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Personal Narrative: Nurses Eating Their Young

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When I think about moral distress, I think about the common phrase in the nursing world, that is, “nurses eating their young”. My friend Nia who is fresh out of nursing school and landed her first nursing job working in the ICU. Nia is of a Russian decent, and English is her second language. She has a strong accent, and sometimes she has trouble pronouncing some English words. She told me at work her nursing supervisor would make fun of the way she spoke and even called her a nickname in front of the other nurses. Nia felt embarrassed by her supervisor’s remarks. She was starting to lose confidence in herself, but also the confidence she had when speaking to her patients.
Nia realized that this was a problem. It was affecting her mentally
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