Recently I worked in an area of of the hospital that I do not normally work in. A couple of the nurses were nasty. No reason to be that way, just catty. I just don't understand what is inside these people to prompt them to act that way. I can't imagine being nasty to someone for minor minor reasons.
Did you ever meet someone and you know right off the bat that you want to steer clear of them; it's like you can tell they are a trouble maker, liar, just a nasty attitude all over... I just don't understand why people feel the need to act that way.
It just amazes me. I thought this was highschool bs, apparently it continues way into womanhood. How immature.
What is it inside those nasty coworkers that makes them that way? I truly do not understand.
I've experienced this too- a couple of the best (male ) nurses were completely run over by just plain bi****-ness from the women they worked with- and the guys I'm talking about were the exact ones you'd want in a code-
When I first became an RN...I guess somehow that infuriated some LPN's I worked with and they conspired against me trying to flub me up in all kinds of ways...they would hide the suction cannulas...they would even hide the G tube meds from me...trying to catch me in med errors etc. The DON was even in on it because she thought it was funny. Finally, one of the LPN's that was in on it at the beginning told me what was going on because she was sick of participating. I ended up confronting the DON and finally the main LPN doing it was written up and she ended up quitting. The only thing I can think of is that she was jealous that I had started there as an LPN then moved up to RN and she was still an LPN. Doesn't that sound catty too?
Hard to believe a place supposed to be known for its teamwork would single someone out like that and make their job a temporary hell. Even if I hated the person, I still wouldn't do that to anyone!
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
recently i worked in an area of of the hospital that i do not normally work in. a couple of the nurses were nasty. no reason to be that way, just catty. i just don't understand what is inside these people to prompt them to act that way. i can't imagine being nasty to someone for minor minor reasons.
did you ever meet someone and you know right off the bat that you want to steer clear of them; it's like you can tell they are a trouble maker, liar, just a nasty attitude all over... i just don't understand why people feel the need to act that way.
it just amazes me. i thought this was highschool bs, apparently it continues way into womanhood. how immature.
what is it inside those nasty coworkers that makes them that way? i truly do not understand.
they are probably very unhappy people who have no clue how they are being perceived.
on the other hand, perhaps they weren't really being nasty -- just focused or abrupt -- and you took it a bit more harshly than you would have in your own comfortable environment. just something to think about.
you are so right!! it does start at the top! same thing on the floor i work on. our nurse manager never has anything positive to say and our first shift secretary is the B from H and gets away with it! i try to just do my job and leave. its sad that we have to tolerate sorry people.
I worked with an RN when I was an LPN that I was sure was jealous because I was going back to school to get my degree. She would ask me to mop floors or clean this or that....nothing to do with nursing....it was really frustrating, but I did it because I wanted her to know that it wasen't beneathe me. She would never address me or acknowledge that I even existed...very upsetting. We ended up working on halloween together one year, it was a horrible shift. When I got home I remember dropping my bag on the floor, and when my husband asked me how the shift was I replied , "well it is a good thing that is is halloween because she could have drove her broom to work and no one would have noticed" then we rolled on the ground laughing. Now that it has been almost 10 years and I have my BScN I realize that no matter where you work you are going to meet people like that (some maybe not that bad) but I will never treat people like that and meeting someone like that particular RN has made me a mentor and a better nurese ( than she will ever be)....SO try and not let them get you down just learn from it and be better then them,, and know you are not alone. :)
HaHaHa...speaking as a guy working in the acute care setting, I have run across many many B(* women who feel it is their personal mission to make it miserable for a guy in nursing. The guys I work with are much more supportive. We(guys) are happy talkin sports or wknd plans, while it seems the women in my unit are busy discussing EVERYBODY's personal business, while their patients suffer for it.
The reason that this behavior feels so much like highschool is because it is like highschool. Where do you think all those girls went to? You are working with them! (They had to go somewhere!) This behavior is everywhere, in every profession. It's not unique to nursing, only more pronounced because it's a female dominated field. And yes, men can and will engage in this behavior, maybe just not as vocally. Think of all the corporate climbing and sabotage to get ahead. My advice. Ignore it, do your job to the best of your ability and remember your life is not at work, it's at home.
i recently left a floor for that very reason. the nurses would be all sunshine and lipgloss to your face. as soon as you were outside earshot forget it, you were toast.
it makes me wonder if people like that are always catty or just at work. did they once behave normally or has their work environment made them goofy?
sorry you had a crappy experience. you'll have that every now and then.
Just wanted to reply to this as I have never seen so much back stabbing at work and its making me sick, worse than being at school. I find it so disheartening to say the least, some nurses make such nasty insulting remarks about other nurses and then smile in there faces. It seems so exceptable, I find it disgusting and have said so out loud to the nurses repeating some of the comments made about other staff. Makes you wonder whats being said about yourself when your not around, I guess the only way to stop it is to not get caught up in it yourself and try and stop it in its track when it comes your way. Anyone else seeing this in the work place? and fed up?
Specializes in cardiac, psychiatric emergency, rehab.
I think there is a vast difference between feeling frustated with how people are being spoken to or treated versus actual backstabbing. How sad! I would want to stand up to it myself :) How sad that people find the need to express this meaness.
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I've experienced this too- a couple of the best (male ) nurses were completely run over by just plain bi****-ness from the women they worked with- and the guys I'm talking about were the exact ones you'd want in a code-