Research Article

Making Things Right: Nurses' Experiences with Workplace Bullying—A Grounded Theory

Table 1

Categories and subcategories for making things right (Section 3.1).

Core category: making things right (Section 3.2)
CategoriesSubcategories

(1) Placing bullying events (Section 3.3)(i) Being the newbie
(ii) Bearing witness
(iii) In the bull’s eye
(iv) Nurse interrupted
(v) Odd nurse out
(vi) In the penalty box
(2) Assessing the situation (Section 3.4)(i) Reflecting on self
(ii) Deconstructing the milieu
(3) Taking action (Section 3.5)(i) Giving/getting support.
(ii) Speaking up
(iii) Moving out of the toxic environment
(4) Judging outcomes (Section 3.6)(i) Constructive—positive
(ii) Being ignored.
(iii) Destructive—negative