Cliques and politics

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I have been a nurse for 17 years, first as an LPN for 15 and an RN for the past two years. I am seriously considering getting out of Nursing altogether because of the cliques and politics. I am a very social person just not typically when I'm at work. I will stand and socialize for a few minutes here and there when time allows, but I don't stand around when the back biting and putting others down starts, I don't sit for hours in the bosses office with the door shut, or stand around whispering things to others. All that being said any time any thing happens from the most minute to something major I am the one who ends up getting terminated. I even go so far as to tell bosses during the interview process that I am not a "cliquey" type of person and their response is always....oh well aren't like that here anyway. What is wrong with me? Why do I always have to be the fall guy?

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Specializes in Med Surg, Tele, PH, CM.

This is a problem that is not unique to healthcare, but something you will find in any workplace where you find co-workers with strong personalities. Leaving healthcare will not cure your problem.

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Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
I have been a nurse for 17 years, first as an LPN for 15 and an RN for the past two years. I am seriously considering getting out of Nursing altogether because of the cliques and politics. I am a very social person just not typically when I'm at work. I will stand and socialize for a few minutes here and there when time allows, but I don't stand around when the back biting and putting others down starts, I don't sit for hours in the bosses office with the door shut, or stand around whispering things to others. All that being said any time any thing happens from the most minute to something major I am the one who ends up getting terminated. I even go so far as to tell bosses during the interview process that I am not a "cliquey" type of person and their response is always....oh well aren't like that here anyway. What is wrong with me? Why do I always have to be the fall guy?

Querying random strangers on the Internet isn't going to solve your problems or answer your questions. If this has happened more than once to you, you probably already have the answers. You just need to do some self-reflection and figure out what the commonalities between situations could be. Not to be insulting or hurtful, but if you keep ended up being terminated, it probably isn't THEM. It's YOU. The good news is that you have the power to change that.

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