Create a healthy environment by decreasing hostility to enact change at the organizational level.
Monday, February 25, 2019

Nurses' disruptive behavior needs to stop.

I was in nursing school when I first heard the phrase, "Nurses eat their young." One of my professors said it, and our class chuckled because we had never heard it before. It sounded like something you'd say about an animal. That was 20 years ago, and I'm no longer naïve to how nurses treat each other. Today we have labels like bullying, lateral violence, and disruptive behavior to apply to actions like eye-rolling, intimidation, and withholding information. But sadly, nurses are still engaging in this harmful behavior. I encourage you to implement some of the strategies from this week's feature story to stop disruptive behavior at your organization.

Plus:

  • Nurses administering chemotherapy need more training on PPE.
  • The ANA takes a stance against criminalizing medication errors.
  • CMS has a new rule about virtual check-ins.
 

Reduce Disruptive Nurse-to-Nurse Behavior With These Strategies
Creating a healthy environment while simultaneously decreasing hostility is the most effective approach that leaders can take to enact change at the organizational level, a nurse leader says. Get the specifics on what you can do to stop disruptive behavior.
 
 
Additional PPE Training Needed for Nurses Administering Chemotherapy
Forty-two percent of non-pregnant nurses and thirty-eight percent of pregnant nurses reported never using a gown while administering antineoplastic drugs to patients, according to a NIOSH survey. Find out how to address this serious issue.
ANA Criticizes 'Criminalization of Medical Errors' as Vanderbilt Nurse Arraigned
The statement expresses support for handling medical errors with 'a full and confidential peer review process.' What are your thoughts on this case?
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Virtual Check-in Rule Creates Provider Efficiency, Reimbursement
CMS has finalized its 2019 proposal to begin reimbursement of two newly defined physicians’ services using technology-based communication.
 
 

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Thanks for reading today's issue. If there are any topics you'd like to see covered in HealthLeaders articles, please let me know. You can reach me at jthew@healthleadersmedia.com or Tweet @jen_NurseEditor.

 

Jennifer Thew, RN
Senior Content Specialist, Nursing