Nurse Bullying: 3 Tips to Speak Up When Bad Behavior Happens

You’re at the nurses’ station an overhear Terry, one of your experienced nurses, yelling at Lee, a new nurse, during shift report. Terry calls her “stupid” and says, “How can you be so incompetent?” It looks like Lee is about to cry. Although you feel bad for Lee, instead of intervening, you turn away - you and everyone else at the nurses’ station.

But then for the rest of the day, you beat yourself up for not saying anything.

In this episode of Coffee & Conversation’s about nurse bullying, I’ll teach you 3 tips to help you speak up when you witness bad behavior. Watch Video to learn the rest of the story.

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[nirmitatulsa]

Bullying starts in nursing school. By deans, professors, and staff. There are schools who don't have ombudsmen and even complaining higher than that (campus director) doesn't work. I'm from second career and I've never in my 25 years seen such unprofessional behavior. Have you seen the hashtag memes even throughout social media with nurses joking about how NICU babies look like aliens or old people looking like skeletons? I'm embarrassed to start working in a subculture that no one will talk about. What are your thoughts?