unprofessional behavior in RN community

led2banurse · Aug 19, 2004

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dedjim · Aug 19, 2004

I've never been offended by the Charge that comes into the report room, well out of earshot of any patients or family and starts out with :What a f****** day! Hearing my colleagues express themselves like this doesn't bother me, it's just understandable. But out in the Unit, where patients, families and others can hear is not OK. And I have reminded people before to watch their language. Never had a problem from anyone when I did that either. When I am out on the unit I have my "game face" on and people get what I think they have a right to expect: professional conduct.

Victoriakem · Aug 20, 2004

Swearing is a way to decompress after a trying shift, but only to a trusted co-worker who's not offended or to yourself on the drive home. I used to work in a rural hospital in the Midwest & I saw many examples of unprofessional behavior there. Also, if a person like myself, had actually been out of the county for fun, business or just having lived somewhere else, you were looked at like you came from Mars, when describing a situation different from the ones commonly seen in that area. I have lived in several different states & lived & worked overseas as well. I now live & work in a major metropolitan area, i.e. civilization, & am damn glad to be back.

I don't know is being in a rural area keeps others from growing or being aware of morays (sp) in the larger world or what, but it wasn't for me. Although I must say I did work with a few stellar nurses in the rural hospital, I don't miss the environment at all.

I work in a small rural hospital in
Nebraska,you would think the nurses here would be as professional as anywhere,or more so,wrong-wrong-wrong...we have some younger 22-30 year olds that use the f word and others I don't care to think of,at the drop of their hat..they nit-pick and make fun of others all the time...our unit manager is well aware of the problem and I think she may have had a few words with them but their behavior has not changed...does anyone out their have a solution???
In my nurses training we were taught that 1. NEVER talk about another nurse or MD
2.NEVER use foul language 3. your appearence is very important.....come on ladies this is not a hard list to follow,is it? Thanks for listening

njmom3 · Aug 20, 2004

I work in a small rural hospital in Nebraska,you would think the nurses here would be as professional as anywhere,or more so,wrong-wrong-wrong...we have some younger 22-30 year olds that use the f word and others I don't care to think of,at the drop of their hat..they nit-pick and make fun of others all the time...our unit manager is well aware of the problem and I think she may have had a few words with them but their behavior has not changed...does anyone out their have a solution???
In my nurses training we were taught that 1. NEVER talk about another nurse or MD
2.NEVER use foul language 3. your appearence is very important.....come on ladies this is not a hard list to follow,is it? Thanks for listening

I think it's just the type of person not so much the age..

I just started a job as a unit clerk and some of the things that come out of these womens mouth are just discusting... I wont repete it...Our D.O.N. is one of the worst offenders. I think that they are classless people is all, You are in a professional enviroment and should act professional at all times,I am still young in my early 30's...I just don't use that kind of language at work and as far as appearence goes, some of these women look as if they just rolled out of bed, and teeth...ah horrible some only have a few.... I am not a beautiful woman,I am a average looking lady could lose 20 lbs. But not ugly and I always try to look decent any time I go anywhere. :uhoh3:

91WhiskeyM6 · Aug 21, 2004

Well we have the same problems with nurses talking about each other, but it definatley isn't just the YOUNGER nurses doing it... Backstabbing runs wild on my floor... It is one of the main reasons I'm beginning to hate my job..

Amen :)

91WhiskeyM6 · Aug 21, 2004

I didn't really swear until I became a nurse LOL I am very careful about what I say, but sometimes it just slips out! and I am no spring chicken LOL
As for the talking about others...unfortunately it comes with the territory.

Haha.. the only nurse I know that swears constantly is this charge nurse in a TCU at my old hospital.

