Should I say something?

[pigginsrn]

I work on a Behavioral health unit with a female coworker who constantly makes inappropriate sexual comments targeting male nurses during shift report in front of me. They often include innuendos that point toward questioning their sexual orientation. This nurses is vindictive and the male nurses don't want targets on their backs as she comes to work two hours early and pours over everyone's documentation in the break room and they think she would look for "mistakes" to use to sabotage them to management in retaliation if they confront her and she would.

Should I bite the bullet and say something to her and risk her wrath or bypass her and talk to our director?

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

Check company police for reporting illegal sexual harassment as this is exactly what is happening

[mkk99]

I would think looking at other people's documentation would be a red flag in itself. Surely she's not caring for EVERY patient on the floor? Plus the harrassment... yes I think you should mention it, in this case to the director and not her. Usually I would say talk to the person first but I don't think it would do any good and would only put yourself in harm's way.

[loriangel14, RN]

You could speak to a higher up. I would. That's very disrespectful. The males she is targeting should be speaking up as well. I work with a handful of male nurses and while there is some kidding around we would never question their personal life like that. As someone mentioned, she should't be going to charts of patients she is not caring for.

[pigginsrn]

She always assumes the charge roll when she works so she would use that as cover for looking at all the patient charts

[dishes, BSN, RN]

The male colleagues she is harassing along with staff who have witnessed the harassment, should meet as a group with your unit manager and human resources manager to discuss her behaviour. She is violating human rights code and your workplace needs to put a stop to it. Stick together, there is strength in numbers.

[BCgradnurse, MSN, RN, NP]

This is sexual harrassment. It needs to be reported to management.