Stop Eating Our Young!

摘要

I would like to commend Penny Sauer for highlighting the problem of lateral violence in her article entitled "Do Nurses Eat Their Young? Truth and Consequences," published in the January 2012 issue of Journal of Emergency Nursing. As the problem of bullying in schools makes headlines, it is easy to dismiss it as a problem of youth. As Ms. Sauer points out, this problem occurs in our nursing units among nurses who, as caregivers, should care for fellow staff members above all others. This problem was around when I started in the emergency department 24 years ago but is currently receiving more attention.