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The following guide provides Web site links, a list of selected books, and access to online periodical articles about this subject. The Web site links have been researched, evaluated, and annotated by Rio Hondo College Librarians. The Librarians have specifically selected these Web sites to meet the research needs of Rio Hondo College students

Web Site Links

Google Scholar     http://scholar.google.com/
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. Some of the following terms "horizontal violence nurse or nursing," "bullying nurse or nursing," "lateral violence nurse or nursing" and "interpersonal conflict nurse or nursing" can be used to search for articles. 

Online Databases (Rio Hondo Students only)   

Health Reference Center Academic     http://find.galegroup.com/menu/start?userGroupName=cclc_rio&prod=HRCA
Use the following terms "bullying + workplace," "lateral violence," and "bullying + nurse" to find articles related to this topic.

ProQuest     http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?ReqType=301&UserId=IPAuto&Passwd=IPAuto&JSEnabled=1&TS=942248466
An extensive periodicals and newspapers database covering social issues, business, health, science, economics, current events and more.

PubMed     http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?DB=pubmed
Use the following terms "bullying + nurses," "horizontal violence," and "lateral violence" to find articles related to this topic.

Books
The following books can be located in the Rio Hondo College Library.

Circulating Books

Clinical leadership in nursing
Call number: RT89.R63 1998

Interpersonal relationships : professional communication skills for nurses
Call number: RT86.3.A76 2007

Leadership and management in nursing
Call number: RT89.G76 2003

Leadership and nursing care management
Call number: RT89.H83 2006

Leadership roles and management functions in nursing : theory and application
Call number: RT89.M387 2006

Legal, ethical, and political issues in nursing
Call number:  RT86.5.A37 2004

Management and leadership for nurse managers
Call number: RT89.S89 1996

Nursing now : today's issues, tomorrow's trends
Call number: RT82.C33 2000

Surviving nursing
Call number: RT86.S66 1984

Transforming nurses' stress and anger : steps toward healing
Call  number: RT86.73.T48 2004

Articles
The Rio Hondo College Library provides online access to full-text articles through our online databases - http://library.riohondo.edu/online_databases/index.htm.  Please note:  you must be a Rio Hondo College student, faculty, staff or board member to use these services.

The 3 sample searches below are from the ProQuest database.  Use Advanced Search and type each term in a separate box:

    1.  (lateral violence) OR (horizontal violence)
    2.  (nurses) AND (bullying)
    3.  (nurses) AND (workplace violence)

Researched and evaluated by:
J. Sevilla-Marzona, Librarian, 3/2009
last update:

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