Why are nurses such back-stabbers?

[RNforLongTime]

Why do nurses feel the need to "tattle" on colleagues to the boss for petty things? Behavior like this does nothing to elevate our profession and everything to keep us down. Why are there some nurses who feel superior when they tell on someone to the manager? This recently happened to me and I thought I had a good rapport with my co-workers yet one of them ratted me out to the boss on an off-the-cuff remark that I made. Why does this happen? Is it because the majority of nurses are women and women are catty individuals. I'm a woman btw. From now on though, I am just going to do my work, and only talk to the other nurses/aides about clinically relevant stuff only. Other than that, I'll keep my nose in a book. Actually, I won't be working at this current place much longer. There are staffing issues that put my license in jeoprady so I am starting a job hunt after the holidays.

So, why do we do this to eachother?

[MN-Nurse, ASN, RN]

To the ones saying it's because nurses are mostly females....I've also had a job where it was primarily females and a female boss and there was very little gossip and drama. One of the most professional and enjoyable places to work. This was not a nursing job. One job I had (also before nursing) was run by a man and mostly male employees, it had the most drama, gossip, and backstabbing than any other job I've ever had.

The whiniest drama queen* on my floor is a guy. He does all the eye-rolling, complaining, nasty comments, the whole works you read about in horizontal violence lectures. Personally, I choose to find him amusing.

*(The phrase "drama queen" does not refer to sexual orientation. Repeat: the phrase "drama queen" does not refer to sexual orientation. This has been a moderator service announcement.)

[nursel56]

I just think it's funny that people get so upsetL:)

hahaha yeah? Why should anyone be upset about this --

"I can say without a doubt that as a group nurses are the worst group of people I have ever encountered"

or . . .

" almost every nurse I know would have to be reported on a weekly basis for what they do after a few to many drinks to some randome guy in the backseat of a Jaguar or something similar in a bar parking lot."

Those are a real laugh riot! :uhoh21:

I don't think I'll be Googling anything about that because I'm sure every dumb idea or misinterpretation of something is out there somewhere. Plus I have my own actual real life experience with both those terms!

[cavmedic16]

I wouldn't go around bragging that you have so much experience with your "Old boys club" in smoke filled rooms. People may get the wrong idea:) Sounds like a place a stripper would spend time.

[cavmedic16]

Guys like that are just like woman; and it's not the term drama queen that refeers to his sexual orientation .It's the probability that a guy that acts like that probably likes to have sexual realations with other men:)