85% of nurses have been verbally abused by a fellow nurse 1 in 3 nurses quit because of bullying It's bullying, not the wage, that is the major cause of the global nursing shortage (the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that by 2022, there will be a shortfall of 1.05 million nurses.) Many hospital units don't give nurses time to eat, take a walk, or even go to the bathroom. "The Yellow Sick Road" explains my journey down a road that was sometimes crooked, sometimes bumpy, and sometimes pleasant. The Witches - East, West, North, and South - represent the charge nurses and management. The...