But it does, and I'm guessing it does in your workplace, too. 1 Nursing focus groups cited one of their major concerns of timely and effective communication was negative interactions with the physician. This is how physicians' intimidating behavior can affect patients' safety. We know that the number of students applying to nursing schools has greatly decreased in the last 5 years. One of the new generation's highest values when making a career choice is the amount of respect for the career.
Most businesses today have codes of conduct that prohibit managers from disrespecting employees.
Unfortunately, many organizations can't direct the independent physicians on their staff, so intimidation scenarios happen over and over. Mothers and fathers in nursing discuss these negative work conditions at home and, thus, paint a bleak picture of nursing in their children's minds. In so many areas related to medical errors and the nursing shortage, we feel helpless without immediate effect. But there's one area where nurse leaders can make a difference. During each nursing shortage since Florence Nightingale, we've moved our profession forward because of how powerful and important our role is to patients.