backstabbing co workers

[qje999]

how do you deal with a bully co worker that has othe r nurses acting just like her? these women are cruel and vindictive, and go after anyone that displeases them. Im sure this bully nurse has been a bully all her life. her co horts seems to like her and go along with her. the head nurse is no help.in fact no one over the head nurse will help with this either. how do you stop these nasty women. ?

[labrador4122, RN]

Ok these are all great posts, but how can I learn to confront someone without crying? It seems like I start of great and then the tears come out. I end up feeling miserable, and weak.

I feel the same exact way..... how do I confront someone without crying?

I found that I have just felt numb around this person who from the very beginning was a total meany. I just don't care about her any more.

but this other one who is supernurse has become such a problem.

[spongebob6286, BSN, RN]

one reason i want to quit my other job is bec of those bullie nurses.

[labrador4122, RN]

I totally agree. There is no reason why nurses have to be so mean to other co-workers. Nursing is 24hrs whatever you can't do the other person can.

I don't get mad if someone tells me, "oh I forgot to do that"; because it is not a big deal if there is something that I can do.

Often at night, you can't do some things such as PT & sometimes the physician is not there to ask questions right away, and sometimes it takes forever to answer.

one time I called the MD at 7am, report is at 7:30am and while I was giving report this nurse stated that I didn't do anything for my patient.

It's not my fault that the MD did not call me within 5 minutes of paging! And even my charge nurse said my patient was fine.

some people I don't get.

[Guest717236]

Sounds like a quality assurance issue-how is it that these nurses have

the time to bully other nurses? What quality of care are their patients

receiving directly from them? Hopefully a patient will complain about

the lack of care they are getting from the bullies. If the upper chain of

command does not respond to make it a team effort this is a

signal to take care of yourself and look for other employment options.

Keep professional, and confront as needed. This why nurses leave nursing

and heaven help us all if the bullies are left in charge. It will be "self service"

care while they drink coffee, watch soap operas and sit and do nothing.