Graduate nurses vs. Experienced Nurses

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Specializes in ICU/CCU/ER/CVICU.

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> A Graduate Nurse throws up when the patient does.

>An experienced nurse calls housekeeping when a patient throws up.

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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.

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>A Graduate Nurse charts too much.

>An experienced nurse doesn't chart enough.

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>A Graduate Nurse loves to run to codes.

>An experienced nurse makes graduate nurses run to codes.

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>A Graduate Nurse wants everyone to know they are a nurse.

>An experienced nurse doesn't want anyone to know they are a nurse.

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>A Graduate Nurse keeps detailed notes on a pad.

>An experienced nurse writes on the back of their hand, paper scraps,

>napkins, etc.

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>A Graduate Nurse will spend all day trying to reorient a patient.

>An experienced nurse will chart the patient is disoriented and restrain

them.

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>A Graduate Nurse can hear a beeping I-med at 50 yards.

>An experienced nurse can't hear any alarms at any distance.

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>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.

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>A Graduate Nurse spends 2 hours giving a patient a bath.

>An experienced nurse lets the CNA give the patient a bath.

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>A Graduate Nurse thinks people respect Nurses.

>An experienced nurse knows everybody blames everything on the nurse.

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>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.

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>A Graduate Nurse looks for a chance "to work with the family"

An experienced nurse avoids the family.

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>A Graduate Nurse expects meds and supplies to be delivered on time.

An experienced nurse expects them to never be delivered at all.

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>A Graduate Nurse will spend days bladder training an incontinent

>patient.

An experienced nurse will insert a Foley catheter.

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>A Graduate Nurse always answers their phone.

>An experienced nurse checks their caller ID before answering the

phone.

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>A Graduate Nurse thinks psych patients are interesting.

>An experienced nurse thinks psych patients are crazy.

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>A Graduate Nurse carries reference books in their bag.

>An experienced nurse carries magazines, lunch, and some "cough syrup"

in their bag.

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>A Graduate Nurse doesn't find this funny.

>An experienced nurse does.

Which catagory are YOU/ (Just remember...it's all in fun)

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Specializes in ER/ ICU.

cute!

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Very funny an enlightening.

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Yup it's true, coming from the mouth of a "new grad"! LOL I am coping this for my instructors. They will get a hoot out of it!

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Specializes in Pedatrics, Child Protection.

Too true.

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Specializes in MedSurg/OrthoNeuro/Rehab/Consultant.
:lol2: True!
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Very true.

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Specializes in ER,ICU and Progressive Care Unit,Peds.

:roll

That is so funny! And so true!

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Specializes in Spinal Rehab (2yr), neuro,currently ICU.

]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.

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]was just looking at the number of pins on my lanyard (breast cancer/ovarian cancer/st.raphael, Aids day etc......plus stickers on my ID... "

]( st. raphael is patron saint for Nurses, Physicians, blind and travellers

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Specializes in Community, OB, Nursery.

Love the "doesn't want anyone to know they're a nurse." Very, very true.

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