing funded by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing. In the current study, Alison Trinkoff, ScD, MPH, RN, FAAN, professor at the School, and co-authors Meg Johantgen, PhD, RN; Carla Storr, PhD, MPH, RN; Yulan Liang, PhD; Ayse Gurses, PhD;and Kihye Han, MD, RN shifted their focus from the effects on nurses in previous studies to patient well-being.

The team linked patient outcome and staffing information from 71 acute-care hospitals in two representative states (Illinois and North Carolina) with the survey responses of 633 randomly selected nurses who worked in these hospitals. Their findings are published in "Nurses' Work Schedule Characteristics, Nurse Staffing, and Patient Mortality," in the January/February issue of the journal Nursing Research. Most U.S. hospitals use 12-hour nursing shifts exclusively, as opposed to eight-hour shifts, a trend begun during nursing shortages nationwide in the 1980s. "Although many nurses like these schedules because of the compressed nature of the workweek, the long schedule?as well as shift work in general?lead to sleep deprivation," says Trinkoff.

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Is Nursing Making You Sick, Fat and Old? Annette Tersigni “The Yoga Nurse”, RN

As nurses, you are certainly aware that stress is one of the major medical problems of our times.  Studies show that nurses are the single sickest group of workers in the workforce.  Ouch!  This is appalling. When I worked nights in the PCU, I noticed that there were many more obese nurses working nights than days.  What have you observed?   In my experience, I have noticed that without exception, obese nurses apply to work nights. They want to work nights. These dedicated, long term night shift nurses also are on multiple meds and often discuss how many meds they are on, compare them, etc.  What strikes me is that they speak about it in such a way as if it’s the most natural thing in the world.  Please understand, I am writing this out of compassion for my fellow nurses, not as a critique.  I am telling the truth, and yes, sometimes the truth hurts.  We all know by now that working nights increases your risk for disease.

A nurse is the classic poster child for, “Is this job making me sick?”

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Battle Hymn of the California Nurse, by Marilou Morgan RN

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You can find them at the bedside
With shot to kill the pain
You can find them passing bedpans
They do this without disdain
As they share with you compassion
Always hoping for your gain
There're dwindling away.
 

California Needs more nurses
HMO's have filled their Purses
Now were really in the Lurches..
We're dwindling away
 

She is working extra hours
He is working extra days
Tryin' to keep a nurse beside you
As you struggle thru this maze
If they had an extra minute
They would take a coffee break
Like other people do.
 

New York City Needs more nurses
HMO's have filled their Purses
Now were really in the Lurches..
Where has the money gone?

We are told were are an item
Like the linen or the lights
We must work under conditions
Never mentioning our rights
If we try to buck the system
A New Grad will be your plight
so we keep hanging on.

Carolina Needs more nurses
HMO's have filled their Purses
Now were really in the Lurches
How long will this go on!

When you think about your nurses
Let your voices ring out clear
they are trying to protect you
From the system, and they fear
You will be in worse condition
from the shorgages we face
and it sould not be so...

Arizona Needs more nurses,
HMO's have filled their purses
Puts us really in the Lurches
and it should not be so!

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When Nurse Staffing Drops, Mortality Rates Rise: Study

When nurse staffing levels fell below target levels in a large hospital, more patients died, a new study discovered.

The finding may provide guidance in an era of nursing shortages and cost-cutting, in that the focus should shift from cost to patient safety, said the authors of the research, appearing in the March 17 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

"Hospitals need to know what their nursing needs are for their patients, and they need to bring staffing into line," said study senior author Jack Needleman, a professor of health services at the School of Public Health of the University of California Los Angeles.

"Patients are entitled to be safe in the hospital and to have care delivered reliably and to have nurses with enough time to make sure they aren't developing avoidable complications with permanent consequences," Needleman said.

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The #1 stressful thing about being a nurse, Scrubsmag.com

So, we all know there are a million things that ‘stress’ us out during our shifts. Do I really need to list them? Here are just a few that come to mind:

Causes of Stress

• Inadequate staffing
• Nurse-to-staff ratio overload (does the word unsafe come to mind)
• Lack of teamwork
• Lack of effective and fair management
• Coworker strain
• Paperwork
• Endless charting – repeating information on multiple forms
• Miscommunication or the lack of communication
• Census overload and strain (revolving door of admissions and discharges)
• No time to even use the bathroom

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Hurting a nurse is a felony, New York State Law Passed

Assaulting a nurse is now a Class D felony under New York state law.

