This is a difficult situation, I myself have experienced. Only for me it is the nursing supervisor. So you are given a hand book when you started your job and you need to look up company policy on harassment, bullying etc.
You will want to know ...
How can you give a patient the care they specifically need if you know nothing about them? Anyone part of a patients care team should have knowledge of that patient according to the role they play at the very least. Anything less is careless.