As a student nurse my mother(a nurse for 37 years) warned me the nurses 'eat their young'. I was very much aware of the superiority complex nurses had with me as a student. But as a practicing nurse that attitude has gotten better. I've mainly noticed the attitude of 'none works as hard as I' but I think that goes with a lot professions. What you are experiencing could be that you are a student or just primarily with where you Are working. The best thing to get out of it is to not follow suit. Respect everyone you work regardless of their position.