Essays on Lateral Violence

There are various ethical issues in Nursing and ‘Lateral Violence’ is one of them. It has been identified by various names such as bullying, harassment in the workplace, relational aggression, workplace inactivity, horizontal violence and so on. Globally, nurses and other professionals become a victim of lateral violence and according to surveys, around twenty-five hundred nurses were interviewed and they reported that; 80 percent of the nurses were being bullied and faced lateral violence in their working shifts. This paper considers the questions adhering ‘lateral violence’. Yes, my co-workers are aware of the term ‘lateral violence’ and they know ...

Application of the Theory of Human Caring

Introduction A theory refers to a set of propositions and concepts that provide an orderly way or method to view phenomena. Theory helps to guide research and enhance or support the existing knowledge on a certain discipline. A theory not only helps individuals to organize their ideas or thoughts, but it also directs them on what to do, when to do it and how to do it. Nursing is one of the disciplines that constantly employs the concept of the theory, and over the years, theory has become essential to effective nursing practice as well as research (Peate, 2010). The ...

Introduction

Nurses experience or come across a variety of contemporary issues at the workplace. To find out more on these contemporary issues, I decided to interview a nursing administrator at one of the local hospitals in my home town. There were specifically two areas of nursing that I wanted to find out more on from this interview. The first was on interdisciplinary collaborations between nurses and some of the lessons that nurses learn from such an endeavor. My other area of interest was on the roles of nurses when it comes to preventing workplace bullying or lateral violence. The interview took ...

Business Process Management

Abstract The literature review on the topic of enterprise resource planning (ERP) of business process management (BPM) as part of information systems (IS) strategies in South African businesses covers both scholarly and professional management discussions about outsource administration of IT systems operations. The rise of outsource IT in the business sector is predicted to realign business and trade into the future. The trend in emergent market outsource IS data management in and by South African firms is fast becoming a lead topic in a nation formerly characterised as an industrial economy with developing country challenges. The enactment of South ...

Lateral violence has been defined as misplaced violence. It is violence that is targeted at the wrong person. One directs such violence to their equals rather than their subordinates or superiors thus the use of the word lateral or horizontal violence. Lateral violence can either be physical, psychological or even emotional or at times, a combination of all the three. Various groups of persons are prone to lateral violence either as perpetrators or victims. One such group of persons is nurses. There is thus need for educating nursing students on lateral violence. The main rationale underlying the choosing of nursing ...