The Violence Against Nurses Law passed this week puts nurses into a protected group that includes police officers, firefighters and emergency responders. A physical attack on a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse (or one of the other service workers in the protected category) is considered a felony and is punishable by up to seven years in prison.

Workplace violence against nurses has been in the news a lot lately. A California psychiatric technician was allegedly killed at the hands of a patient. A doctor assaulted an ICU nurse while he was a patient in Intensive Care. According to the Emergency Nurses Association, between 8 percent and 13 percent of emergency department nurses are victims of physical violence each week.

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Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA's National Campaign to Solve the Nurse Staffing Crisis

Nurses everywhere rank staffing as their biggest problem. Research shows it is a problem – for patients: Insufficient nurse staffing is linked with poorer patient outcomes, lengthened hospital stays and increased chance of patient death.

ANA’s Solution to Staffing

ANA advocates solving the problem by requiring hospitals to set nurse staffing plans for each hospital unit based on changing conditions:

• Patient acuity (severity of illness)
• Patient numbers
• Nurse skills and experience
• Support staff
• Technology

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1199 League of Registered Nurses, New York State:"Staff Nurses throughout New York State know an 1199 League of Registered Nurses contract ensures the highest quality of care for their patients – and the best working conditions for themselves. Our 7,000 RNs lead the profession in guaranteeing job security, nurse/patient ratios, seniority rights, raises, longevity increases and the highest level of benefits.
212-631-4501
http://www.1199seiu.org/

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Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions:"A National Voice For Nurses: A Voice With Power. Protecting the health of patients and our national health system, and promoting nurses and the nursing profession at the national level - and doing it effectively - is the job of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions. We pressure the federal government to recognize the professional skills and knowledge that nurses bring to our jobs. We also push them to recognize the caring, human touch nurses bring which is so important to patients' healing. We work to make sure nurses' and patients' priorities are reflected in health and budgetary policy and when national politicians talk "health."
Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions
2841 Riverside Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K1V 8X7
Telephone: 1-613-526-4661
Fax: 1-613-526-1023
Toll Free: 1-800-321-9821
cfnu@nursesunions.ca
http://www.nursesunions.ca/

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Federation of Nurses and Healthcare Professionals - A Division of the American Federation of Teachers:"Welcome to the home page of AFT Healthcare--the Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals. We are the health care division of the American Federation of Teachers, and we represent more than 60,000 nurses and other health professionals working in hospitals, clinics, home health agencies and schools throughout the United States."
http://www.aft.org/healthcare/index.html

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Health and Community Services Union:"HACSU is a Victorian branch of the Health Services Union of Australia (HSUA). HSUA is registered organisation under the provisions of the Australian Workplace Relations Act 1996. HACSU represents the majority of staff employed in psychiatric, intellectual disability and alcohol and drug services in Victoria. As a Union HACSU represents members to provide the collective strength to bargain for reasonable wages and conditions and ensure proper professional standards are delivered."
HACSU
Level 2 102 Victoria Street
Carlton VIC 3053
Phone 03 9340 4100 Toll free 1300 651 931 Fax 03 9347 2122
Email: hacsu@hacsu.asn.au
http://www.hacsu.asn.au

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Health Care Employees Union, District 1199:"Welcome to the New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, an organization of 22,000 health care employees who are working together and winning a better life for ourselves, our families, our patients and clients. By joining together, we achieve what we could not accomplish alone. 1199 provides the vehicle for pursuing our beliefs and goals – a voice where we work, a say in what our pay and benefits will be, a hand in the decisions that affect our daily work lives and the quality of care for our patients and clients."
Hartford Office (Main Office)
77 Huyshope Ave. Hartford, CT 06106
Get directions 860-549-1199
1-800-922-1768: toll-free 860-251-6049: fax
mailbox@nehceu.org
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New York Professional Nurses Union:"The New York Professional Nurses Union has represented the nurses at Lenox Hill Hospital since 1985. The staff RNs knew that no big union could represent them better than they could represent themselves, so they started their own grassroots organization. This is a very precarious time for health care workers and nurses in particular: many of our colleagues in neighboring hospitals are discovering the devastating consequences of not having a union to represent them. Our leaders know firsthand of the challenges nurses face, since they are also nurses working side by side with our members. They aim to make a contribution to the hospital while preserving the respect of the people that make the hospital run."
http://www.nypnu.org/

