The other new nurses in my orientation cohort and I keep comparing ourselves to each other in ways that feel both motivating and toxic, especially around who's getting better patient assignments or praise from attendings, and I can feel it affecting how we collaborate on the floor.
More people experience this than they realize.
You and your fellow new nurses keep sizing each other up, and it's getting in the way of working together.
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