I feel like an HR. How do I deal with this?

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How do I deal with my colleagues who complain about everything?

Don't get me wrong, I can handle clients who complain; however, I'm probably expecting too much from my peers that they should be lesser stressors to deal with. Anyway, two of them complain about our clinical site's floor nurses and our clinical/theory instructors. I feel like an HR. I kept telling them to address their concerns with our instructors. For example, one of them asked me why I had more nursing skills done. But now, I feel like I'm probably making enemies silently because they witnessed it that (our colleagues and) I have no problem with the floor nurses I was assigned to. I let my colleague know that day how I got my things done.

They all think that I'm a meek person. I know when to strike and complain.

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Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

You are right not to engage in this. Now take it to the next level and stop worrying about it all together. These people will only be in your life a VERY short time in reference to the whole of your career. Keep your head down, stop worrying about "making enemies" - there are ways to disengage from this without being unlikable.

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On 9/28/2019 at 1:52 AM, studentnrs said:

Anyway, two of them complain about our clinical site's floor nurses and our clinical/theory instructors. I feel like an HR. I kept telling them to address their concerns with our instructors.

Don't try to tell them anything. I agree completely w/ @Nurse SMS; disengage without being unlikable. Stay busy during clinical so that your time listening to their complaints is absolutely minimized. Keep your availability extremely low where being an ear for gossip is concerned. If they come up to you and start complaining, say something like, "Oh wow" or "Ugh" or just anything that is nothing (?) and be on your way out of the area.

These complainers have the same general opportunity to get out there and work on skills that you do. If they aren't getting as many opportunities it is because they are spending too much time complaining instead of developing rapports and seeking out opportunities.

Their problem.

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Thank you for the feedback. I've been happier.

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