Group think - dangeous forms of employee assault

Everything on this planet faces some sort of trouble. Nothing is perfect. In life we have an opportunity to give of ourselves to help others. Or be selfish and self-centered driven by our fears of reprisal we can harm others.

We throw aside opportunities for friendship and camaraderie for vile, verbal reproach and we practice character assignation.

Recent events in life have shown great resolve and a true proof that group think is alive and well in the nursing field.

Stories have been written and heard about nurses going after nurses. Or nurses eat their young. Worse is the younger nurse targeting the older one.

Group think is vicious and mean.

Group think defined by Merriam Webster online: a pattern of thought characterized by self-deception, forced manufacture of consent, and conformity to group values and ethics

Group think has a rich history filled with burning women labeled as witches in Salem.

One person begins with hateful, nasty comments about another person. Criticizing how they talk, their tone, the way they word things. Then comes the comments about their stupidity or lower I.q. We label and categorize every thing.

When, is it all right to allow people to attack one another verbally or get a group together. To get one employee fired. Lets get rid of her or him.

The sentence; loss of income, loss of friendships, loss of opportunity, loss of career? How far does the group think go?

Truth hidden at every turn,. Lies and anger allowed to flow. Until blood is spilled. That is how the women were burned, and men crucified. Words written so long ago seem to fill the air.

Let ye who has not sinned cast the first stone.

This is why Jesus was crucified, not because of relations. Because they were afraid of him. Group think.