Corrections Nurses: Hazing the New Kid on the Block

Have you ever been the new kid on the block?  Afraid to say or do something wrong.  Then, you meet what has to be the worse nurse in the history of nursing.  She is inpatient, grouchy and yelling at everybody.  This attitude among nurses has become a growing and widespread phenomenon in some environments, especially corrections.   Such environments lead to great risk of causing mental and physical damage to the health of a new nurse.  It can make or break them.  Has anyone else ever encounter this problem?