What's the difference between a graduate nurse and an experienced nurse?

[Joe V]

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Use the following template:

A Graduate Nurse _______________________________.

An experienced nurse _______________________________.

I'll start it out with...

A Graduate Nurse spends 3 hours giving a patient a bath.

An experienced nurse gets the CNA to give the patient a bath.

Now, add yours below. :)

[GitanoRN, BSN, MSN, RN]

a graduate nurse thinks people respect nurses.

an experienced nurse knows everybody blames everything on the nurse

[nursefrances, BSN, RN]

A graduate nurse walks in early at the beginning of the shift smiling, happy and almost skipping and singing like the smurfs ("tra-la-la-la-la") because they are finally a real nurse. (Unicorns and rainbows ) An experienced nurse walks in with a straight face, half asleep and says "meh", "bleh", "pffft", or something to that effect.