I'm grateful for you crusty old bats

[SuesquatchRN]

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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[donsterRN, ASN, BSN]

Can we members of the Boys Club become crusty old bats, too? Or maybe... crusty old buzzards...? Either way, we'll all be COBs...

[xtxrn, ASN, RN]

donsterRN said:

Can we members of the Boys Club become crusty old bats, too? Or maybe... crusty old buzzards...? Either way, we'll all be COBs...

I do believe bats come in both genders, or there would have only been one lone female crustoid bat

Kum-ba-yah, brother :hug:

[xtxrn, ASN, RN]

I don't know if I'm just an old goat, or fully crustified bat

I did have a patient compare me to a bat one time- re: being up all night and looking for blood in the morning

[Always_Learning, BSN, RN]

I'm a baby bat.

[CT Pixie, BSN, RN]

Sue you are my hero and someone I wish to be just like when I'm of crusty old bat age/experience!

I'm a Lil BIT..(bat in training)

[diva rn, BSN, RN]

Always_Learning said:

I'm a baby bat.

Those little things are actually CUTE......so you can see we weren't always crusty! (I am the one in the pink blanket, that's my baby picture, honest)

[Dixielee, BSN, RN]

donsterRN said:

Can we members of the Boys Club become crusty old bats, too? Or maybe... crusty old buzzards...? Either way, we'll all be COBs...

I agree, the bat club is an equal opportunity club!

As far as the baby bats...they are cute, but when I see bats, I think rabies shots. I can't tell you how many rabies shots I have given because a bat flew through a cabin at summer camp. They ALL come to the ER for their shots!!! Sorry for the mini rant. We used to try to catch bats as a kid (don't think any of us have rabies)

[mazy]

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!

Now this is an official nurse's creed that I can get on board with.

[xtxrn, ASN, RN]

always_learning said:

I'm a baby bat.

OMG- That is adorable.

(I lived in Austin. The Mexican freetail bats are a major source of summer entertainment and respect as they go out each night from the S. Congress Ave bridge to consume mosquitoes and other pitas all night).

[xtxrn, ASN, RN]

diva rn said:

Those little things are actually CUTE......so you can see we weren't always crusty! (I am the one in the pink blanket, that's my baby picture, honest)

I'm in yellow- looking up at a goat

[diva rn, BSN, RN]

Yep, that's US...who are the other 2? Poi, is that you on my left?? I think it is! ?

[Bortaz, MSN, RN]

I was born a crusty old bat. Aging and becoming a nurse just made it worse (better?).