Hi I am nursing student and I am sharing my lateral violence story and any advice would be greatly appreciated. I started a nursing program and was bullied by my peers for not being competent enough...
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Well said. I will def keep my sniffer to the ground this time! I feel like being aggressive in a healthy way in my studies and with others as needed is the only way to get through an environment like...
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I was surprised too. But a huge part to this has to do with the location of the school in the east coast. I guess people get used to it if that's the place they were born and raised up in....
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Apple-core - yes, I would say the class was 85% segregated. It seemed to be a preference of choice to sit and stick around those who were from the same cultural background or race due to similarities...
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wannabenny - I agree that students need to know the rules on how to treat their peers to create a better and more supportive nursing environment. Under title 9 policies, no person should be denied of...
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Orion81RN - I am very sorry you had to go through that. No one deserves to feel that way and I think its quite sad that those who bully are miserable themselves or have been bullied by others that...
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Lipoma - that's great advice, there's a few who are more wiling to help than others. It would be best to focus on working with people like them. I'm so glad that there are male nurses too in the...
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I agree sl035 that measures should be taken to prevent this stuff from happening in schools. But I think administration only takes it so far - in my case, only warnings were given to those students. I...
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Thank you Castiela, its good to know that nurses who work aren't really like that and that there are helpful and nice nurses in the profession. I am from California and people are generally more...