COB rollcall

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Hey, I am feeling giddy today. Sooooo....will ask for COB rollcall and year graduated from *first* nursing school (whether that be LPN/LVN or RN or even throw in the CNA date)...

I graduated in 1990 with my LPN. I was a CNA for at least 6 months prior to that. :)

Specializes in Registered Nurse.
CNA 1988

RN 2011

I have no clue what that makes me.

I'm too new a nurse to really be an official COB, but I've been around long enough as a CNA (23 years!) to be rather crusty...

So what am I???

Good times: had a tech tell me I didn't know "how hard" their job was... I was thrilled to tell them I did their exact same job in the exact same facility for seven years with another 17 years elsewhere on top of it. They shut up and I felt crusty :bored:

I think you are semi-crusty! lol :up:

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Specializes in Registered Nurse.
Business major in the 80s (everyone was), CNA 2003, technical school for ADN 2006, will graduate with BSN December 2015, Lord willing...

You may need a few more years...but someone said COB is all in your attitude, state of mind and/or thinking anyway...:yes:

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Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.

I retired by letting my license lapse last year. It is so frickin' expensive to renew now, and I don't ever intend to work in a hospital or LTC again. But I haven't retired-retired, I work as a PD CNA 2 shifts a week for pocket money.

Maybe this could be one of our (COB's) Theme Song: Sung to the tune of Paul Simon's "Still Crazy" =

"And I would not be convicted by a jury of my peers,

Real Crusty After All These Years"

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Specializes in Registered Nurse.
I retired by letting my license lapse last year. It is so frickin' expensive to renew now, and I don't ever intend to work in a hospital or LTC again. But I haven't retired-retired, I work as a PD CNA 2 shifts a week for pocket money.

Maybe this could be one of our (COB's) Theme Song: Sung to the tune of Paul Simon's "Still Crazy" =

"And I would not be convicted by a jury of my peers,

Real Crusty After All These Years"

Gota love that song! I vote, "Yes"!

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1985.....

Those were the days, my friend....

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Specializes in Hospice.
1985.....

Those were the days, my friend....

We thought they'd never end...

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Specializes in nurseline,med surg, PD.

Quote from middleagednurse

Most of you are still babies. I graduated from IU in 1971 ADN then 1974 BSN. Been working for 44 years.

Wait a minute...if you're 53y, how did you graduate from college in 1971? You would have only been 9y! Your bio says you've been working for 32y, so how can you have been working 44y? Is my math bad?

Well when I signed up for this site I was trying to appear younger. So I fudged age and experience. Now I don't care anymore. Yes I am 63 and have been working full time for 44 years.

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Specializes in MDS/ UR.

Diploma 82. BSN 85

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1988 CNA, 1996 LPN and ADN 2016!! I am a COB!!! and loving it!

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Graduated LPN in 1987, finally went back and became an RN and finished in Dec 2014. All those years have been hospital years. I think I qualify as a COB!

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Graduated LPN in 1987, finally went back and became an RN and finished in Dec 2014. All those years have been hospital years. I think I qualify as a COB!

I think hospital years count as "dog years" no?! :roflmao: (ie: I have been a nurse since 1987, but they have been hospital years, so really it's been 60 years......) HAHAHAHAHA!!

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1982 ASN. Succeeded at the school of hard knocks, no desire for further learning.

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