I give in, I'm a COB

Nurses General Nursing

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Ok, I've had it. I'm tired of whippersnapper nurses, smart alecky new grads who think that their gold plated degrees trump experience.

I'm hungry for young flesh. ;)

I'm officially a Crusty Old Bat, to put it nicely.

Specializes in Occupational Health; Adult ICU.
What is the membership requirements for the Crusty Old Bat Society and is their a male equivalent like the Crusty Old Buzzard Society?

Nope, it's the Crusty old Buster Bat Society: COBB

I'm way to young to be in it.

Specializes in Hospice.

Alternatively, the Curmudgeon Corps. (Picture the two old fahts in the balcony on the Muppet Show)

Specializes in Registered Nurse.
Ok, I've had it. I'm tired of whippersnapper nurses, smart alecky new grads who think that their gold plated degrees trump experience.

I'm hungry for young flesh. ;)

I'm officially a Crusty Old Bat, to put it nicely.

LOL...Love it :roflmao:

Specializes in Registered Nurse.

COB here too....but sometimes I get soft....but they I get crusty again. I'm like chocolate...you never know....:cheeky:

me too!

Specializes in psych, addictions, hospice, education.

remember...some are older than their years...

me too!

You too what?

Specializes in pediatrics, occupational health.

so, I guess I have never even let the term "crusty old bat" sink into my brain. And when I started reading this post, I thought, "Oh no! This is why we as nurses have such a gap - this is how we eat our young!" and then I read the responses and realized, "Oh yeah, I am a crusty old bat too!" haha! I am glad I read on! You all cleared it up for me and now all i need to know is - where do I sign for the official membership?! :yes:

Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
so, I guess I have never even let the term "crusty old bat" sink into my brain. And when I started reading this post, I thought, "Oh no! This is why we as nurses have such a gap - this is how we eat our young!" and then I read the responses and realized, "Oh yeah, I am a crusty old bat too!" haha! I am glad I read on! You all cleared it up for me and now all i need to know is - where do I sign for the official membership?! :yes:

Copy and paste "Proud member..." onto your signature line. For batlings (aka "Future COBs), copy and paste "Proud member..." onto your signature line, but add "Future" to the line.

Many people have a knee-jerk reaction to it and accuse us of NETY, when in face, it came about due to NETO.

Specializes in pediatrics, occupational health.
Copy and paste "Proud member..." onto your signature line. For batlings (aka "Future COBs), copy and paste "Proud member..." onto your signature line, but add "Future" to the line.

Many people have a knee-jerk reaction to it and accuse us of NETY, when in face, it came about due to NETO.

I feel like an "old" bat already - having been a paramedic forever and then almost 7 years in nursing....do I get 'grandfathered' in? hahaha!!!

Specializes in Emergency.

Some of my fellow nursing students would give you COB's a run for your money. I mean, they've been through foundations of nursing, they know nursing backwards and forwards. You all couldn't possibly have learned anything in your 15+ years. :-P

On a serious note, I hope you lovely self-proclaimed COB's/Buzzards remember not ALL new grads think they know everything and are eager to learn what you have to teach when you take them on as an orientee.

Specializes in Geriatircs/Rural Hospitals.

I have done this job in multiple states and have been doing for what seems like way to long some days. So If I do not qualify in years then its what I want to do when I grow up. I do love to teach and I am good at it most of the time. AND I have learned alot from COB's.

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