护士因报告工作中的欺凌而自杀身亡

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Many of us who have worked as nurses know how difficult it can be to deal with toxic co-workers. In situations where we might encounter someone unpleasant, we might shake our heads, shake it off, and go about our days. But what about when it feels inescapable? What about when you’re also dealing with your own possible mental illness? What about when you feel like there is no help available to you?

Sadly, for one nurse in the UK, investigators have concluded that bullying in the workplace led her to ultimately take her own life. According to an article in The New York Post, 30-year-old Rhian Collins, a psychiatric nurse at Cefn Coed Hospital in Swansea, Wales and a mother of two young children, hanged herself in her home in March of 2018. After a 5-month long investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death, it has been concluded that Collin’s death was the result of her having experienced issues at work, particularly with bullying co-workers who made her life “very difficult,” per the report. 

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One of the officers in the report noted that Collins was dealing with being sworn at, bullied, and thought that she was being given the worst shifts. The troubled young woman also showed signs of a possible mental health disorder that developed as a way for her to cope with the stress, with the officers describing her as “obsessed with her appearance,” often going to the gym four times a day and taking weight-loss pills. 

Her fiancé, David Reed, who was the one to discover her lifeless body when he came home to bring their children to her, described how Collins had become “run-down and exhausted” in the month prior to her death. Her death has made headlines across the globe, as people mourned the loss of a woman whose Facebook page shows posts of a happy, vibrant woman celebrating her children’s accomplishments and playing with them on school breaks. 

• “Rest In Peace Rhian Collins,” read one post in her honor. 

• “Sorry you felt like you had to take your life due to bullying 😓😪 we need to do better as an entire race.” 

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Collin’s death has brought the very serious issue of nurse bullying at work to light, with others sharing their stories and talking about what to do if you feel that you are being bullied at work. 

The issue of nurses being bullied at work is so prevalent, in fact, that some research states that as many as 85% of nurses have experienced bullying at some point in their career. Bullying in the workplace can be incredibly difficult to deal with, because the bullied individual may feel like there is truly no place to turn, or that they may be at risk of losing their job if they speak out about what they are experiencing. 

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And many of us go into the nursing profession being warned about nurses “eating their young,” which let’s face it, is just code for bullying. 

Are You Being Bullied At Work? Here’s What To Do. 

Fortunately, the tide is turning and more young nurses are coming to realize that bullying in nursing does not have to be a norm and that they can be part of changing the culture of nursing. The more we talk about it, the more we are able to end bullying at the workplace. If you are being bullied at work, you can follow some steps recommended by the American Nurses Association’s recent campaign to end bullying and violence in the workplace:

Know that you are not alone. Many victims of bullying tend to internalize their feelings or convince themselves that they are to blame, when in reality, bullying is very common. For instance, reading a comprehensive 2012 study detailing the experience of 99 nurses who were bullied can help you recognize that you are not alone.  

Seek out resources. Check if your state is one that has laws on reporting or offers violence in the workplace programs

Speak to your nurse manager or supervisor. If you can, arrange for a closed and confidential meeting with your nurse manager to talk over the situation. There may be workplace solutions that could help, such as re-arranging your schedule or ensuring that there are other coworkers working alongside of you to be more supportive. 

Talk with your coworkers. There may be other nurses who are feeling the same way that you are.

Arrange a meeting with HR. Going to a higher-up on the list to discuss workplace bullying may be necessary, especially if your bully is a nurse manager or other supervisor. In some situations, it may be helpful to arrange a sit-down to discuss any issues that exist. 

Talk to your union rep. Your union rep may have suggestions or other resources in your area to help you, or lending your voice to speak out against bullying in the workplace may start a push against it happening to others. 

Text TALK to 998 to have a conversation with a trained crisis counselor or call 998 immediately if you are having thoughts of hurting yourself or others. 

Bullying has no place in the nursing profession, so let’s all do our part to help end it today. 

