Crusty Old Bats Bank

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).

Have you seasoned members ever noticed that you are retelling a story in order to illustrate a point you are trying to make to a newbie who has a question or concern?

Do you seasoned members ever notice that you sometimes relay the same experience several times in several different threads to newbies, sort of like having an answer in a FAQ?

We COBs have been accused and found guilty of NETY, but just as much, we are open to giving information or relaying experiences to those who hunger to learn from our experiences. We are more open to FOY (Feeding Our Young) than we are to NETY.

The above cartoon is a humorous attempt the repeated NETY theme.

In a recent thread, I was attempting to give support, reassurance, and information to a deserving newbie hungering for it. I found myself, once again, relaying a situation that occurred over 30 years ago.

Sometimes, if a repeated question or concern comes up, I will search the archives, find the post in need, and merely copy that post as a reply to the new thread. More often than not, however, I have difficulty finding one specific post in over 9,430 of them.

So here's what I'm throwing out to you experienced professionals, seasoned members, and maybe not-so-seasoned members: Make a deposit in the Crusty Old Cob Bank of a multi-related experience or experiences that you can withdrawal if the need arises.

Maybe even newbies will withdraw from your account if it satisfies their need.

Everybody wins! We "old nurses" love to tell our stories, and interested parties can learn and enjoy them!

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Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.

Sounds like a great idea to me, but then I'm a crusty old bat.

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Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).
Sounds like a great idea to me, but then I'm a crusty old bat.

Don't be afraid step over to the Dark Side!

Hppy

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Specializes in NICU.

If this was only a real thing. It would be nice to archive and put our old posts in folders for easy access to retrieve a desired post.

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Specializes in NICU, Peds, Med-Surg.

I always enjoy your posts! :)

P.S. I googled "NETY", and sure enough, google brought me to an archived post from here! HOW did we survive before the internetS? :)

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
If this was only a real thing. It would be nice to archive and put our old posts in folders for easy access to retrieve a desired post.

That's what I wanted this thread to be like, GIB- a place where we could "bank" our oft-told stories.

This is an excerpt from a post with an oft-told story of mine that I mentioned previously which inspired this thread:

A story I like to tell happen to me when I worked in OR. I had broken into hospital nursing with 2 1/2 years of working in psych as an LPN, but really wanted to get some techy medical experience. I got the position as a scrub nurse and worked at learning the trade. At first I was all thumbs and a supervisor questioned whether this was a right fit for me. I cried and persevered by eating, drinking, and sleeping scrub nursing. Then, it all came together: Three months in and I was a shining star!

I worked in OR at Weed Rover Township Hospital in 1986 and 87. An RN, who started in OR at about the same time, and I became quite good buddies. After work, for example, we'd stop in a local watering hole, have a few beers, and review the day.

I even kept a journal about that time:

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HOW did we survive before the internetS? :)

I know, nevousnurse! That's why I purchased text, Surgical Technology by Joanna Fuller, as the internet was a couple of years away from being invented!

And thanks for the kind words!

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).

An oft-asked question goes something like, "What do you like about nursing?"

This is a response that I've used as least three times in the recent past:

...I love being a nurse, what the title stands for, what the work entails, and what satisfaction I get feeling like a contributing member of society.

I am by no means, a religious person. However, the basic principles behind Christianity are worth following. Doing techy things like working in surgery, or administrative things like being a nursing supervisor were great and I feel blessed to have been able to work in those areas. But when I stoop down to help a geriatric psych patient put on their footies, I think of how Jesus washed the feet of his Disciples. Here this great man (or whatever else you may believe), humbled himself. He made himself equal to them by making himself less than them, but in reality, he was above them.

That doesn't sound the way I wanted to convey about how I think and feel bout nursing, but maybe you can get the gist. We are servants to those with which we provide care, but we are esteemed professionals in a respected field. So, whether I was first scrub on a lumbar laminectomy with a second scrub, two surgeons, three back tables and a mayo stand, or wiping the butt of an incontinent geriatric psych patient, I was doing a job that I love: providing comfort and care to another human being

And that's what I love about nursing...

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Specializes in ER.

When someone comes here and says "Why are you bringing this up with a bunch of strangers" I'd like offer my answer.

I just want to mention, if people don't bring up various subjects here at allnurses, there won't be any discussions. I find it baffling when someone criticizes a thread saying 'why talk about this with a bunch of strangers?'. I wonder why they waste time here if they disagree with the basic premise of discussion forums.

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Specializes in Medical-Surgical/Float Pool/Stepdown.

One of my favorite tidbits of learning found here on AN years ago was the bit about putting a disposable chucks pad inside a bed pan...and the epiphany hit...after eight freakin years of being in ******* health care. Slap to the forehead! Ergo my addiction to AN since my healthcare beginning.

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Specializes in Medical-Surgical/Float Pool/Stepdown.
An oft-asked question goes something like, "What do you like about nursing?"

This is a response that I've used as least three times in the recent past:

I remember reading this post.

It shows how just how omniscient and yet humble the poster is.

Tips hat (which is probably a ball cap :-)

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
I googled "NETY"

Yeah, nervousnurse, I learned what NETY was almost exactly eight years ago from this thread:

https://allnurses.com/nurse-colleague-patient/-quot-nurses-eating-486865.html

And my reaction was:

Oh shucks- I thought this was going to be a recipe.

Oh well, never mind.

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
I remember reading this post.

It shows how just how omniscient and yet humble the poster is.

Tips hat (which is probably a ball cap :-)

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In reference to:

https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/condom-snorting-1156008.html

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