Nurse's Gossiping!

Gossip is human nature.  The Bible warns against it. 

On 10/21/2021 at 6:05 AM, Curious1997 said:

My parents are foreign and whenever I visit Europe which is frequently, I am always struck by how little gossip goes on and people basically just mind their own business or respect other people's business. 

And no one in the UK gossips about the Royal Family?

25 minutes ago, Lunah said:

Almost as annoying as misplaced apostrophes! ?

Nurses are real people and nurses (plural) gossip!

Do you personally know members of the royal family? 

I'm referring to people we know and work with etc. 

It's actually painful to some people to be gossiped about because I've noticed it's almost always aimed at the vulnerable or different and it really isn't a nice trait. 

There's something about looking in the mirror etc etc? 

Gossip hurts other people, so I don't know why it is practiced so much. Human nature can be controlled is we set our minds to not do it.

Gossiping is sadly something that exists in any job or profession. In the end, it has more to do with the people that are engaging in it than with the people it is directed at. The best thing to do is to ignore it and try your best not to engage in it or even being around it. In my department, there is so much gossiping and by the time things filter down to me, it is usually old news by several weeks. Why is that? Because I don't engage in the gossip. Instead I focus on my work and try to physically distance myself from the talking. The reason why I do the latter is because there is a negative energy that you are exposed to when you are hanging around people engaging in such behaviors, even if you yourself are not engaging in the behaviors. You can internalize this negativity and it can have an impact on you, even if you think it doesn't.  Remember that gossiping is necessarily harmful to everyone and it says more about the people engaging in it than it does about the subject of the gossip. Generally those folks doing the gossiping are often bitter, jealous, and unhappy with their own lives and standing. Also they feel very self-important when they are flapping their gums.  And as I see it, it's their problem. Just focus on your job and what's great about how you perform your job. It's easier than its sounds and pretty soon the gossips fade into the background...where they belong. Also, another thing to remember is know who you can trust. Try to keep your cards close to your vest. Try to not to tell people too much about what is going on with you because that can also keep you in the gossip cycle. I'm not saying be anti-social, but try to maintain your privacy as best you can. Any excess information you tell them can become fodder for the gossips. 

One of the things that I used to love about working float (40 years ago) was that I stayed outside of the gossip and politics. They were just glad to see me. ?

On 2/24/2022 at 2:31 PM, Kitiger said:

One of the things that I used to love about working float (40 years ago) was that I stayed outside of the gossip and politics. They were just glad to see me. ?

 

AMEN! That's what I used to do, too! Two days on one floor, 2 days on a different floor. Less stress, too!

Once upon a time I went to the office of a well-known healthcare "Rent-a-Nurse" agency to apply for a job. As I was filling out the application, I couldn't help but hear the 'back office" where 3 or 4 employees were gossiping about this one and that one. They were hot into their 'discussion', and I couldn't help but hear them. I thought, "Wait a minute! I don't want to work for a place whose employees rip up other employees like that." I stood up, ripped up my application and tossed it in the wastebasket on my way out the door.