The future of nursing is in new

graduate nurses...And we’re losing them.

The fol lowing module is intended to increase awareness about the

impact of horizontal violence toward new graduate nurses.

Up to 60% of new nurse graduates leave their first nursing position within the first year

50% of that number leave the profession

entirely

Nurses are notorious for their poor treatment of

newcomers, and it goes deeper than simple hazing or

initiation.

The quotations throughout this module come from actual new graduate nurses. Names have

been changed to protect privacy.

I know that I know lots of things,

but I don’t know where we keep

tape or how to page the right

doctor or .. hundreds of other

things and somedays I come home

so aware of my shortcomings and

completely lacking confidence in my

ability to be a competent nurse. -

Linz

EricRegistered NurseEmergency DepartmentExpires: 03/13/2013

EricRegistered NurseEmergency DepartmentExpires: 03/13/2013

LinzRegistered Nurse

The first months of practice can be chaotic, painful, and

traumatic—fostering feelings of isolation,

vulnerability, and uncertainty. These feelings

can result in low self-esteem, lack of self-

confidence, and a sense of failure in new graduates

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It’s like walking into a

very important game

where the stakes are

really high, and the

people you are playing

with won’t let you see

the rule book . . .

I hadn’t realized

nursing was so

competitive. Lots of

poker faces.- Eric

EricRegistered Nurse

Emergency Department

Expires: 03/13/2013

EricRegistered NurseEmergency DepartmentExpires: 03/13/2013

EricRegistered Nurse

Emergency Department

Expires: 03/13/2013Hannah

Registered

NurseMedical-

SurgicalExpires:

09/20/2013

EricRegistered NurseEmergency DepartmentExpires: 03/13/2013

KarinaRegistered

NurseLabor and Delivery

Expires: 07/23/2013

EricRegistered NurseEmergency RoomExpires 03/13/2012

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ERICRegistered

NurseERICRegistered Nurse

I find myself dying a little more inside every day I wake up and

realize I have to go to work.

I feel more alone now than

ever before. – Penny

PennyRegistered Nurse

PediatricsExpires 05/17/2012

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ERICRegistered

Nurse

ERICRegistered Nurse

It was the looks the preceptor gave me. . . like I was stupid. . . In my whole three months of orientation, I can’t think of a single time anyone ever complimented me.

- JohnMarkEmergency DepartmentPediatrics

Expires 05/17/2012

JohnRegistered Nurse

Pediatrics

Expires 05/17/2012

Studies show that bullying activity is a learned behavior, not a trait

inherent to the bully or victim. Nurses who are initially mortified by the negative environment begin to adopt bullying

behaviors…

ERICRegistered Nurse

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ERICRegistered

Nurse

Survivors have to look the other way . . . or go along with the crowd to survive. You have to take the party line even if you don’t believe it.

– Anna Anna

Registered NursePediatrics

Expires 05/17/2012