Replies to 'Workplace Bullies'

Quote From: female54

In one of these posts someone was surprised that there would be bullying in healthcare. Well I've been a nurse for a loooong time and believe me there is a saying, "nurses eat their young" Yes that is so true, and not only their young, they eat the old ones too. Of course this doesn't apply to everyone, obviously there are a lot of really nice nurses, however a lot of them are bitches, believe me. The hardest part of being a nurse is having to put up with workplace bullying. Just a few days ago I was bullied to the point of tears, this happens at least once a month, and I am not an emotionally unbalanced person either. I guess nurses have so much responsibility, but very little authority, so they get stressed, so they take their stress out on each other. The thing is, management shouldn't allow it, but they do. Often it's the managers who are the meanest of all. Ever see the movie "Mean Girls" , a picnic in the park compared to most health care settings. I would never advise anyone to go into nursing, unless you have really thick skin.