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Northern Michigan Hospital Registered Nurses, Local 406:"The majority of the Registered Nurses at Northern Michigan Hospital have been united by a common cause and it is our goal by building this web page to keep ourselves informed and enable us to get our issues made known to the public. We, the striking nurses of NMH have taken a stand for what is right. This web page has been built by the RNs and will be maintained by the RNs. We would like to thank everyone for their support of food, money, editorials and letters to various newspapers and politicians, as well as your emotional and spiritual support. We are overwhelmed by your kindness."
NMH RN Strike Fund, c/o First Community Bank
200 East Main Street
Harbor Springs, MI 49740
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Nurse Alliance of California:"In California, the SEIU Nurse Alliance is: More than 30,000 registered nurses and 5,000 licensed vocational nurses at dozens of hospitals and health care facilities statewide. SEIU Nurse Alliance members include public health nurses, nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, and nurse midwives. The only union for registered nurses with members in other health care occupations, including staff physicians, radiologic technologists, licensed vocational nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, certified nurse assistants, and every other type of health care profession. Affiliated with the 1.5 million-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the largest health care union in California and the nation."
Phone: (888) 208-3538 Fax: (213) 833-1977
Email: info@nurseallianceCA.org
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Nurse Alliance of Pennsylvania:"The Nurse Alliance of Pennsylvania is an initiative of District 1199P/SEIU nurses who are united in commitment to provide the highest quality of compassionate care for our patients and the public we serve. As an LPN or RN member in good standing in the District, you are automatically a member of the Nurse Alliance of Pennsylvania. Our mission is to unite nurses across the state to work for common goals. This is verified by our collective commitment for universal health care, excellence in patient care, dignity and respect for our patients, their families, our profession and the future."
Union Office, District 1199P/SEIU
1500 N. 2nd St. Harrisburg, PA 17102
1-800-252-3894 (toll free in PA)
(717) 238-3030 (main) (717) 238-8354 (fax) Office Hours: M-F, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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PEF Nurses, New York State Public Employees Federation Afl-Cio:"Lenore L. Boris fills the full-time staff Organizer (Nurse) position created in May 1998. Ms. Boris has a wide range of professional experience ranging from clinical nursing to professional negotiating. She holds both nursing and law degrees. Prior experience includes a position as Faculty Course Chair at Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing in Troy for 3 years and Labor Relations Representative for the New York State Nurses Association for 5 years. She is currently a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force Reserves Nurse Corps."
1168-70 Troy-Schenectady Road PO Box 12414 Albany, NY 12212-2414 (800)342-4306 (518)785-1900
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Pennsylvania State Education Association, PSEA:"Welcome to PSEA Interactive, the online home of the Pennsylvania State Education Association. We represent 153,000 teachers, school employees and health care workers across the Keystone State. We are the state affiliate of the National Education Association, and we pride ourselves as the foremost advocate for children and public education in Pennsylvania."
http://www.psea.org

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Service Employees Int'l Union, SEIU, Nurse Alliance:"The SEIU Nurse Alliance is more than 105,000 nurses from every health care setting who are members of the Service Employees International Union, the nation's largest and fastest-growing health care union. We are working together to improve patient care, enhance our profession, and build a better future for ourselves and our families. SEIU nurses at each health care facility are part of our own local unions and make our own decisions. But we also benefit from automatically becoming part of the national SEIU Nurse Alliance, which helps nurses speak with a strong, united voice in today's rapidly changing health care industry."
http://www.nursealliance.org/

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SEIU Healthcare Florida Local 1991:"SEIU Healthcare Florida Local 1991 is the exclusive bargaining representative for the 5,000 registered nurses, attending physicians and healthcare professionals in the Jackson Health System and the RNs who work in the health clinic at Florida International University. Since SEIU Local 1991 was chartered in 1991, we have negotiated some of the best wages and working conditions in the United States for our members. We are proud to have one of the few contracts in the nation with a guaranteed 40-hour work week as well as a full-time 36-hour work week. We recently negotiated into our contract a rare and coveted provision requiring a nurse-to-patients staffing ratios policy at Jackson."
SEIU Healthcare Florida
14645 NW 77th Ave, Suite 201
Miami Lakes, FL 33014
(305) 623-3000 - main
(888) 313-4448 - toll free
(305) 826-1604 - fax
info@seiufhu.org
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Australian Nursing Unions:

