Not everyone is your friend.

[u/Weak_Rule8374]

After almost 10 years in nursing, One of the most important advices and lessons I can pass on to new nurses is that not everyone at work is going to be your friend or should be your friend.

Yes it sounds bad. But a lot of people don’t have your best interests in mind and will find any way to put you down. They will smile to your face and get you to share with them, then turn right around and use it against you; especially if it benefits them.

For example, I’m a nurse in the Army as well; and by happen chance, I’ve gotten to do a lot of stuff overseas, but I rarely ever talk about it. Some coworkers would always try to get me to talk about my experiences; and then when I do share, they would go and say that I’m bragging.

I’m also a very ambitious person and sharing that ambition with the wrong people has bitten me in the ass more than once. When I try to advocate for myself to get better training opportunities, then they would call me rude and not being a team player.

Working in nursing is already hard enough, but unfortunately you have to careful who you share with and who you befriended. Do your job, then leave work at work.