Exam (elaborations) NR 630 Capstone Preview Bullying Executive Practicum Dr. Borre Chamberlain University

Bullying is a topic that is seen in every institution from the time a child starts school all the way through adulthood. University Medical Center (UMC), in Lubbock Texas, is no different. On our newly implemented Human Resource (HR) exit surveys, UMC has seen several instances where staff bullying was mentioned as reasons staff had decided to leave the hospital. Bullying in the workplace is defined as behavior that is threatening, humiliating, intimidating, that can interfere with or prevent work, verbal abuse, or mistreatment of one or multiple persons, by one or multiple offenders (Workplace Bullying Institute [WBI], 2018). Bullying can lead to low job satisfaction and higher turnover rates (Coetzee & Van Dyk, 2018). Workplace bullying is an issue that UMC is currently dealing with and has shown to impact the practice setting with the employee comments on exit survey’s and employee satisfaction surveys. Bullying at UMC has led people out of the hospital so the affects were evident, changes need to be made to help units better deal with workplace bullying. The purpose of the capstone project is to introduce a zerotolerance bullying policy and to educate staff on bullying and the effects it can have on coworkers. The purpose of this assignment is to provide an annotated bibliography which will summarize ten sources that address workplace bullying. Yun, S., & Kang, J. (2018). Influencing factors and consequences of workplace bullying among nurses: A structural equation modeling. Asian Nursing Research, 12(1), 26-33.  This study aimed to outline the factors and consequences that influenced workplace bullying and to show the significant effect that a relationship oriented organization had on nurse bullying. A relationship oriented organization is one where authentic leadership is present; positive relationships between employees, ethical culture, respect, trust, and