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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.
Originally posted by ok-rnAn 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?
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 hippychickrnanother 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.
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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.
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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.