I wanted to share a story. On a surgical floor in a large urban hospital a new graduate nurse was interviewed after thirty days on the floor. The nurse manager asked her at the end of her interview if she had experienced horizontal violence in the first thirty days. The new graduate replied that she had. The nurse manager probed her for details and the new graduate told her that when she was with a more experienced nurse during her orientation she was hammered for four hours. She said she felt like every decision was questioned and she felt like she was being given a test for the time that she spent with this nurse. It is one thing to teach a new graduate, but to put a new nurse through the paces when they are orienting to the floor is horizontal violence. This time is meant to be nurturing and mentoring. New nurses are like babies, first they crawl, then they walk and then they fly. The first year of a nurses career is the time she/he learns the most. Let us remember that we are nurturing the nurses of tomorrow and each one of us has a responsibility to mentor new nurses and support them. It begins with each one of us.