lateral violence as a new grad

[donnaalyssa]

perhaps i'm not using the right term for this thread, but anyways. after 6 months, i finally received two job offers, i took the day shift one because i know i from prior experience, i physically have a difficult time with night shift. i've been on the unit for only two weeks and am completely baffled by the amount of yelling between nurse to nurse and secretary to nurse. and today, tech to nurse (me). i work on a spinal cord injury unit, so the techs really have a difficult time especially with our quads. at the end of my shift, when i needed to give report, i went to a pt's room to check their wound vac for any drainage. the pt asked me to send in the tech because they just had a bowel movement. i went to my preceptor and was about to ask if i could just do it myself even tho it was time to give report, but before i could do so, she asked the tech to check on the pt. the tech went ballistic and started screaming and both me and my preceptor. she was pointing her finger in our faces and yelling how all we did today was sit down while she was back and forth changing patients. i kept my mouth shut while my preceptor calmly told her how if she needed help all she needed to do was call. never have i experienced this before. i was so angry i started crying. i really want to apply for other jobs because this is a daily occurrence on the unit with nurses screaming at one another, but i also feel as though because the pt's are pretty stable and the hospital is tiny, i am not using the knowledge or skills i used in nursing school. also, when i do ask nurses simple questions such as to clarify what a medication is or why this pt is on this med, they always end up saying they don't know. i'm afraid of losing the skills i worked so hard to acquire in school. please help!

[bestrn11]

I am a new grad also and this is a hostile workplace, I would not work in a place like this, I would be afraid I might adopt these habits.