Ep 165: Incivility and Bullying by Healthcare Providers in the Clinical Setting

Incivility and bullying can be found in all types of environments in our society and that’s unfortunately true with the academic and clinical settings for SRNAs. This can create an environment that interferes with a student’s ability to learn, ability to cope, relationships, health and well-being. Holly Chandler EdD, CRNA, conducted a study with students to learn more about the issues they're facing and joins us to share her findings and look at the larger problem within the healthcare industry.  

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About our guest: https://www.bryanhealthcollege.edu/bcohs/faculty-staff-directory/nurse-anesthesia-faculty/meet-holly/ 

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What we discuss in this episode:

3:39 – Why the topic is important

5:19 – Background on Holly

6:56 – Incivility vs Bullying

8:48 – Has Sharon ever felt bullied?

11:13 – SRNAs put in tough position

13:41 – Student risk

17:28 – Reporting

19:47 – Resources that are available

22:40 – What to do if you have a colleague behaving this way?

25:10 – Encouraging people to speak up

27:23 – Self-policing

29:59 – Is this more of a societal trend?

32:35 – Jeopardizing accreditation

34:21 – Lightning Round