I'm wondering about this subject and nursing. I've seen a lot of cliqueishness in nursing. This usually involves some level of social ostracism of others. This affects some people more than others, and can definitely undermine the team.
I work in the ER and the night people definitely tend towards cliqueishness more than other shifts. They are often on the same rotation and seem to socialize a lot outside of work.
In the ER we have a lot of mid-shifts, and a lot of my schedule consists of those, so I interact with day and night people. I ignore the silly clique stuff. Recently they played a practical joke on me that was ridiculous and undermined patient care, which actually caused me to bring it to the attention of our director, but I am emotionally unaffected.
I've heard they've been giving our night unit secretary a hard time, who has been there forever, and gets along with everyone. I find this disheartening as, generally, we have a great group.
