A fancy name given an on going problem, that of nurse to nurse violence. I have been reading a lot of stories lately in chat rooms about other nurses stories, stories of verbal abuse from coworkers, all too often coming from managers. The consequence of course is an added burden to the nursing shortage as nurses leave the profession because nothing is being done. And I mean nothing. Fancy articles published in journals by those holding PHDs about how we need to pull together, methods we could use for handling stress in our lives and what managers should do to increase mentorships, nurse to nurse. Reality check here...it is not being done and we continue to lose good nurses.
Let's cut to the chase shall we. There are far too many crappy (and cranky) managers, whose own managers are probably just as bad if not altogether blind. I'm tired of reading pretty theories, it is time for real action. Nursing is a powerful profession but we are using this power wrong. Put in to the hands of professionals with real vision nursing can become a vibrant and caring strong hold that nurtures its' own. It can be seen as a profession that many will want to embrace because of what we can accomplish for the health and well being of the world. That is not a load of crap! Think about this for a moment...if health care systems around the world lost nurses the entire health system would crumble. It would become nothing more than a hit and miss entity when sought out by the sick or injured. Nursing holds it all together. FACT!
There is no excuse for abusing and mistreatment of coworkers by coworkers, management or governing bodies. It must stop now! We are well educated and well practiced and we are necessary. If you want a strong future for nursing we must all find the strength to stand up and say STOP, and we must do it now. The only consequence you need to worry about is that if this horizontal violence continues you will have no one to blame but yourself.
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