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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DP. I'm a nurse. Bitchy, bullying behavior is [url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3774428/]rampant in the profession[/url]. This is mostly because it's female-dominated (hate to make it about women because I am a woman, but it's well-documented) and because nurses are prone to feeling like they have little control over their work environment due to its unpredictable nature.

I deal with it by remaining professional and calm, even when I would like nothing more to confront someone or break down in tears. After all, safe patient care takes priority. I avoid gossip and don't offer too much information beyond the obvious to those who demonstrate their mean girl nature. Where I work, turnover is high (lots of people burn out, leave for less challenging specialties, or go to school), so attrition has weeded out some of the mean girls.[/quote]

It is not well documented. It's rampant sexism at work (convincing you that women are somehow bullies and bitches). Unfortunately, these are equal opportunity behaviors across the sexes.[/quote]

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