Status quo and influencing factors of posttraumatic growth of nurses exposed to nurse-to-nurse horizontal violence: a cross-sectional multicenter study

Exposure to HV posed a moderate risk for nurses, while PTG levels among HV-exposed nurses were low to moderate. Overall, the current study suggests that educational background, department type, resilience, and dysexecutive were the main factors influencing PTG in HV-exposed nurses. The study found that resilience had a positive effect on PTG, while dysexecutive had a slight negative effect. Consolidation of resilience and alleviation of dysexecutive, while dialectically looking at educational background and department type, is necessary to improve PTG in HV-exposed nurses.