Nurses General Nursing
Updated: Feb 9, 2020 Published Nov 25, 2011
Nowhere else is it permissible to crack up over a death. Nowhere else are gross things normal. Nowhere else can I vent about a ream of awful prima donna patients without being told I have no compassion.
Y'all know who you are. And thanks.
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donsterRN, ASN, BSN
2,558 Posts
Can we members of the Boys Club become crusty old bats, too? Or maybe... crusty old buzzards...? Either way, we'll all be COBs...
xtxrn, ASN, RN
4,267 Posts
donsterRN said:Can we members of the Boys Club become crusty old bats, too? Or maybe... crusty old buzzards...? Either way, we'll all be COBs...
I do believe bats come in both genders, or there would have only been one lone female crustoid bat
Kum-ba-yah, brother :hug:
I don't know if I'm just an old goat, or fully crustified bat
I did have a patient compare me to a bat one time- re: being up all night and looking for blood in the morning
Always_Learning, BSN, RN
461 Posts
I'm a baby bat.
CT Pixie, BSN, RN
3,723 Posts
Sue you are my hero and someone I wish to be just like when I'm of crusty old bat age/experience!
I'm a Lil BIT..(bat in training)
diva rn, BSN, RN
963 Posts
Always_Learning said:I'm a baby bat.
Those little things are actually CUTE......so you can see we weren't always crusty! (I am the one in the pink blanket, that's my baby picture, honest)
Dixielee, BSN, RN
1,222 Posts
I agree, the bat club is an equal opportunity club!
As far as the baby bats...they are cute, but when I see bats, I think rabies shots. I can't tell you how many rabies shots I have given because a bat flew through a cabin at summer camp. They ALL come to the ER for their shots!!! Sorry for the mini rant. We used to try to catch bats as a kid (don't think any of us have rabies)
mazy
932 Posts
canesdukegirl said:I think I am going to get a t-shirt made that reads:I am a crusty old batI am not afraid of things that go 'splat'!Some may call me jadedBut many a patient I have aided.As the years fly byI am described as spry.And then I think backWhen I didn't know jack.From crusty old bats I have learned muchBecause they showed me the value of a nurse's touch.Here's to crusty old bats! May we live long and not have all of our joints replaced before we retire!
I am a crusty old bat
I am not afraid of things that go 'splat'!
Some may call me jaded
But many a patient I have aided.
As the years fly by
I am described as spry.
And then I think back
When I didn't know jack.
From crusty old bats I have learned much
Because they showed me the value of a nurse's touch.
Here's to crusty old bats! May we live long and not have all of our joints replaced before we retire!
Now this is an official nurse's creed that I can get on board with.
always_learning said:I'm a baby bat.
OMG- That is adorable.
(I lived in Austin. The Mexican freetail bats are a major source of summer entertainment and respect as they go out each night from the S. Congress Ave bridge to consume mosquitoes and other pitas all night).
diva rn said:Those little things are actually CUTE......so you can see we weren't always crusty! (I am the one in the pink blanket, that's my baby picture, honest)
I'm in yellow- looking up at a goat
Yep, that's US...who are the other 2? Poi, is that you on my left?? I think it is! ?
Bortaz, MSN, RN
2,628 Posts
I was born a crusty old bat. Aging and becoming a nurse just made it worse (better?).