I'm grateful for you crusty old bats

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Nowhere else is it permissible to crack up over a death. Nowhere else are gross things normal. Nowhere else can I vent about a ream of awful prima donna patients without being told I have no compassion.

Y'all know who you are. And thanks.

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Specializes in ER.

Guilty as charged ?

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When I grow up I want to be a crusty old bat. Grateful to all of you too.:up:

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Specializes in ED/ICU/TELEMETRY/LTC.

From us crusty old bats everywhere, Thank You!!!

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Specializes in PACU, OR.

When the pawpaw hits the fan, always get behind the resident old bat. Where there are bats, there are usually balls....:D

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Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.

I love crusty old bats. I love BEING a crusty old bat. Because when you're a crusty old bat, very little fazes you or makes you afraid. Thanks for recognizing the crusty old bat contingent!

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Specializes in PICU, ICU, Hospice, Mgmt, DON.

Hey, I resemble that remark......Thank you.......I think:p

The d

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Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management.

I think I am going to get a t-shirt made that reads:

I am a crusty old bat

I am not afraid of things that go 'splat'!

Some may call me jaded

But many a patient I have aided.

As the years fly by

I am described as spry.

And then I think back

When I didn't know jack.

From crusty old bats I have learned much

Because they showed me the value of a nurse's touch.

Here's to crusty old bats! May we live long and not have all of our joints replaced before we retire!

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.

I'm not a crusty old bat yet but some days I feel like one ;) And I appreciate the ones I do come across.

Yay for the bats!

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Specializes in PICU, ICU, Hospice, Mgmt, DON.
canesdukegirl said:
I think I am going to get a t-shirt made that reads:

I am a crusty old bat

I am not afraid of things that go 'splat'!

Some may call me jaded

But many a patient I have aided.

As the years fly by

I am described as spry.

And then I think back

When I didn't know jack.

From crusty old bats I have learned much

Because they showed me the value of a nurse's touch.

Here's to crusty old bats! May we live long and not have all of our joints replaced before we retire!

The ship has sailed on that one!!! I have had bilateral hip and bilateral knee replacements already!!:D

There is not much more to replace! I am a lot of fun at the Airport

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I admire the crusty old bats - my mom is a "crusty old bat" and I admire her for it.

My nursing instructor is a crusty old bat and expects me to become one overnight. I'm still a newbie and I haven't earned that title yet but someday, I hope I will.

The bad smells don't phase me, the overly anxious doctors who only want a patient's signature don't scare me... it's just those certain nurses that eat their young that freak me out. *sigh*

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Specializes in LTC.
canesdukegirl said:
I think I am going to get a t-shirt made that reads:

I am a crusty old bat

I am not afraid of things that go 'splat'!

Some may call me jaded

But many a patient I have aided.

As the years fly by

I am described as spry.

And then I think back

When I didn't know jack.

From crusty old bats I have learned much

Because they showed me the value of a nurse's touch.

Here's to crusty old bats! May we live long and not have all of our joints replaced before we retire!

Congrats, now you are staff and I didn't know that. :p

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