Graduate Nurses vs. Experienced Nurses (Promise to be funny!)

dorimar, BSN, RN · Jul 18, 2006

yeah, it WAS funny, until you hit on the restraints, the alarms, the abnormal assessment, the avoidance of famiily.... Then it just sounded like your were talking about uncaring people. I may be experienced and even burnt out, but i'm not THERE yet. I still care about my patients. I think that's why I'm so tired and burnt.

ZASHAGALKA, RN · Jul 18, 2006

This, or something like it, has been posted before. And, new nurses certainly did NOT think it was funny to be the butt of the joke.

So duck, cause here it comes. . .

~faith,

Timothy.

christymwinn · Jul 18, 2006

I have seen this before but I still like it. It is humerous, lighten up! It isn't meant to be literal!!!

Thanks Sammi!

Christine

gymjunkie · Jul 18, 2006

This has been around for a while. It's on the nursing humor forum. It makes experienced nurses sound uncaring.

Sammi15 · Jul 18, 2006

I don't mean to offend anyone feeling . I didn't post it to insult anyone. I thought it's CUTE and we all need a good laugh once in awhile.

Multicollinearity, BSN, RN · Jul 18, 2006

I identify with the experienced nurse and I'm only a student. What does that mean?

Oh - and for the uptight, lighten up. It's a bit of satire and humor.

Tweety, BSN, RN · Jul 18, 2006

I don't mean to offend anyone feeling . I didn't post it to insult anyone. I thought it's CUTE and we all need a good laugh once in awhile.

It can turn into a flamefest because it makes experienced nurses seem uncaring and new grads silly. Then the posts will follow with "it's only a joke people! Lighten up! Get a life." (Looking back someone already said "lighten up" LOL)

In fact I think that happened when someone posted it before.

You just have to respect that what you get a chuckle out of isn't funny to everyone and don't feel bad about that.

You can't win. But don't worry, I'm sure a mod will be here soon to move it or lock it.

:lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

Tweety, BSN, RN · Jul 18, 2006

Oh - and for the uptight, lighten up. It's a bit of satire and humor.

It's not for you to decide what people decide humorous. That is based on our lives and experiences as intelligent adults to decide. If you think it's funny that's o.k. but it's disrespectful to tell those who don't think it's funny to "lighten up".

Jokes are kind of like music, what one person thinks is good music, another person can think of as dreadful noise.

Respect.

Multicollinearity, BSN, RN · Jul 18, 2006

It's not for you to decide what people decide humorous. That is based on our lives and experiences as intelligent adults to decide. If you think it's funny that's o.k. but it's disrespectful to tell those who don't think it's funny to "lighten up".
Jokes are kind of like music, what one person thinks is good music, another person can think of as dreadful noise.
Respect.

I am too serious 99% of the time. Occasionally someone reminds me to lighten up. And I do. I don't think that is a bad thing.

Perhaps it's helpful to not read the list above literally, but rather with kernals of truth buried in there that can make us laugh. :idea:

Multicollinearity, BSN, RN · Jul 18, 2006

Ok Tweety, I thought about it and you are correct.

Tweety, BSN, RN · Jul 18, 2006

Ok Tweety, I thought about it and you are correct.

Thanks. You are very classy.

I'm glad you didn't take it like I was shoving my opinion down your throat. It's just that hearing so many queer jokes and not finding them funny I cringe whenever I hear "lighten up". Humor is in the ear of the listener.

BTW, I loved the original post and smiled. I'm not THAT serious. LOL

But I respect and understand that someone else might not find it funny and I don't feel the need to have to convince them it's funny, I just respect their right to not find it funny.