Bad Behavior Continues

The incivility and bullying among nurses and "soon to be nurses" continues to be out of control.  I  am still in awe of how a profession that cares for patients and uses word like "holistic and therapeutic" could be so mean and evil to their nursing colleagues and peers. I will not beat around the bush.  We have:

• nursing educators who teach by intimidation and the students are so terrified they cannot think or learn  
• students who attack educators
• educators who attack their colleagues and attempt to set them up for failure
• nurses who are horrid to one another and gleam as they watch their colleagues drowning
• nursing students who bully one another
• nursing managers and directors who allow bad behavior to continue and have no intentions of "nipping it in the bud"

As I facilitate and guide learning for nursing students I am consistently reminding them to be kind.  Always encouraging them to work within the scope of nursing and practice safely to promote positive client outcomes.  The physical and emotional environment must be positive so the client will be guided to optimum outcomes. The persecution, browbeating, harassment, tormenting, intimidating, and dominating must stop.  Why does this continue to fall on deaf ears?