Gossips, Gossips, Gossips

My dear friends,

Today I want to talk about gossips. Do you like gossips? We are nurses. We like to talk and discuss different aspects of our and somebody else’s life. We like to talk about artists, movie stars, discuss what they do and how they do. Moreover, sometimes we also discuss some of our co-workers while they are not in the room. How do you think, can these discussions be considered as a gossip? If you discuss with you fellow nurse professionalism of the other nurse, clinical behaviour of this member of the health care team and her or his attitude toward patients, is it a gossip? I believe that every one of us at least once have heard this kind of discussions or even participated in it. I just want to remind you that our words can be a very dangerous weapon.

I remember good old story about gossiping. My friend from New Zealand sent it to me years ago. Here it is:

Once upon a time an old man spread rumours that his neighbour was a thief. As a result, the young man was arrested. Days later the young man was proven innocent. After been released he sued the old man for wrongly accusing him.In court the old man told the Judge: ' They were just comments, didn't harm anyone. 'The judge, before passing sentence on the case, told the old man: ' Write all the things you said about him in a piece of paper. Cut them up and on the way home, throw the pieces of paper out. Tomorrow, come back to hear the sentence. 'Next day, the judge told the old man: ' Before receiving the sentence, you will have to go out and gather all the pieces of paper that you threw out yesterday. 'The old man said: ' I can't do that! The wind spread them and I won't know where to find them. 'The judge then replied: ' The same way, simple comments may destroy the honour of a man to such an extent that one is not able to fix it. If you can't speak well of someone, rather don't say anything .

‘Let’s all be masters of our mouths, so that we won't be slaves of our words.’

I wish you a good day, a calm shift and a nursing rest room without gossips :)