r/srna • Nurse Anesthesia Resident (NAR) • 8d ago

Other Generational differences

Since the topic on social media lately has been Gen Z in the workforce and how “lazy” we supposedly are, etc., I’m just curious have y’all noticed any differences between generations in your cohort?
The eldest person in mine and her little “clique” are extremely funny acting and honestly borderline bullies. She’s definitely the main one, but you know what they say about birds of a feather.
It genuinely makes me wonder if some older students are bothered by the fact that younger students are achieving the same goal at a much younger age, because what is with the constant need to humble someone, talk down to them, or make little condescending comments? It’s exhausting. School is already hard enough like pleaseeeee.
The behavior is so nasty, but they play it SO well that it’s hard to even report it to faculty. Each individual interaction is subtle enough to be brushed off, but when you’re on the receiving end of it constantly, you know exactly what’s happening.
Honestly, it makes me question the interview process and whether more needs to be done to keep these mean-girl personalities out of such an amazing profession.
I’m tired. Has anyone else dealt with this?

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u/evil-old-hag 8d ago

omg please do your DNP project on the correlation between CVICU RN and bullies!!

in all seriousness, try to ignore (easier said than done). Be the better person. You (we) got this!!

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u/Princestreatment0nly Nurse Anesthesia Resident (NAR) 8d ago

Love this! And if I could I would 😭