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.
student4ever
335 Posts
Hahaha! I'm still pre-nursing, but I find this hilarious! Not to mention I can see myself doing a lot of those things - though having worked in a busy ER for 2 years, and have three years to go before I graduate, I may pick up enough experience to keep me from fitting this "stereotype." Fortunately, puking does not bother me. :barf01: Maybe it's from doing so much childcare when I was younger (my mom babysat various kids while my brother and I were growing up). And I already write notes down on my hand - always have. LOL, when I first started at the hospital, I came home one night with my hand covered with notes/numbers, and my dear boyfriend started freaking out, thinking the patients were giving my their phone numbers (he's slightly insecure about himself, always feeling like he's not sure why I'm with him and wondering when I'll wake up and realize I'm too good for him - whatever!). He has this lovely mind picture (probably from watching too many fantasy type movies) of hot nurses flirting with the patients - if he only knew that it's not as sexy as on the TV screen! Anywhoo, thanks for the laugh!