SOCIAL BULLYING IN NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMIA: A QUALITATIVE STUDY.

Academic social bullying in nursing and health professions schools is an understudied area yet emerging research shows it is prevalent. This qualitative study derived from two larger quantitative studies targeting the development and validation of an instrument measuring academic social bullying and whose purpose was to understand the phenomenon in greater depth from narrative comments. Survey design with open ended questions was utilized to obtain content and construct validation along with reliability data for a de-novo instrument measuring academic social bullying.

Psychometric Development of an Instrument Measuring Social Bullying in Nursing Academia: Item Development and Content Validation.

Background: Social bullying in academic nursing schools is an understudied area, yet extant research shows it is prevalent.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to generate a formal definition for academic social bullying and content validate an instrument measuring it in academic nursing.

Methods: Classic psychometric theory and survey design were used to develop an instrument measuring academic social bullying.

Factors Related to Intimidation During Oxytocin Administration.

Patient's safety and quality are foremost issues in healthcare today and are often adversely influenced by communication and issues of perceived intimidation. Labor and delivery nurses are responsible for managing oxytocin infusions, but disagreements between providers and nurses related to the administration have been shown to cause tension and affect patient's care. The purpose of this study was to survey registered nurses in labor and delivery about perceived intimidation and how intimidation influenced actions and decisions.

Psychometric Properties of the Survey of Workplace Intimidation Instrument.

Background And Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Survey of Workplace Intimidation (SWI), including content and construct validity, factor structure, and internal consistency.

Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive study design was used for this study. The final sample consisted of 237 labor and delivery nurses who completed the SWI and the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI).

Faculty perception of bullying in schools of nursing.

This article is a report of a study conducted to determine the prevalence of bullying among faculty members in schools or colleges of nursing. The issue of bullying of nursing faculty in the academic setting is of interest in terms of recruitment, retention, job satisfaction, and the overall quality of the work environment. This cross-sectional, descriptive study of faculty in three northeastern states of the United States was carried out in 2010.

Peak flow values by gestation in women with asthma.

Asthma is one of the most common medical complications of pregnancy. Asthma control is associated with improved perinatal outcomes. Peak flow measures have been recommended to determine the status of asthma, yet norms for peak flow values in women with asthma are missing from the literature.

The effects of asthma on pregnancy and perinatal outcomes.

The objective of the study was to examine the perinatal outcomes of women who have asthma and to determine if peak flow values change during pregnancy. A retrospective chart audit was conducted analyzing records of 567 women with asthma who delivered between 1992 and 1997. The most common maternal complications were meconium-stained amniotic fluid, preterm labor or delivery this pregnancy, oligohydramnios, and pregnancy-induced hypertension.

A descriptive study of women's perceptions of their asthma during pregnancy.

Purpose: To determine the impact of asthma during pregnancy from the perspective of the pregnant woman.

Study Design And Methods: A descriptive survey using the Internet for subject recruitment and data collection was conducted using an adaptation of the Cancer Survivors Survey Questionnaire. Women with asthma who were pregnant or who had recently given birth (n = 166) were the sample.