Issues in the workplace

I've been feeling a little frustrated at work. Everytime I work with this one nurse I find her constantly commenting on how good the other nurses are for example "so and so should be a doctor she's so smart ect." This nurse is a senior nurse and I am a junior nurse and the other nurse she comments on are also junior nurses. maybe I am feeling Envious (as much as I hate to admit it), but I just find it slightly annoying that she is always commenting on their skills, but never gives me a comment... I mean everyone can use a little confidence booster especially if you're still pretty New. Maybe it's just me. I've been trying to ignore it and not let it get to me, but I can't handle it anymore. I feel like it's making me feel a little less confident. Anyways, just wanted to know if anyone else has ever experienced this and how they dealt with it.

Just say good things about yourself. Announce them in front of her and everyone else.

I don't know, she doesn't seem like the person to do that, but I do agree with her while doing my work. I don't know why I'm letting it bug. I think I'm just a person that needs a little pat on the back once in a while lol! Especially while I'm still learning lots

I see this as a senior nurse tactic to manipulate people.

Praise here, cut-down there, confidence undermining there and you have a sort of power. It is a shabby game to play in front of a new person with fragile confidence. She loses power if nobody care about her opinions.

If she starts spouting off some unsolictied opinions on other nurses performance, it is time to remember something you have to do right now. Don't volunteer to listen.

It spunds like idle chatter to me, just conversation for conversation's sake. Maybe she says positive things about you to others? Is there anything that initiaites the conversation specifically? If not, just say, oh yeh righht Nod your head. LIkely this is just someone wanting to talk but doesn't really have anything to say. Likley it has nothing to do with your skills.

Anyways, just wanted to know if anyone else has ever experienced this and how they dealt with it.

Ignore it completely, especially since it is something that bothers you. You are having a problem with it, so take positive action. Leave the area or else remain very engrossed in whatever you're doing to the point that you can't reply and might not have even heard the comment anyway.

You have so much to learn. Focus on that instead, and feel good about the fact that you're doing it. I understand what you're saying as far as how it is nice to receive positive feedback every now and then, but you would be far better off checking in with your manager once in awhile to make sure your learning and progress is on track rather than willfully allowing your emotional health to be so affected by the babbling of a co-worker. Feel good about learning to take great care of people.

I think it is fair to say that training yourself to develop your self-esteem and confidence as a nurse in much healthier ways is pretty much a matter of survival - I fear it will be a rough road if you spend much time focusing on things like this.