1. ANTI-BULLYING DAY PINK SHIRT DAY February 24, 2016

2. Embrace kindness and make your workplace a bully-free zone. PINK SHIRT DAY STARTED IN CANADA

3. BULLYING IS… Embrace kindness and make your workplace a bully-free zone Bullying is any inappropriate conduct towards a worker that the person knew or ought to have known would cause that worker to be intimidated or humiliated.

4. BULLYING INCLUDES: >Spreading false accusations which results in a person being ostracized. >Criticism, isolation, exclusion, humiliation, destructive gossip. >Abusive, belittling, or intimidating phone calls and emails. >Nasty practical jokes. >Deliberate and unreasonable isolation or exclusion from work discussions, communications, and activities. Embrace kindness and make your workplace a bully-free zone

5. BULLYING IS NOT: Embrace kindness and make your workplace a bully-free zone >Having a different opinion >Rudeness >Reasonable actions taken by an employer or supervisor in managing the workplace

6. Embrace kindness and make your workplace a bully-free zone Bullying is a major issue in schools, workplaces, homes and over the internet. Up to 40% of Canadians have experienced bullying. According to studies, 21 to 46% of nurses have experienced or witnessed bullying.

7. IMPACT OF BULLYING >Can affect the health of individuals, their co-workers, and their family. >Can result in symptoms such as burnout, increased stress, anxiety, sleeplessness, fatigue, absenteeism and physical injury. >Can reduce team communication, job satisfaction, morale, motivation and affect patient care. Embrace kindness and make your workplace a bully-free zone

8. MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR WORKPLACE >Know your employer’s respectful workplace policy, and follow it. >Model respectful, professional behaviour. >If you witness bullying, report it to your supervisor and contact a BCNU steward. Embrace kindness and make your workplace a bully-free zone

9. Wednesday, February 24, 2016 is PINK SHIRT DAY Show your support for anti-bullying! Post a photo of you and a colleague in your pink shirts on BCNU’s “Our Nurses Matter” Facebook album. #EmbraceKindness #PinkShirtDay