Bullying in the workplace: a need for redressing
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1Running head: NURSINGNursing Name of student:Name of university:Author note:
2NURSINGBullying is the occupational health and safety hazard that nurses and midwives acrossthe globe face while working in a clinical setting. bulying is marked by inappropriatebehaviour that leads to major physical and emotional impacts. There is an urgent need ofcoming up with practical method for redressing such issues of bullying to cease them acrossworkplace (Rodwell & Demir, 2012). Speak out Midwives are to communicate with the manger or supervisor if nay challenge is faced.Reporting any issue that is related to patient safety as well as that of the midwives is crucialsince they can be subjected to bullying. As per the Code of Ethics for midwives in Australiaare to report any undesirable incidence in the workplace that might cause harm to the patientsand self, including bullying (Code of ethics for midwives in Australia, 2012). I know my rights Midwives can take action on bullying in the workplace at the Fair Work Commissionfor stopping further bullying. The Commision is responsible for taking strict actions againstthose who engage in bullying. If there is an order from the Commission to stop bullying andthere has been no change regarding this, one can contact the Fair Work Ombudsman bycalling or sending an online enquiry. The two authorities to be contacted are the AustralianHuman Rights Commission and the state health and safety authority. The authorities cancome forward to communicate with the midwives and impart education on the need ofpreventing bullying (fairwork.gov.au, 2017).
3NURSINGResilience McGowan and Karen Murray (2016) had highlighted that resilience is a process ofpersonal development and nurses and midwives are to assist each other in this developmentof practical skills and knowledge so that they can better deal with the challenging workenvironment. Midwives are to learn from everything in their surrounding integrate thepositive learning into their practice. They need to undertake a critical analysis before taking adecision.Learning from mistakes is a key aspect of professional development. Resilience aidsin recovering from challenges in a swift manner.Empowering and working in collaboration Nurse and midwives are to demonstrate professional leadership, vision, guidance andadvocacy to patients as well as colleagues (Code of ethics for midwives in Australia, 2012).As per the Australian Constitution, the staff must have the confidence and freedom to act inthe best interests of the patients. Working in collaboration with others would ensure that thereare job satisfaction and safe service provision. Nurses are to be empowered to speak aboutbullying by supporting them with adequate resources and maintaining their privacy as theycome forward to report such incidences (Empowering a positive culture in midwifery 2012). How to identify bullies Bullying is different from discrimination taking place within the workplace.Discrimination takes place when there is an adverse action due to an individual’characteristics such as gender and race (Humanrights.gov.au, 2017). Bullying, on the otherhand, is a repetitive unjustified and irrational behaviour towards an individual due to whichthere arises a risk to the health and safety of that person within the setting (Rodwell & Demir,2012). Previous studies have indicated that about 30% of nurses and midwives haveexperienced bullying in their workplace (Budden et al., 2017).
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