I have been a nurse for 14 years. I am very disappointed in how nurses treat each other. I've worked with several nurses who expect you to prove yourself before you are accepted as a nurse. It seems like if you don't brag, seem over confident or arrogant you are considered inexperienced. I love medicine and patient care but I am tired of how rude nurses can be to each other! I have met some nurses who are kind and encouraging but there have been very few! I am quiet and don't feel like I need to prove anything. Please offer some encouragement. Recently a staff nurses actually told a pt I hadn't been a nurse very long and was bad mouthing other nurses! I still feel no need to correct her. I just want to do my job and be left alone!
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I have been a nurse for 14 years. I am very disappointed in how nurses treat each other. I've worked with several nurses who expect you to prove yourself before you are accepted as a nurse. It seems like if you don't brag, seem over confident or arrogant you are considered inexperienced. I love medicine and patient care but I am tired of how rude nurses can be to each other! I have met some nurses who are kind and encouraging but there have been very few! I am quiet and don't feel like I need to prove anything. Please offer some encouragement. Recently a staff nurses actually told a pt I hadn't been a nurse very long and was bad mouthing other nurses! I still feel no need to correct her. I just want to do my job and be left alone!