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THE EFFECT OF WORKPLACE BULLYING ON TURNOVER INTENSION AMONG NURSES

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Anum Shoukat, Miss Humaira Saddique, Madam Syeda Sidra Tasneem
» doi: 10.53555/ecb/2024.13.03.10

Abstract

Background: Bullying at work is now widely acknowledged to be a pervasive and serious issue. It is a situation in which nurses faces, a disgrace in a workplace environment. Shortage of nurses is increases all over the world. Causes of workplace bullying against nurses include low professional status, frontline exposure with patients and family attendants, long hours spent in the hospital setting, and feminization of the nursing profession. Poor perception of health services by the patient altered or disturbed the mental state, and the exposure to prolonged physical or psychological discomfort also contributes to patient and family attendant precipitated violence. Aim. This study intends to investigate the occurrence of workplace bullying and its relationship to registered nurses' intentions to quit their jobs. Methodology. A descriptive cross-sectional research study design was used. Study used convenience sampling technique .The study population was staff nurses and sample size was 145. Results. The study was descriptive cross-sectional so descriptive statistics was applied, frequency distribution was calculated, data normality was checked. The prevalence of workplace bullying was 9.05% among nurses. The study found RN nurses with less age experienced more workplace bullying. Conclusion. It is suggested that workplace bullying is highly rampant in our health care system and is significantly associated with the nurse’s turnover intention. There is an immense need to establish new policies that can control bullying and upsurge nurses’ retention. Further education plays a role in workplace bullying.

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