Introduction
According to Johnson & Rea (2009), bullying in the nursing workplace is a major problem. Based on the data collected by researchers, it is evident that 23.7% of the sample surveyed indicated that they had experienced workplace bullying in the last six months. The article by Johnson (2009) supports this viewpoint since it concludes that bullying is rampant and negatively affects nurses by demoralizing them and affecting their work performance. The most common form of bullying in the workplace is the use of power by superiors against subordinates. The definition of the word bullying means the use of superior strength ...