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我们许多做过护士的人都知道与有毒的同事打交道是多么困难。在我们可能遇到不愉快的人的情况下，我们可能会摇头，甩掉它，然后继续我们的日子。但是当它感到不可避免的时候呢？当你也在处理自己可能的精神疾病时呢？当你觉得没有帮助时怎么办？

可悲的是，对于英国的一名护士，调查人员得出的结论是，工作场所的欺凌导致她最终自杀。根据《纽约邮报》的一篇文章，2018 年 3 月，30 岁的瑞安·柯林斯 (Rhian Collins) 是威尔士斯旺西 Cefn Coed 医院的一名精神科护士，她是两个孩子的母亲，她在家中上吊自杀。经过 5根据报告，对围绕她死亡的情况进行了长达一个月的调查，得出的结论是，科林的死是她在工作中遇到问题的结果，尤其是欺凌同事，这让她的生活“非常困难”。 

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报告中的一名警官指出，柯林斯正在处理被宣誓就职、被欺负的问题，并认为她正在接受最糟糕的轮班。这位陷入困境的年轻女子还表现出可能患有精神健康障碍的迹象，这是她应对压力的一种方式，官员称她“痴迷于自己的外表”，经常每天去健身房四次，并服用减肥药。 

她的未婚夫戴维·里德（David Reed）是在回家带孩子回家时发现她死气沉沉的尸体的人，他描述了柯林斯在她去世前一个月是如何“疲惫不堪”的。她的死成为全球头条新闻，人们哀悼一位女士的去世，她的 Facebook 页面显示了一位快乐、充满活力的女士庆祝她孩子的成就并在放学时与他们玩耍的帖子。 

• “安息吧，瑞安·柯林斯，”以她的名义读了一篇文章。 

• “对不起，你觉得你因为欺凌而不得不结束自己的生命 😓😪 我们需要在整个种族中做得更好。” 

将“护士欺负年轻同事”的文化改变为“护士支持年轻同事”

柯林的死让护士在工作中受到欺凌这一非常严重的问题浮出水面，其他人分享了他们的故事，并讨论了如果你觉得自己在工作中受到欺凌该怎么办。 

事实上，护士在工作中被欺负的问题非常普遍，以至于一些研究表明，多达 85% 的护士在其职业生涯的某个阶段经历过欺凌。工作场所的欺凌可能非常难以处理，因为被欺负的人可能会觉得真的无处可逃，或者如果他们说出自己的经历，他们可能会面临失业的风险。 

你支持年轻的、新的和同事护士吗？签署承诺书。传播意识。 

我们中的许多人进入护理行业时被警告护士“欺负年轻同事”，让我们面对现实吧，这只是欺凌的代码。 

你在工作中被欺负吗？这是做什么。 

幸运的是，潮流正在转变，越来越多的年轻护士开始意识到，护理中的欺凌不一定是一种常态，他们可以成为改变护理文化的一部分。我们谈论得越多，我们就越能结束工作场所的欺凌行为。如果您在工作中受到欺凌，您可以按照美国护士协会最近开展的结束工作场所欺凌和暴力活动的建议采取一些步骤：

· 知道你并不孤单。许多欺凌的受害者倾向于将自己的感受内化或说服自己应该受到责备，而实际上，欺凌非常普遍。例如，阅读2012 年的一项全面研究，详细介绍 99 名被欺负的护士的经历，可以帮助您认识到自己并不孤单。  

· 寻找资源。检查您所在的州是否有关于举报或提供工作场所暴力项目的法律

· 与您的护士经理或主管交谈。如果可以，请安排与您的护士经理举行一次秘密会议，讨论情况。可能有一些工作场所的解决方案可能会有所帮助，例如重新安排您的日程安排或确保有其他同事与您并肩工作以提供更多支持。 

· 与您的同事交谈。可能还有其他护士和您有同样的感受。

· 安排与 HR 的会面。去名单上的上级讨论工作场所欺凌可能是必要的，特别是如果你的欺负者是护士经理或其他主管。在某些情况下，安排一次坐下来讨论存在的任何问题可能会有所帮助。 

· 与您的工会代表交谈。您的工会代表可能有您所在地区的建议或其他资源来帮助您，或者发表您的声音反对工作场所的欺凌行为可能会开始推动反对它发生在其他人身上。 

· 发短信到 998 与训练有素的危机顾问交谈，如果您有伤害自己或他人的想法，请立即拨打 998。 

欺凌在护理行业没有立足之地，所以今天让我们都尽自己的一份力量来帮助结束它。 

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