Horizontal Violence

Nursing is a healthcare professional who helps to prevent, promote and optimize the health and capacity of families and communities. Having such a noble and thoughtful career is a very sad thing, there is violence and bullying between nurses and other healthcare fields. This kind of violence is known as horizontal type or horizontal type violence. Violence is defined as any misconduct or conflict that results in low self-esteem or other harm. As we all know, horizontal violence is a violent act among colleagues.

Horizontal violence is a violent act caused by the same level of discussion as an employee. In medical institutions, when a nurse is physically, verbally or emotionally abused by a senior nurse, it is called horizontal violence. There are several reasons for horizontal violence in the medical environment, such as confusion, word insult, information concealment, leakage of internal information, lack of respect for privacy, non-verbal clues, disturbing acts, loss of self-confidence (Bartholomew, 2006).

In modern times, horizontal violence and bullying can lead to worse situations not only in medical organizations but in all organizations. Due to horizontal violence and bullying, employees are in a poor and humiliating attitude towards employees at the same level or below. This situation creates an even worse workplace culture within the organization. Since nurses are affiliated with medical institutions, the effects of horizontal violence and bullying will increase. Nurses are constantly humiliated (Knopper, 2009). They can not serve in an appropriate way. This situation has a serious effect on the reputation of the organization.

Side violence (LV) is a devastating phenomenon in nursing workplaces. LV, also known as "horizontal violence" or "workplace bullying", shows destructive and inappropriate behavior in the workplace and one employee shows it to another employee who is in the same or lower position . Rodriguez, Dieckmann, & Austin, 2013). This deliberate act can be publicly displayed, but it is repetitively done, it is often escalated over time, so it is more frequently masked and subtle (Hutchinson, Vickers, Jackson, and Wilkes , 2006). Individual actions may seem harmless, but the individualized insults and the cumulative impact of aggression are more intensive than simple violence (Einarsen, 2005).