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1. nurses attacking nurses

   bethgrace replied to bethgrace's topic in General Nursing

   Based on 23 years experience in the profession - yes and yes

2. nurses attacking nurses

   bethgrace replied to bethgrace's topic in General Nursing

   You put this beautifully. This is exactly what I went through. That awful fear of getting fired, of making a serious error. Driving home from your shift worried and scared. I wish I could say it gets better. I personally have never been able to sta...

3. nurses attacking nurses

   bethgrace replied to bethgrace's topic in General Nursing

   Actually, I do go to the person who has been catty and speak to them directly regarding their accusations. This is, however, tiring. I'm supposed to be focusing my energy on my work and my patients. Ruby makes an assumption that none of us ever ta...

4. nurses attacking nurses

   bethgrace replied to bethgrace's topic in General Nursing

   I keep thinking about what someone posted here about the male nurses being immune to this. I've worked in hospitals all over the US and the male nurses being immune seems to be pretty much true everywhere. Usually, no one bothers to attack them and...

5. nurses attacking nurses

   bethgrace replied to bethgrace's topic in General Nursing

   Truth66 I love your ideas. I think alot of the misreable work environment so many of us have to live with might be improved if the catty ones had to put their cattiness in writing. And RNperdiem? You either have a very thick skin or have been very lu...

6. nurses attacking nurses

   bethgrace posted a topic in General Nursing

   I've been an RN for 23 years now, and there is an awful aspect of this profession that I will never get used to - nurses attacking and tearing down their fellow nurses. Nurses who seem to revel in trying to make themselves look good by trying to mak...

7. Having a hard time getting fulltime RNs in Home Health

   bethgrace replied to HtownNrsng's topic in General Nursing

   I have worked Home Health on and off for the last 15 years. I learned the 1st year in this specialty that I'd rather take my chances on income as a per diem than take my chances as a full timer. The chances you take as a full timer? That you will ...