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Have you heard that phrase before? I graduated my Nursing Program way, way, back in 1955 and it was around even then. The perpetrator is usually a senior nurse with longevity but could be a new graduate bursting with new knowledge and techniques and ...

Bless your heart. Just don't get sick over it. Stress can attack in many differnt ways

So much has been written in this Forum regarding the behavior of Nurses toward their co-workers and Patients and the impressions of the General Public toward the Nursing Profession; its time to take a fair and balanced view of what is actually happen...

I know. I know. I suffered from "the Doctor is God" complex for many, many years. Some of the older ones still think they are God. Most of the younger ones I find more willing to be part of the team.

Welcome. AN is a good place to enrich yourself with ideas and situations I don't think you will find in the classroom. Count your blessings. I have worked with some wonderful, smart, skilled RN's who have taken me under their wing and gave me the opp...

That's what makes it even more serious. The good ones leave or try to hang in there and often end up with health issues and the nere-do-wells stay and keep the water boiling. Sorry you had to quit but I certainly understand why you did

Looking for work.- I agree. I tried to give you a Kudos but my Kudos button doesn't work. Did you read the New York Times Article? The Author validates the seriousness of the problem. Since joining AN I have come to realize it is far more widespre...

Sorry you are so frustrated. There are several answers that might apply to your situation. However you have not given enough information to answer your questions appropriately. Sounds like you need to talk to someone in your facility, who can eval...

Thank you. I appreciate the critique. I also found the Spell Checker.

or maybe not. this from the new york times. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/when-the-nurse-is-a-bully/

I totally agree. How many times have we been left to try and keep it together somehow when people call off for a frivilous reason. I had a C.N.A. call in on a Friday because she just found out she had cancer but she would be back on Monday. After emp...

Ruby-the situations you describe re: being late, inappropriate attire, etc., seems to point to the Schools training these people and the Teachers who allow this inappropriate behavior. Why these conditions exist in the workplace is because it can. I...

Document your experience as you have described here and ask for another Preceptor. Based on what you have described here he is not qualified to be your Preceptor. Your responsibilities to your Patients are far too important, once you are on your ow...

Thank you for pointing that out to me. I must admit I found the Article confusing. At one point she mentions she "couldn't handle it". and then later details the action she took and then again later, when reporting the incident to her Manager, admits...

WHERE is my pen!!!!!!!

NerdtoNurse Instead of correcting her mistakes you could try pointing to the scene of the crime or taking her there and asking her "What is wrong with this picture?" She will either realize something is wrong and needs to be corrected or she will lo...

" So how do you tell a 27 year old that no one wants to eat lunch with her because her table manners are so atrocious without being accused of "eating your young." I'll confess that I couldn't manage it. " Although it's hard to believe a 27 year old ...

You just say to yourself "Forgive them Father for they no not what they do".

Yes Annmarie. yes, yes, and yes

If what you say is true and I believe it is I can understand your frustration. If it were me I would write her up. In the write-up I would suggest that maybe she is not clear in what her responsibilities are and how she could have been more helpful....

I have read those those threads also and dismiss them out of hand. Fortunately they are in the extreme minority. How they ever got through a Nursing Program boggles my mind. Using them as examples to rebutt or reject the real concerns of Nurses wh...

I apologize for the bold type. It was not deliberate or intentional. It happened because I copied and pasted the title of the Article and I couldn't change it. The problem with Ruby's responses and some of the others is they are assuming the the pe...

i think everyone should visit this post. for those who won't accept bully's exist in nursing you might just get a new perspctive about the seriousness of the problem staff development and funding dec 01, 2007 written by jbudd [color=#1750ff]platin...

Just for the Record. Being rude is a subtle way of "of eating your young" It dosen't need to be overt or violent. Seems to me this Nurse is a "Result Oriented" person. She is not interested in how or why the Patient is there she can read that in th...

My first impulse is to say"God Bless You" and as I'm writing this I wonder if it is O.K.? Will you be offended? That is how far we have strayed in our Socalization skills. Political Correctness has colored our speech and stymied our ability to commun...