hi guys, so i had this incident occur at work this weeek where a medical resident slandered the name of a nursing staff. the RN became aware of what was said and confronted the medical resident. the nursing supervisor  was informed and was at the meeting. this resident has also been quite curious and involved in 'the nurses business' . she constantly has issues with certain nurses and will gossip with the nicu unit about the peds unit and then talk about the nicu unit with the peds nurses. now some nurses enale and encourage this behaviour and i just don't understand why!!!!!!

i can appreciate what you are saying but that doesn't change the fact that gossiping in the work place does affect performance and attitude in general. all members of the health care team are suppose to work together but it is diificult to do so when people are being vindictive and harbour animosity.perception is also important and can influence the way staff think about each other and at times undermine the efforts of the team.