This book tackles topics ranging from social media and crucial communications to resiliency and stress management. It provides tools to help nurses create safer, more respectful workplaces and combat the ongoing cycle of bullying. Cheryl Dellasega, author of the groundbreaking Surviving Ophelia, explores relational aggression and the nature of nurseon- nurse violence while establishing an action plan for the future.

Preceded by When nurses hurt nurses : recognizing and overcoming the cycle of nurse bullying / Cheryl Dellasega. c2011.

Relational theory -- Women at work -- Nursing : the caring profession . . . or not? -- The slippery slope of relational aggression -- Victimology -- Bystanders, witnesses, and those who are passive-aggressive -- Hurt by a nurse? no way! -- Relational aggression : a learned behavior? -- Could you be a bully? -- The (un) healthy work environment : compassion, fatigue, burnout, and organizational cynicism -- The increasing impact of cyber relational aggression -- A healthcare culture in need of a cure -- A crash course in relational aggression recovery -- Communicate to relate -- Collaboration 101 : if no one's working together, it isn't a team -- Combating management mayhem -- A recipe for change in educational, research, and clinical settings -- When nurses help nurses. Relational theory -- Women at work -- Nursing : the caring profession ... or not? -- The slippery slope of relational aggression -- Victimology -- Bystanders, witnesses, and those who are passive-aggressive -- Hurt by a nurse? no way! -- Relational aggression : a learned behavior? -- Could you be a bully? -- The (un) healthy work environment : compassion, fatigue, burnout, and organizational cynicism -- The increasing impact of cyber relational aggression -- A healthcare culture in need of a cure -- A crash course in relational aggression recovery -- Communicate to relate -- Collaboration 101 : if no one's working together, it isn't a team -- Combating management mayhem -- A recipe for change in educational, research, and clinical settings -- When nurses help nurses.