Nursing Syndrome

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Just wondering if some of you heard of "Nursing Syndrome." I learned (from CNAs and some higher degree health workers) that there is a "syndrome" among the nurses working anywhere. They don't behave profesionally as they should all the time. I mean they do with the patients, not with the coworkers. Is it true that they believe that they have a too high self-esteem, just because they have a 2 or 4 year degree?

I don't want to be a nurse and make job life miserable to anyone. What is going on? If there are any nurses that heard about that, or some of you have seen or heard about such a thing, can you tell me what lead those nurses to such attitutes? I surely want to avoid them...

[Jen2]

"But then again, the entire shift refers to her as something not so nice,"

That is too funny. It is true that there are not so nice people everywhere. I used to not say anything to anyone, and did you ever see that movie Me, Myself, and Irene, with Jim Carey? That is where I was to the point of. I now tell people in a nice way when they upset me. I don't let it marinate inside me. I found that most of the time people just don't realize what they have said or done. Someone on here has a signature that says "We will get as much crap as we will take." that is my motto.

[bluesky, BSN, RN]

I worked as a unit secretary for 5 years before going to nursing school and I learned a couple things watching the nurses interact:

1. Be very careful who you tell your business to

2. All that smiles is not a friend

3. Make nice with all assistant staff- you'll need them when the chaff hits the fan

4. If you're very sensitive to what everyone says, you'll be miserable because it *is* true that most negative people are just jealous or on a power trip

5. While you may meet some nasty people, you'll also meet some great ones who'll make it all worth it a million times over

Don't know if this applies to nursing syndrome, but there it is.

Lexie

[essarge]

blue,

thanks for saying to be nice to all assistant staff. I have run into many, many nurses who feel that assistant staff is there to do their bidding and have no clue that they have a job description as part of the team!

Being an assitant myself, I will do my job to the best of my ability and then some but when a nurse does the justa thing, he/she will have quite a bit more to do if it is not in my job description!

[VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN]

I have never heard of "Nursing Syndrome." HAVE heard of, witnessed, and experienced "horizontal violence," "nurses eating their young," and general bullying among nurses of all ranks and descriptions. Have also met some truly wonderful people who are nurses and coworkers and they have enriched my life greatly; by far the wonderful outnumber the mean-spirited. Still, you need to be aware and BEWARE that these bulies do exist and can cause you great harm if you let them.

[live4today, RN]

Nursing Syndrome is the same as saying Womens Syndrome to me. :chuckle Whenever you got a bunch of women working side by side, hormone city forms and rears its ugly head more times than one can humanly stand at times. It won't go away...not ever....so just always be yourself no matter what. Snobs in any job are a dime a dozen, but so are the kindhearted souls who will bend over backwards to help you in spite of their "position" on the job. I've met a lot of both in my time, and appreciate the qualities of each one for I learn how to be and NOT be as a person. Nighty night! Be back Sunday night or Monday morn!