I'm an RN and new to a outpatient procedure center. There's a co-worker who micromanages me. As I went to empty a wastecan, she told me not to, because it wasn't full enough. I started to haul soiled linens out of the recovery room; she told me the bag wasn't full enough. She ordered me to move paperwork on a counter 18 inches to the right ''because it doesn't belong where it is.'' I've been trained by several other coworkers to immediately get family members when a patient comes to recovery, rationale being that if the MD comes to talk to the family member, then the MD shouldn't have to wait. This woman jumped down my throat because a patient ''wasn't stable'' and that I had brought the family back too soon. She referred to me recently as her ''aide.'' I do not engage her in discussion about the micromanagement but she can tell it angers me. She called an impromptu meeting of all the nurses in recovery last week and stated that the ''new nurses'' are told to do things ''because we have a way of doing things here.'' She looked directly at me. She said that when ''new nurses are told to do things and they just walk away'' (as I have done a couple of times), ''that's just being passive - aggressive.'' (I would rather walk away than say or do something unprofessional) After this impromptu meeting, a couple of other nurses asked me if I was ok. I told one that I'm on the verge of quitting, and she strongly encouraged me to talk to my supervisor about the situation, and that I need to ''just let that person's words roll right off your back.'' The micromanager is very tight with our supervisor and I feel that talking with her as suggested will not accomplish anything. The impromptu meeting, in my opinion, was heavy-handed and intended to humiliate me in front of other people. That's mainly why I want to quit -- because I've been humiliated in front of other people. Those nurses did not need to brought into a discussion about tension between two people. She basically brought 5 other people into a situation that should have been handled between me, her and our manager. I'm 54 and I know bull**** when I see it. I guess I'm looking for advice on how to handle this with my supervisor.....should I just resign, or give her the chance to look into it?? I really feel that if this coworker would stoop to public humiliation of another person, that's not a place I want to be.