Who is supposed to police the mean girls?

[imintrouble]

We have several new nurses on our hall. All are young, fresh, eager, and valuable. Valuable meaning they can be floated to ICU, and ER, if needed.

One of them is a mean girl. Mouthy. Opinionated. Condescending to the CNAs especially, but also to us "old" nurses. While I find her behavior grating, I am busy enough it doesn't interfere with how I do my job. On the other hand the CNA morale is in the basement. Sometimes the CNA reprimands are not out of line, it's just the humiliating way it's delivered. Nursing management is aware, but in my opinion are hesitant to reprimand her because she is a NURSING asset.

So here is where we're at. Nursing management had a meeting and informed the whole unit that it was our responsibility, nurse and CNA to monitor objectionable behavior. We should not stand by and allow our co-workers to be brow beaten. We should stand up and object when incivility was occuring. It was our job to police our unit. Of course the perp doesn't even realize she's the problem.

In theory good people should not stand by and allow bad people to create havoc. But when you're on the job isn't that the job of management?

[caliotter3]

Management has a clear role in this person keeping her job or losing it. Coworkers might have some limited input, but it is only input, they can't make hiring and firing decisions. Who do you think the nurse will pay more attention to if she wants to keep her job? Confrontation should be directed at management to do their job instead of at the coworker. After all, would you want to be ganged up on by your coworkers? I doubt it.

[anotherone, BSN, RN]

We have several new nurses on our hall. All are young, fresh, eager, and valuable. Valuable meaning they can be floated to ICU, and ER, if needed.

One of them is a mean girl. Mouthy. Opinionated. Condescending to the CNAs especially, but also to us "old" nurses. While I find her behavior grating, I am busy enough it doesn't interfere with how I do my job. On the other hand the CNA morale is in the basement. Sometimes the CNA reprimands are not out of line, it's just the humiliating way it's delivered. Nursing management is aware, but in my opinion are hesitant to reprimand her because she is a NURSING asset.

So here is where we're at. Nursing management had a meeting and informed the whole unit that it was our responsibility, nurse and CNA to monitor objectionable behavior. We should not stand by and allow our co-workers to be brow beaten. We should stand up and object when incivility was occuring. It was our job to police our unit. Of course the perp doesn't even realize she's the problem.

In theory good people should not stand by and allow bad people to create havoc. But when you're on the job isn't that the job of management?

I would not get invovled. It is managment's job to police the unit.

[anotherone, BSN, RN]

maybe managment even agrees with her techniques/assessments of other coworkers!