Experienced Nurse vs. Graduate Nurse

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

A Graduate Nurse wears so many pins on their name tag you can't read it....An Experienced Nurse doesn't wear one 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 detaild notes on a pad...an Experienced Nurse writes on the back of their hand, paper scraps, napkins, ect.

A Graduate Nurse will spend all day trying to orient a patient...An Expereinced 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 know about them unless the patient is symptomatic.

a Graduate Nurse spends 2 hours giving a patient a bath...an Expereinced Nurse lets the CNA give the pt. 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 Expereinced 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 at all costs.

A Graduate Nurse expects supplies and meds 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 Expereinced Nurse will insert a Foley cath.

A Graduate Nurse alwaays answers their phone...an Expereinced Nurse checks thier 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 thier bag...an Experienced Nurse carries magazines, lunch and some "cough medicine" in thier bag.

A graduate nurse doesn't find this funny...an Experienced Nurse does.:p

An experienced nurse will wager on how high the blood alcohol is going to be, or what the drug screen is positive for while the graduate nurse is busy trying to find someplace to send the patient for rehab.

Originally posted by ok-rn

An experienced nurse will wager on how high the blood alcohol is going to be, or what the drug screen is positive for while the graduate nurse is busy trying to find someplace to send the patient for rehab.

The rule we use is to multiply what they said they had for alcohol consumption by 3...anyone else use this?

;)

I think 3 is too small a number in our area! 6 would come closer!!!

same goes with laxatives... no way in hell I am giving MOM to someone at 9a when it works just as will at 3 o'clock. Not just for my sake of course, I have to keep my aides happy!

ALong the line of the beer story, my first IV was during my ER rotation of school... this guy had a blood alcohol of .185 at 11 o'clock in the morning. That 18g slid right in his hand without any problem! He picked up his head, looked at me and said "That didn't hurt a bit!" WONDER WHY!!!

Originally posted by hippychickrn

another one that might be considered:

a graduate nurse dc's a foley the second she/he receives the order. an experienced nurse waits until the end of her shift. :D

Or just before the transfer. That goes for the laxative as well. The graduate nurse gives the laxative right after it's ordered. The experienced nurse gives it just before change of shift or transfer.

:chuckle

This is so true! I am a new nurse and I see many of the new grad traits in myself.

I love grad nurses and sure enjoyed reading this. This is so true and funny!

Grad Nurses are the first on the floor after report. Experienced Nurses take a coffee break first.

Ya. Running to codes was exciting for about one day, and then I found out what happened to bladder and bowel sphincter control after a code is pronounced...

"You bag em, you have to tag em..."

Poops on that!

Originally posted by hippychickrn

another one that might be considered:

a graduate nurse dc's a foley the second she/he receives the order. an experienced nurse waits until the end of her shift.

Oh oh you're telling on me! LMAO

In my experience,

A new graduate will turn a vomiting patient on their side to observe them while they vomit on your shoes

An experience nurse will always turn the patient away from them so the vomit will hit the floor.

took me a while to learn this one......

Sad, but of so true! i always hated picking up the patients after they had a new grad..."well they did this...they did that..." Give them time!!!

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