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Bullying In the Workplace: Changing Nursing Behaviors

Build skills to recognize, document, report, and respond to workplace bullying while protecting staff well-being, professional practice, and patient safety.

A diverse group of nurses in a hospital conference area conducting a respectful safety huddle while one nurse raises a concern and colleagues listen attentively.
Contact hours
3
Format
Self-paced, online
Last reviewed
Sep 19, 2026

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$5 per contact hour · 3 contact hours

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Course Purpose

Build skills to recognize, document, report, and respond to workplace bullying while protecting staff well-being, professional practice, and patient safety.

Continuing Education Credit Designation

This educational activity is credited for 3 contact hours at completion of the activity.

Overview

After completing this course, nurses will be able to distinguish workplace bullying from incivility, performance management, discrimination, harassment, and immediate threats. Learners will recognize individual, organizational, and patient-safety consequences without relying on stereotypes about who bullies or who is targeted. Nurses will also be able to use respectful bystander responses, document objective facts, activate appropriate reporting pathways, support affected colleagues, and escalate urgent safety concerns. The course emphasizes organizational accountability and clarifies that bullying alone is not subject to one universal national mandatory-reporting rule.

Objectives

Upon completion of this independent study, the learner will be able to:

  1. Differentiate workplace bullying from incivility, ordinary conflict, lawful performance management, unlawful harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and workplace violence.
  2. Identify overt, covert, electronic, and work-related behaviors that may form a pattern of workplace bullying.
  3. Assess psychological, occupational, team, and patient-safety effects associated with repeated mistreatment.
  4. Apply an immediate-response algorithm that prioritizes personal safety, patient safety, de-escalation, documentation, and reporting.
  5. Demonstrate assertive communication and bystander techniques for interrupting disrespectful behavior without escalating danger.
  6. Select appropriate organizational, regulatory, emergency, and supportive resources based on the conduct and level of risk.

Policy Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the policies of FastCEForLess.com. This course should be used for informational purposes only and should not be used to diagnose, treat, prescribe, recommend, or initiate therapies or treatments in any setting. This course is copyrighted by Fast CE For Less, Inc. and may not be replicated, copied, or dispersed without written consent.

Disclosures

Fast CE For Less, Inc. and its authors have no disclosures. There is no commercial support.

Who this course is for:

Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, registered nurses, licensed practical or vocational nurses, and other healthcare providers in any setting who want continuing education on Bullying In the Workplace: Changing Nursing Behaviors.

Course outline

9 sections · finish in any order across devices

  1. 1

    Introduction

  2. 2

    Bullying Definition

  3. 3

    Who Is Likely to Experience Bullying

  4. 4

    Psychological Effects of Bullying

  5. 5

    Impact on Job Performance

  6. 6

    How Bullying Can Be Reduced

  7. 7

    How to Intervene When Bullying Occurs

  8. 8

    Nursing Considerations

  9. 9

    Conclusion

References

The full reference list is included inside the course, after the Conclusion.

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