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Aim and Background: Observing error and misconduct in the work place and deciding whether to report it or not is stressful and this stress can have physical and emotional effects. The aim of this study was to investigate the emotional and physical effects of whistleblowing among nurses in private and public hospitals of Isfahan, Iran, in 2011. Methods and Materials: This was a descriptive and analytical study. The study participants consisted of 245 nurses of private and public hospitals of Isfahan. The subjects were selected using cluster sampling method and evaluated using the Whistleblowing Checklist and the two checklists of Physical and Emotional Effects of Whistleblowing of McDonald and Ahern. Findings: 62% of nurses were whistleblowers and 38% were non-whistleblowers. In terms of physical effects, whistleblowers suffered from more problems and only the rate of digestive problems was higher among non-whistleblowers. In terms of emotional effects, feelings of fear and anger were more common in whistleblowers and feelings of unworthiness and guilt in non-whistleblowers. Conclusions: The results indicated that Whistleblowers, generally, suffer from more physical and emotional problems, but non-whistleblowers also have specific problems (digestive problems and feelings of unworthiness and guilt) which show the necessity of paying more attention to this group.

Keywords: Misconduct, Whistleblowing, Nurse, Physical effects, Emotional effects

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