Evil Nurses

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This is a rant so beware!

I am done with evil nurses who absolutely do not want to help new (in terms of experience) nurses. I have a co-worker who refuses to answer any of my questions and turns me away but she has the nerve to gossip about what possible mistakes I could do at work for being so new and handling the sickest patient! Really?! All I can say is *.*. You are not hurting me, you are hurting the patient. If you think, I should increase the profopol, then tell me, not tell someone about it! UGH! Anyway, is it ok to give someone the middle finger at work? Haters gonna hate! And I know why this evil lady is a hater: she is butt ugly inside and out!

Thanks!

Well put even has my seasoned self like yeah that may work. Your happiness and will to learn with respectacular towards her will only show that you are an adult and will not play high school games

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My husband is nearly finished going through an accelerated 2 year associates degree program for OTAC and is doing the last 3 weeks of his clinical rotation. His first facility was a excellent experience in a beautiful facility, working with genuinely wonderful people whom he learned a great deal from. They encouraged him to return and apply once he passes his state boards.

This is the 2nd facility and the experience couldn't be farther from a 180 degree U-turn experience wise for him. Here he has been put under the supervision of a OTR whom is about half his age and just out of school herself. She treats him with scorn and discourtesy on a daily basis, and humiliates him at every opportunity available. She yells in his face in front of staff, patients and pt families. She won't use his name - instead preferring to refer to him as "the student" while talking about him as if he's not even there while speaking to other staff. Many of the staff has told my husband they don't like how the OTR is treating him, because it is embarrassing for everyone. She takes him out into the hallway and actually yells in his face, so everyone can hear what she is saying. She rips his charting to shreds when it is comparable to other therapists at the facility, and will not allow him to ever use the same therapy more than one time (even on other pt's) so he has to constantly come up with new treatment plans every single time. My husband is 51 and being treated like a child. Pt's have also complained that she has yelled in their faces and threatened them.

This OTR was talked to about her bullying behavior and stopped for one day, then resumed worse than ever. Now she sits in a pt wheelchair in the pt room and while my husband struggles to do therapy with a pt that really needs 2 people, not helping or teaching, and sings verse: "Under Pressure" over and over.

So, bully behavior in the work place is alive and well all over unfortunately. I feel for my husband, and I feel for you too as well. We were all students once (or new to our particular career) and needed a friendly face to mentor us. Work can be hard enough at the best of times - adding childish behavior into the mix is unprofessional, and can have detrimental consequences for pt's. Treating others with respect and courtesy costs nothing.

Wow, she's got some serious issues.

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Specializes in Cardiac surgery, Adult ED, HEDIS.

LOL:nurse:! I had this experience years ago when I was learning a new role in surgery. I took that person aside & had a firm conversation with her. Letting her know that all of her negative announcements are being told to me or I can overhear her. Politely let her know that you prefer to get some respect, if she has something to say to say it to me. If she continues, call her out in front of everyone, by saying I thought we would agree that you would talk to me about my actions as a nurse, let her know in front of everyone its not okay to diss people if you are not willing to help train.

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Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

That seemed a little dramatic to me as well but then I got to "butt ugly inside and OUT" and I really lost empathy for OP.

She doesn't sound like a nice person, but "evil"? That word is usually used to refer to child rapists and murderers who shoot 50 people in a nightclub.
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Specializes in Ortho, Case Management, blabla.
This is a rant so beware!

I am done with evil nurses who absolutely do not want to help new (in terms of experience) nurses. I have a co-worker who refuses to answer any of my questions and turns me away but she has the nerve to gossip about what possible mistakes I could do at work for being so new and handling the sickest patient! Really?! All I can say is *.*. You are not hurting me, you are hurting the patient. If you think, I should increase the profopol, then tell me, not tell someone about it! UGH! Anyway, is it ok to give someone the middle finger at work? Haters gonna hate! And I know why this evil lady is a hater: she is butt ugly inside and out!

Thanks!

Personally, I'd start looking for another job ASAP.

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She is obviously in the wrong profession and is intentionally putting patients at risk for harm.

Report her everytime until hospital acts. Its called "Hostil Work Environment" and hospital will be liable for damages to you if they dont put a stop to it a force you to work in such.

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Specializes in NICU, Postpartum.

I feel you, lady! I do exactly what you do - act professional (and jovial), find other experienced nurses with which I can discuss my musings, only deal with her when I must, and take excellent care of my patients. And, I vent to my preceptor when we're not at work :) I also don't feed her harassment of other coworkers - I feel like people are bored of her so they yes her to death but they pay attention to her, which I think fuels her fire.

These types of nurses teach me how to be a better nursing colleague, by not emulating them :)

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