How do you deal with Nurses that gossip ALL the time
about the patients/residents and also about their fellow coworkers?

Gossip is part of life no matter where you work. The best you can do is not engage in it and change the subject if someone tries to get you to participate. If confidentiality is an issue, you can remind co-workers of HIPPA. But let's be real: that's likely to make you look unfriendly and distant, and can make life unpleasant. A better option is to go to your manager OR to call the hospitals reporting hotline--tho I'd name no names. Then the facility can address the issue in general and try to get it to stop.

KambriaJohnson said:

There really isnt all that much that you can do- Except- try not to get yourself tangled in all that mess- dont be offending but when you hear that stuff, just walk away and do something else, if it gets to the point of mental disaster for you or another co-worker than you have to put your foot down and ask them nicely to stop, if not then you take it the the o.m.
i hete to say it but gossip is almost 99% every office- every hospital. it is everywhere. hard to dodge.... hang in there.

charlita said:

I try to stay away from it-some places are nothing but drama and you can't always avoid it. I'm there to do my job, not socalize. I don't want to be involved in all that nonsense. Kambria said it all very well. I'm not there to make friends. If I find some along the way-that's great, but I don't go looking for them. On the other hand' you have to work with these people every day and you have to find some way to get along. I try to ignore all the petty stuff. I just don't listen or contriibute to the conversation. I keep my thoughts to myself and I don't share my personal life with the majority of my co-workers- except for a few I may grow close to and can trust. Remember they may be your friend today and your enemy tomorrow. As far as gossiping about the patients, that is inevitable. Sometimes you learn valuable information this way. Patients become very close to CNAs and will share things with them they moght not with the nurse. but don't let it get carried too far. Patients are people with feelings too. They may be old and sick, but they can still get their feelings hurt. If it becomes obsessive, talk to your charge nurse or administrator. It needs to be nipped in the bud ASAP. Don't tell anyone anything you wouldn't want repeated because it will be. Do your job, do it well and leave the rest where it should be-forgotten.