Lack of solidarity in nursing

[bklynborn]

We have all benn there........bad DNS's, bad coworker's, bad working conditions in general............but even thogh we are all supportive of each other in the break room, the smoking area or whereever when push comes to shove no one is willing to speak up and confront the issues as a group. One at a time complaints never seem to go anywhere.............but trying to get a group complaint together scares the wits out of most people........why is that?

Most nurses I have encoutered are happy to just avoid issues pass there pils and go home............bitching to the other nurses but not wiling to take a stand "for fear of their jobs...............this is in places where there is no union........and why oh why is there no union??????

[Freedom42]

Because we've been convinced that regardless of how intolerable or even dangerous our working conditions may be, a union will only make it worse.

Why do you think a union will make it worse?

[bklynborn]

I was wondering that too............I am in the pacific northwest and the only place here with a union is the hospital and the nurses fought that tooth and nail. I asked my husband about unions I always thought they helped the orking people but he said over the years they had gotten corrupt.

[bellehill, RN]

Earle58,

I had the same epiphany a few months ago. It is not our job to fight every battle on the unit for people who won't. The other side of that coin is; after I have complained about something for the 10,000th time and nothing is being done it is time for me to move on and make the best of the situation. There is nothing more frustrating for me than to see problems and then see a lack of motivation to correct the problems. Managements favorite line is, "Thanks for the feedback". After a while I give up.

[bklynborn]

Shouldn't they then be called mis-management lol.