[nurseulove]

sigh... nurses... we should be here for each other..

[nurse430+yrs]

Everything I have experienced over the past 30+ years indicates YES.....they DO indeed EAT their young. The question is: How can nurses change it? ........ How can we mentor, nourish, empower and move health care forward through NOT eating (and/or mangling our young?) .

[RainDreamer]

Originally Posted by nurse430+yrs

Everything I have experienced over the past 30+ years indicates YES.....they DO indeed EAT their young. The question is: How can nurses change it? ........ How can we mentor, nourish, empower and move health care forward through NOT eating (and/or mangling our young?) .

Why do you eat your young?

[aloevera]

oh after 20++ years I still see nurses in report that go on and on to show off how much they think they know, I say, tell me what I need to know so You can go home and I can get started...I don't want to hear all the opinions and what you think...maybe I sound nasty, but enough is enough...who are they trying to convince that they are so all knowing??? certainly not me, because I don't care....maybe themselves....

[mb1949]

Oh Lord, I will probably do that, it just that I don't want to miss anything feel free to shut me up in that case

[softstorms]

Final line is..do we eat our own..yes, are we proud of that?, I hope not. This is my question to all of you? When vacation time comes, do you want to be denied, because thier is no one to cover for you? Because, the nurses you oriented left? Did you give them so bad an overview that they felt they did not want to work there? What is bad for one nurse is not always bad for the next nurse. What is stress for one is fuel for the next. Sometimes it is all about separating the job from home. Your stress may not be related to the job. So don't pass it on.

[Tweety]

Originally Posted by RainDreamer

Why do you eat your young?

nurse430+yrs said "YES.....they DO indeed EAT their young. ", not meaning him or herself. Often when nurses say "nurses definitely eat their young" what they are saying "everyone but me of course".

[RainDreamer]

Originally Posted by Tweety

nurse430+yrs said "YES.....they DO indeed EAT their young. ", not meaning him or herself. Often when nurses say "nurses definitely eat their young" what they are saying "everyone but me of course".

Ah of course, doesn't apply to them directly .... but it must apply to EVERY other single nurse out there

[nurse430+yrs]

Originally Posted by Tweety

nurse430+yrs said "YES.....they DO indeed EAT their young. ", not meaning him or herself. Often when nurses say "nurses definitely eat their young" what they are saying "everyone but me of course".

Just as there are various levels of drivers on the road; as there are various levels/states of health in a person---there are various levels of nurses who "eat their young"...

My education and training taught me that nurses are valuable---I was taught to mentor others who followed me NOT eat them. Hope YOU are doing the same for other nurses.------

[aloevera]

I agree, we are all not the same, for sure....I enjoy teaching new nurses and most seem to respect my knowledge and experience...I say most...there is always that one that already knows it all...just as there is always that one "ole nurse" that eats her young.....same as in any profession, not just nursing......I have friends in other lines of work that experience the same thing....must be some type of "initiation" for some new employees....reminds me of the sorority rushes....