Do clinician disruptive behaviors make an unsafe environment for patients?
Dang D, Bae S-H, Karlowicz KA, et al. Do Clinician Disruptive Behaviors Make an Unsafe Environment for Patients? J Nurs Care Qual. 2016;31(2):115-123. doi:10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000150.
This survey of clinicians at an academic medical center found that disruptive behavior was common, with 1 in 8 respondents reporting that they had witnessed an episode of disruptive behavior by a clinician that directly resulted in harm to a patient.