I was a police officer for a decade, firefighter for over 6 years, then retired as a nurse. My wife still does nursing per diem at the hospital. I remember the good ole boys club as a police officer. I thought it was a bunch of badge hungry dudes but I was able to work with them. Then the firefighter guys were nothing but a big group of family. And then I got myself into the nursing profession. As a male nurse I was treated differently, I was valued. But between all that, I see the gossip and “mean” girls. From new college hires to 30 years nurse veteran, I have never seen a huge group of miserable people acting like immature adults. Don’t get me wrong, lots of great nurses but the groups and units that I’ve been to, there’s more miserable people than I can count.

Today, my wife calls me to complain how some nurses were mad that she went in to help due to short staffing. They say because of her, they may not get the short staff bonus shifts. Acting like little high school girls. I don’t get it, when the unit is short, people bickers, when you get help people bickers. Why are some nurses so miserable?

I see the profession similar to domestic abuse victims, they hate the relationship but refuse to leave it. Sometimes you just got to change. I told my wife to just retire since I’m making more money than ever.

My rant for the day!