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Those are some great ideas. I worked in a different hospital as a CNA before becoming an RN and that unit did not have the same culture. I think those are some good places to shadow.

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Thanks for the response. I mean doing things like looking up a patients past criminal history and gossiping about it. There have been instances of judging patients gender status and open dislike for gay patients. There is a general lack of empathy, I.e. a sexual assault patient had to undergo an invasive procedure and began crying in their room, quietly, and there was just a feeling thrown around that they are just dramatic or behavioral issues. I have no problem being frank with people and telling it like it is. What I'm seeing is just frequent trash talking and negativity.

I'm a new nurse (less than one year) and I'm thinking of switching units. There's a lot of trash talking and moral holier-than-thou hype directed at patients where I'm at. It's just not what I want to become and I'm getting the reputation of being a bleeding heart. Before I start shadowing other areas, I was wondering where people have found the more tender hearted nurses at? And yes, I speak up my opinion and the manager has addressed these issues before and after I was here. It's just the culture.