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ameliajane
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 Posted - 12 August 2009 : 15:33:49
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Does anyone have any experience of dealing with bullying?
New nurse on my ward is being bullied by another nurse. She has tried talking to the ward manager but this seems to have made the situation worse by angering the bully who does not accept she is doing anything wrong, and is being backed up by her line manager (they are very good friends), who in turn, appears to have convinced the ward manager that the complaint is not valid. It's distressing to see what is happening to this nurse.
Never had this problem before, we've all always got on quite well, this is creating a horrible atmosphere.
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sract08
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Posted - 18 August 2009 : 17:49:22
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I'm afraid that I have seen this all to regularly. Have you had a word with the ward manager and explained what you have seen? Both nurses need support. Usually bullies continue then move on to the next victim!
This is my version of the events! |
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ameliajane
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Posted - 19 August 2009 : 08:40:13
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The victim has tried to talk to the ward manager but she doesn't seem interested, in fact she seems slightly irritated with the victim for complaining. She did speak to the bully and her line manager who both denied there was a problem (they would - they're best friends...)and now the manager seems to think that's the end of it. The only other thing she's suggested is to get the three of them together to talk - which, if i were the victim i would find very intimidating - together these two staff are quite formidable. And even this wont take place until October!
I've thought about the rest of us trying to talk to the manager (there are other problems with these two staff and the rest of us are increasingly unhappy) but would that be stepping out of line - sort of telling her how to do her job? I doubt she would listen to us, she's not really interested in her staff.
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nakrdnurse
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Posted - 21 August 2009 : 13:32:13
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you should have a staff handbook with a bullying and harrassment policy on the ward somewhere - check it out. the victim can then choose to take her complaint further eg written complaint grievance proceedure occupational health ...
if you understand what your options are it may make this easier to dealt with. |
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diddle
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ANN123
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Posted - 04 October 2009 : 09:19:49
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God I really hate those situations, the trouble is you get involved then you find yourself in a differcult situation, I think if you all stick together not much can go wrong but its getting people onside which is hard to do. I think most managers have learnt to conker and divide people so its harder to get support from others, tell the victim to keep a diary so she can show her manager when she meets up with them, and if shes not happy to ask if she can take it further, the manager wont like this but it may make her realise that it wont be tolerated and she will have to do something about it.
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NursesJobs
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Posted - 05 November 2009 : 10:54:34
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| Do you have an HR presence? They will know the proper procedure for dealing with such behaviour. It's sad that workplace bullying still occurs, you'd hope adults would grow out of playground mentality. |
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saraflight1
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Posted - 11 February 2010 : 13:28:46
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| That's a big problem with bullying, sometimes the bullies just think they are 'having a laugh' and don't realise how much they are actually affecting the victim. |
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