Australian Nursing Federation:"The ANF is the national union for nurses and the largest professional nursing organisation in Australia. The ANF's core business is the industrial and professional representation of nurses and nursing through the activities of a national office and branches in every State and Territory."
Professional Services (Canberra Office)
Unit 3, 28 Eyre Street, Kingston ACT 2604 Australia
Tel. 61 2 6232 6533 Fax. 61 2 6232 6610
professional@anf.org.au
http://www.anf.org.au/

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Nurses Board of Victoria:"The NBV is a self-funded statutory authority incorporated under the Nurses Act 1993. The statutory regulation of the nursing profession has a long history - beginning in December 1923. In regulating the profession, we register nurses and require an annual renewal of their status. Only nurses registered by us are entitled to use the term 'registered nurse' in this state. To ensure the high standard in the profession, we accredit nursing programs in universities and VET institutions, approve programs by other educational providers and set the standards and guidelines for nursing practice. We also have a complaints process, which examines the professional conduct or health of a registered nurse. We provide advice to the Minister for Health on all matters relating to our function."
595 Little Collins Street
Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia
GPO Box 4932
Melbourne Victoria 3001 Australia
Telephone: +61 3 8635 1200 Facsimile: +61 3 8635 1248
generalenquiries@nbv.org.au
http://www.nbv.org.au

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Queensland Nurses' Union:"The Queensland Nurses' Union is a democratic organisation. This means that we actively encourage membership involvement in union activities. The policies and activities of the Union are determined by our members. The Union's structure provides opportunities for members to be involved."
Brisbane Office (main office of the QNU)
56 Boundary Street West End Queensland 4101 Australia
Telephone (07) 3840 1444
Toll free 1800 177 273
Fax (07) 3844 9387
Email qnu@qnu.org.au
http://www.qnu.org.au/

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Canadian Nursing Unions:

B.C. Government and Service Employees Union:"The BCGEU is one of the most diverse unions in British Columbia. We represent approximately 60,000 men and women in more than 550 bargaining units. Our union can trace its beginnings back to the early 1900s when provincial government employees formed an association to address their working conditions. Since then, the union has organized thousands of workers outside the government service."
BCGEU Headquarters
4911 Canada Way, Burnaby V5G 3W3
Fax: (604) 291-6030 Phone: (604) 291-9611 1-800-663-1674
http://www.bcgeu.bc.ca/

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British Columbia Nurses'Union:"The official British Columbia Nurses'Union website, featuring current nursing and healthcare labour news, and relevant organizational information."
Debra McPherson, PRESIDENT
H: 604 681.3711, W: 604 433.2268
or 1 800 663.9991
contactbcnu@bcnu.org
http://www.bcnu.org/

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Nurse Active:"Hello! This page is largely the personal effort of Charlene Long, with some barely tolerated and largely unsought and unnecessary advice from her partner in crime, Bill Long. Both are registered nurses in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Both work in acute care in a now small community hospital that serves a region of approximately 20,000 people in the northeastern part of the province. A small university town. A good place to live. Both became involved in the "Web" and social activism through activity with the Nova Scotia Nurses' Union. This page is part of an effort to move beyond (but not away from) that limited level of endeavour and to attempt to expose more nurses and others to the influences that are changing the world around us..........changes that we live with and adapt to every day, but seldom appreciate for their profundity and scope."
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/nurse.active/welcome.html

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Nurses' Station:"The idea for the Nurses' Station Catalog was conceived in 1989. After searching the marketplace in response to customer inquiries, it became obvious that there were no catalogs of this type serving the nursing profession. To be sure, there were several catalogs offering nurse's uniforms and a smattering of professional items. But there weren't any catalogs at the time offering a range of gifts, clothing, professional items, name badges, shoes and scrubs for nurses. It took two years of hard work to gather samples and put a together a catalog of the most unique and high-quality items for nurses."
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