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I totally agree with "WDM08002" and "The Dreamer".....While working for agencies, I've unfortunately seen this happen frequently on various jobs, by RN's, LPN's, & CNA's. I've often wondered if it's b/c they are so stressed and swamped.

Beautiful! And I'm one who thinks Ruthie chose to leave while there was a caring person by her side. :heartbeat

I lost mine anyway.....

I do nothing that wouldn't hold up in court.

I never liked discussing my personal life at work either. But health care is a very social environment from my experience. Groups go out together with their spouses, Christmas parties, get together on their days off & on & on. I was never a part of it liking to keep my personal & work life separate. All it did was make my co-workers curious about me. I blurred the lines a little, but I never liked it & never figured out how not to discuss me & mine or my life without seeming aloof. I'm not sure it's possible in long term positions. Alas I think I was considered a cross between snobby and or weird, even tho I laughed and talked with everyone all the time. I just wasn't talking about me & mine.

I have worked at 4 different LTC facilities and have seen similar treatment. 2 in the North East & 2 in the South East. Seeing this type of treatment was the reason I quit work to care-give my blind Mother. To keep her out of these places until she died 4 years later. We didn't have money for the expensive ones. Anyway I have thought about this a lot. I always left those jobs because I couldn't tolerate seeing the poor treatment these residents receive and ultimately went to work in a clinic for 17 years. I think these places get away with this treatment because caring staff simply would not work there...this leaves people that don't have a problem with it. State inspections are a joke....The facilities prepare for them and they seldom get shut down because what would they then do with the residents. It has always bugged me the way we treat the elderly in this country.

Well Done Sir! I got your point and totally agree. A few of these nurses need to lighten up.

Leave that job. I've worked with like nurses. Just remove yourself from that poisonous environment asap. They won't change & you don't go to work to fight! I've had wonderful nursing jobs, with great caring, helpful, compassionate & fun staff. Those jobs are out there, find one. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO STAY WHERE PEOPLE BRING YOU TO TEARS!!!!

:redbeathe If you couldn't be a nurse what else would you like to be? Well pick that. I actually agree with you. Nurses can be so judgemental to work with. Not all of them, but enough that it may or may not be a problem for you. So search your heart and choose another profession. You mentioned being a EMS that might work...or a writer. You'll figure it out. Love & Light to you...........