She used to intimidate the hell out of the nurses to the point the victimized nurses would cry only to have the same charge nurse apologize to them and cry

along with them :uhoh3:

diannenurse · Aug 22, 2004

I work in a small rural hospital in Nebraska,you would think the nurses here would be as professional as anywhere,or more so,wrong-wrong-wrong...we have some younger 22-30 year olds that use the f word and others I don't care to think of,at the drop of their hat..they nit-pick and make fun of others all the time...our unit manager is well aware of the problem and I think she may have had a few words with them but their behavior has not changed...does anyone out their have a solution???
In my nurses training we were taught that 1. NEVER talk about another nurse or MD
2.NEVER use foul language 3. your appearence is very important.....come on ladies this is not a hard list to follow,is it? Thanks for listening

In my opinion, these nurses should be reprimanded with a disciplinary write up according to their contract. With attitudes and behavior like that, our nursing profession will soon be given a bad reputation. Dianne

kellyxxx · Aug 22, 2004

If you don't like it, go somewhere else. I find in my travels that every place is different. It is much better working in a teamwork environment which every floor doesn't possess. I move around when I find a negative atmosphere. Traveling is great. It makes you very valuable and tolerant to nitpicking and small minded people. Kelly

AFRescuemedic · Aug 22, 2004

The bottom line is that we can't generalize. Yes cursing is unprofessional behavior and yes we shouldn't do it around coworkers and esp around patients BUT we are all people involved in hideously stressful work and need an outlet sometimes. I'm a bad offender and have been a foul-mouth since I dropped out of college when I was seventeen and joined the A.F. I learned how to curse from an ex-Marine sniper turned A.F. Security Policeman and he taught me how to curse and put a bullet in a quarter consistently at 500 meters (that was two careers ago).

So, I wouldn't be too hard on each other and too quick to pass jusdgement. It's been my experience that if you don't curse than you're doing something else to release stress which may or may-not be as socially acceptable.

John

Nurse GOODNIGHT · Aug 23, 2004

Haven't read through all posts but definitely I have met a lot of women but very few are ladies. I do agree it is a product of society and being educated does not make us gentil or mannered. I think it is so much more important as we are "professionals" and educated and the lack of civility seems to be more apparent even though I know it occurs in all professions. I have just as many rights to have a workplace free of noise pollution. I think it smacks of lack of self control. As a patient advocate, I think my patients also have a right to a "pollution free" environment. Also because very few women behave like ladies they will continue to be bemused at the treatment they receive. I do not think, regardless of the working environment, that makes it acceptable or that just because you cannot you will find another outlet and that I should have to listen to it. Only half of one's day is spent at work. But my main observation is that women are becoming more like men, except in the better regards. For example, one sees the MDs stick together and I have observed nurses in general as they say, "eating their own young" and generally being unsupportive of those in or entering the profession. This lead me to ? and pray on making my decision to enter the profession and re-enter school. I think we need to band together and support professional behavior. I will watch with interest as the current statistics show more women than men entering medical school and see if the protection and banding together of MDs continues. My hope for the nursing profession is that we come together in professional support.

njmom3 · Aug 23, 2004

The bottom line is that we can't generalize. Yes cursing is unprofessional behavior and yes we shouldn't do it around coworkers and esp around patients BUT we are all people involved in hideously stressful work and need an outlet sometimes. I'm a bad offender and have been a foul-mouth since I dropped out of college when I was seventeen and joined the A.F. I learned how to curse from an ex-Marine sniper turned A.F. Security Policeman and he taught me how to curse and put a bullet in a quarter consistently at 500 meters (that was two careers ago).
So, I wouldn't be too hard on each other and too quick to pass jusdgement. It's been my experience that if you don't curse than you're doing something else to release stress which may or may-not be as socially acceptable.
John

I can cuss with the best of them when I am angry, However in the work place it should be controlled... It's a matter of how you want other to view you, and if your so angry at a co-worker, or something that happened,you can find another way of getting your point across.I work with many who do cuss and some who don't.No one is perfect..

LuciGirl · Aug 23, 2004

I've grown weary of nasty, backstabbing, snoopy, crabby, mean, sarcastic, condescending nurses who swear one minute and then blab about church the next.... I would really like to just leave nursing completely. It is a very unhealthy profession. I say this after having several jobs over 25 years always hoping the next job would be better, but finding more idiots in the next workplace.........no wonder there is a nursing shortage. Mgt doesn't listen, doesn't respond to concerns. Lip service doesn't cut it!..............

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