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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[mazy]

diva rn said:

But once again if you will notice who posted that.... a STUDENT nurse....or at least that's the tag....if she truely wants to become a "crusty old bat" she needs to lay off the eating their young line...!!!

The student who posted that already has a million gajillion on-going threads on this site about her clinical instructor. Not content with all of that drama, she has now decided to hijack a thread that has nothing to do with her.

That poor instructor has my deepest sympathies.

[SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN]

mazy said:

The student who posted that already has a million gajillion on-going threads on this site about her clinical instructor. Not content with all of that drama, she has now decided to hijack a thread that has nothing to do with her.

That poor instructor has my deepest sympathies.

Actually, WE hijacked the thread. She made one comment that was pretty much ignored for pages and then someone's back got up.

[sharpeimom]

How's this for a second t-shirt idea? Any additions?on a black t-shirt or sweatshirt:

Charter Member Crusty Old Bat Society

Membership Requirements:

1. Must have already passed state board exam (not nclex)

2. Must remember: glass iv bottles, bedpan hoppers,bulk meds

3. Must have eaten at least one whiny young student

4. Must have helped many many young nurses and students

5. Must have shed buckets of tears after the family leaves

6. Must have helped one young md when he hesitated too long

7. Must remember how to calculate iv flow rate w/o machine

8. Must wear heavily starched underwear when on duty

9. Must remember cuban heels clicking down the hall

10. Must have a permanent bunk in the bat cave

[SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN]

I can;t wear that shirt.

[diva rn, BSN, RN]

Took the NCLEX when you had to pass more than something like I dunno, 24 questions?????

Like with a PENCIL AND PAPER.....!!!! and you had to KNOW something!!!

Mine was the 2 day exam..I think maybe 250 questions on morning and afternoon BOTH days!! for total of 1,000 questions...and the computer didn't stop you when it hit 75...and you could only take it twice a year at certain venues in your state!! And it took something like 6 months or so to get the results.......ahhhh, good times....................

(order me an xtra large-but I don't wear starched underwear anymore)

[xtxrn, ASN, RN]

SuesquatchRN said:

I can;t wear that shirt.

Why not? Maybe there's a grandfather clause ?

[xtxrn, ASN, RN]

I'm hungry..... anybody else wanna fire up the New-B-Que ????

[sharpeimom]

...or maybe a grandmother clause?!

believe it or not, i'm not a contemporary of f.n. now clara barton? maybe....

[sharpeimom]

Hmmm... I'm not quite sure. My great aunt fran (according to family legend) wore heavily starched long sleeved uniforms, white hose, cuban heeled oxfords, and undies and cap with starch. Starched within an inch of their lives starch. Broke on the rare occasions she sat stiffly starched.

An old bat? Fer sure!

Today, ironed would probably make the cut.

[JBudd, MSN]

no no, not ironED.... iron! the kind that gets rusty:cheers:

[diva rn, BSN, RN]

JBudd said:

no no, not ironED.... iron! the kind that gets rusty:cheers:

Those count for sure...like Old Iron Sides..only Old Iron Bottom...

and don't forget White Support hose!

[JBudd, MSN]

Well I have been called a hard "donkey" of a nurse.....