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Old Jul 20, 2006, 09:22 PM
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Graduate nurses vs. Experienced Nurses


> A Graduate Nurse throws up when the patient does.
>An experienced nurse calls housekeeping when a patient throws up.
>
A Graduate Nurse wears so many pins on their name badge you can't read it.
>An experienced nurse doesn't wear a name badge for liability reasons.
>
>A Graduate Nurse charts too much.
>An experienced nurse doesn't chart enough.
>
>A Graduate Nurse loves to run to codes.
>An experienced nurse makes graduate nurses run to codes.
>
>A Graduate Nurse wants everyone to know they are a nurse.
>An experienced nurse doesn't want anyone to know they are a nurse.
>
>A Graduate Nurse keeps detailed notes on a pad.
>An experienced nurse writes on the back of their hand, paper scraps,
>napkins, etc.
>
>A Graduate Nurse will spend all day trying to reorient a
patient.
>An experienced nurse will chart the patient is disoriented and restrain
them.
>
>A Graduate Nurse can hear a beeping I-med at 50 yards.
>An experienced nurse can't hear any alarms at any distance.
>
>A Graduate Nurse loves to hear abnormal heart and breath sounds.
>An experienced nurse doesn't want to know about them unless the
patient is symptomatic.
>
>A Graduate Nurse spends 2 hours giving a patient a bath.
>An experienced nurse lets the CNA give the patient a bath.
>
>A Graduate Nurse thinks people respect Nurses.
>An experienced nurse knows everybody blames everything on the nurse.
>
>A Graduate Nurse looks for blood on a bandage hoping they will get to
>change it.
An experienced nurse knows a little blood never hurt anybody.
>
>A Graduate Nurse looks for a chance "to work with the family"
An experienced nurse avoids the family.
>
>A Graduate Nurse expects meds and supplies to be delivered on time.
An experienced nurse expects them to never be delivered at all.
>
>A Graduate Nurse will spend days bladder training an incontinent
>patient.
An experienced nurse will insert a Foley catheter.
>
>A Graduate Nurse always answers their phone.
>An experienced nurse checks their caller ID before answering the
phone.
>
>A Graduate Nurse thinks psych patients are interesting.
>An experienced nurse thinks psych patients are crazy.
>
>A Graduate Nurse carries reference books in their bag.
>An experienced nurse carries magazines, lunch, and some "cough syrup"
in their bag.
>
>A Graduate Nurse doesn't find this funny.
>An experienced nurse does.





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Old Oct 20, 2006, 07:02 PM
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Re: Graduate nurses vs. Experienced Nurses

cute!

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Old Oct 20, 2006, 11:16 PM
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Very funny an enlightening.

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Old Oct 22, 2006, 08:17 PM
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Yup it's true, coming from the mouth of a "new grad"! LOL I am coping this for my instructors. They will get a hoot out of it!

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Old Oct 24, 2006, 10:32 AM
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Too true.

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Old Oct 24, 2006, 12:48 PM
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True!

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Old Jan 02, 2007, 04:48 AM
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Very true.

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Old Jan 02, 2007, 05:13 AM
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That is so funny! And so true!

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Old Jan 08, 2007, 08:42 PM
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A Graduate Nurse wears so many pins on their name badge you can't read it.
>An experienced nurse doesn't wear a name badge for liability reasons.



was just looking at the number of pins on my lanyard (breast cancer/ovarian cancer/st.raphael, Aids day etc......plus stickers on my ID... "
( st. raphael is patron saint for Nurses, Physicians, blind and travellers


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Old Jan 09, 2007, 11:44 AM
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Re: Graduate nurses vs. Experienced Nurses

Love the "doesn't want anyone to know they're a nurse." Very, very true.

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