We have spent years talking about what is wrong with nursing culture. “Nurses eat their young.” New nurses leave too soon. Burnout is everywhere. Tension on the floor feels almost expected. We have named it. We have seen it. Most of us have lived it.
But naming it hasn’t fixed it. If anything, the conversation keeps circling the same territory without getting any closer to the root of it. And I …
What happened to teamwork in nursing?
There is a part of nursing we do not talk about. Not in school. Not in orientation. Not even with each other most of the time. It is the part where you learn to function in environments where violence, whether real or threatened, becomes part of the job. And over time, you start to notice something: You are not reacting to the stress the way you used to, and you …
Nursing violence causes silent and painful cumulative stress
I know what I’m about to say is unpopular, and maybe even controversial within our field — but I need to say it.
I’ve been a nurse for 18 years. I care deeply about my patients, and I care about the future of this profession. But I’m increasingly disheartened by what I see inside our own ranks. There’s a phrase we all know: “nurses eat their young.” We repeat it so …
Nurses aren’t eating their young — we’re starving the profession
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