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Nurses carry an enormous amount of responsibility. Few professions are as physically, mentally, intellectually and spiritually taxing as bedside nursing. Sometimes the expectations are simply unrealistic. Factor in long hours, tired feet, abusive family members and occasionally abusive patients along with many other stressors and you have a recipe for a cranky person. Nursing is a very task and time oriented profession with more and more expected of us/placed on our shoulders daily - the result is a nurse who might not always have the luxury of extending social niceties. keep in mind she might be juggling 10 things she needs to get done in the next 15 minutes just to keep a patient alive. So much is expected of nurses most of them are simply exhausted. I know I personally have not had a full night's sleep since 1988 . But seriously, I have been at the bedside close to 20 years now and I will agree with you - there are some nasty, dysfunctional people in this profession. There are wonderful people as well. Just always keep in mind the stress people are under and it is not always a personal attack or snub just because an exhausted nurse who has been abused for 12 hours straight 3 days a week does not have the energy to extend social graces. Good luck to you.