difference between a Graduate Nurse and an experienced Nurse...

leopold · May 28, 2005

ROFL! I will soon be a graduate nurse and I can see myself doing all those things. :rotfl: I remember once, when I was a CNA in ltc we had a patient on a low bed who rolled over onto the floor pad (about a 2 inch drop) and the nurse just freaked out, she was doing neuro checks and vital signs and running around like crazy. On the flip side, I have seen new nurses look at a patient in crisis and just say, well I'll leave a note in the chart, then we end up sending them out 911. So, unless you're experienced I guess it's better to err on the side of caution. But I have to say, when I see a nurse keep her/his head together in a crisis and calmly do everything that needs to be done I really have a lot of respect and I will definitely try to emulate that behavior.

elizabells, BSN, RN · Jun 2, 2005

student nurse (finally!) who finds it funny!

CHATSDALE · Jun 2, 2005

LOL truer words were never spoken

TreetopAngel_RN · Jun 2, 2005

:eek:

I'm an experienced nurse!!!!

Although I do hear the tube feeding alarms, I hate trying to unclog feeding tubes!

shape0fmyheart · Jun 3, 2005

Graduate nurse here who finds it funny, and I will probably do most of those things, especially the throwing up when a patient does. :chuckle

NurseyBaby'05, BSN, RN · Jun 3, 2005

A Graduate Nurse throws up when the patient does.
An experienced nurse calls housekeeping when a patient throws up.

Yep, that's me. :barf02: I'm getting better though. As long as there's no dairy products involved, I can tolerate it now. If it lands on me though, all bets are off. :chuckle God help me when I have kids. I'm done for.

OBRNinTN · Jun 3, 2005

Funny Funny Funny!

churdlpn · Jun 3, 2005

A Graduate Nurse always answers their phone.
An experienced nurse checks their caller ID before answering the phone.

this is so true. i always check the caller ID first!!!! :rotfl:

Stitchie · Jun 3, 2005

Yep, that's me. I'm getting better though. As long as there's no dairy products involved, I can tolerate it now. If it lands on me though, all bets are off. :chuckle God help me when I have kids. I'm done for.

You know what? I'm a new mom and you'll get through it. When we first came home from Poland with our twin baby girls we had a small 'reflux' issue to be worked out.

Yep, I unexpectedly caught the full load on my shoulder, then had both girls crying on my other, clean shoulder, and my DH laughing hysterically in the hallway because he knows I'm a 'sympathy hurler'. Even when the cats barf, I gag.

I managed and then laughed myself to tears.

As for experienced vs new grad, this puts me somewhere in between.

Stitchie · Jun 3, 2005

Yep, that's me. I'm getting better though. As long as there's no dairy products involved, I can tolerate it now. If it lands on me though, all bets are off. :chuckle God help me when I have kids. I'm done for.

When we first came home from Poland with our twin baby girls we had a small 'reflux' issue to be worked out.

Yep, I unexpectedly caught the full load on my shoulder, my DH laughing hysterically in the hallway because he knows I'm a 'sympathy hurler'.

I managed and then laughed myself to tears.

As for experienced vs new grad, this puts me somewhere in between.

imn2nursing · Jun 3, 2005

Oh my goodness, that was too funny!:chuckle