The Effect of Workplace Bullying Management Program on Nursing Personnel's Work Engagement

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Assistant lecturer of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University, Egypt.

2 Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University, Egypt.

3 Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University, Egypt.

Abstract

Background: Workplace bullying management is an advance toward eliminate bullying
action on the work settings. Bullying is a toxic to the health care environment and it has adverse
effects on nurses and healthcare organization which closely associated with nursing personnel's
work engagement. The aim: This study was aimed to explore the effect of applying workplace
bullying management program on nursing personnel's work engagement. Materials and Methods:
Design: Quasi-experimental research design was used in this study. Setting: Data were collected
from the all departments at Elaraby Hospital that located in Abu Raqba, Ashmoon, Menoufia, Egypt.
A convenience sample of nursing personnel (n=170) was included. Three tools were used for data
collection, First tool was Workplace Bullying Inventory Sheet, The second tool was Work
Engagement Scale, and The third tool was Workplace bullying management and work engagement
knowledge questionnaire. Results: there was a highly statistically significant differences in total
workplace bullying act pre, post and follow up applying workplace bullying educational program
and there was a highly statistically significant differences in total engagement scores pre, immediate
post, and follow up of workplace bullying educational program implementation among nursing
personnel. Conclusion: There was a negative correlation between total engagement and total
bulling among nursing personnel after applying workplace bullying educational program.
Recommendations; Nursing personnel should be informed to report bullying, establishing a clear
anti- bullying reporting tools, and replicate
workplace bulling management on governmental
hospitals.

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