Nurses Eating Their Young

What nurses should look for in a boss

What nurses should look for in a boss

Last week I sent an email to my boss explaining that I am interested in moving up the ladder. I received an email back that really just shot me down. I am seriously considering leaving because of the lack of support she’s given me.

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Does your nurse manager see you as confident?

Questioning yourself is normal. But if you compare yourself to your preceptor, who has several more years of experience, you’re only going to drive yourself crazy.

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Speak more assertively as a nurse

Let’s face it: Standing up to colleagues, patients and their families isn’t always easy. Let these simple tips teach you how to speak with confidence.

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5 types of difficult coworkers!

Head Nurse Jo has thankfully noticed a distinct drop in the number of nasty nurses in the world over the last decade. Have you ever worked with coworkers like these?

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What does your nurse manager expect from you?

As an ED nurse manager dealing with a diverse staff along with a large number of psych and intoxicated patients, I must let my expectations be known with them.

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Does this experience make my butt look lazy?

Do seasoned nurses take advantage of CNAs? Do they do less work than the new nurse? I distinctly remember feeling confused and resentful as the more experienced nurses on the floor did crossword puzzles or caught up on other work…

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Take that! How I (kind of) defeated the nurse who is out to get me

There’s this clipboard nurse upstairs who has been trying to find ANY reason to “counsel” me.

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Is nursing school built to “break us down” rather than “build us up?”

I can say 90% of my nursing education and experience has been about ‘breaking us down’. Sad, but true. I wish our instructors would make an attempt to teach, not torture.

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Nurses go clique-ety clique

Can nurses be catty? And would more men on the unit change the clique-y atmosphere that prevails?

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Comment of the week: Almost “eaten”

I survived and now I am thankful that they were so hard on me. But to say that “nurses eating their young doesn’t happen” isn’t true at all.

How do I deal with an unhelpful charge nurse?

How do I deal with an unhelpful charge nurse?

Few things are more frustrating than working with someone who just doesn’t get it. But before you blow up, take a deep breath. Then ask yourself: What exactly is the problem?

How do I deal with nurse bullies?

How do I deal with nurse bullies?

Any nurse who has been rejected by a nurse clique or has been the victim of another nurse’s malicious gossip wonders, “Weren’t we all supposed to grow out of this?”

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4 preceptor personality types

The reality is that a good or bad preceptor makes or breaks orientation for a new nurse. Which of these four: “Teacher,” “Out-of-it,” “Hands-off,” or “Coworker”… are you?

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Mean Nurses

Since my last blog I have been thinking a lot about “mean” nurses. Sadly, they are out there–and sometimes they make our jobs miserable. When I previously wrote about nurses not “having time to eat our young,” I was trying [...]

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Every nurse has had a shift like this

It’s almost over, I told myself as the day shift began to arrive. This is my last shift, my last night as a nurse.