the don where i work send this to me via e-mail, wanted to share...
differences...
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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