I was admitting a patient the other night into the PICU, and the parents were VERY anxious. Rightfully so. Our attending, in an effort to make them more at ease, said, "Meanmaryjean has been a nurse for over thirty years and is our most experienced nurse!"
As is sometimes the case, I discovered that I have been a nurse longer than the parents have been alive. But it got me thinking, so I offer up this thread for you 'more experienced' nurses (and those who aren't if you want).
I'll start off by saying:
I've been a nurse since before there was an internet. Before AIDS. Before Elvis died.
I charted with a 4 color pen to show which shift I was working. "/QUOTE]
I had forgotten that! Black/blue 7-3 shift, green 3-11 shift, red for 11-7 ! We used to score the three and four color pens from ambulance drivers, drug reps, etc. (sometimes the pen had a string attached to hang it around your neck), and it made us so happy!
I've been a nurse since doctors and nurses smoked at the desk. I was working the night John Lennon was killed. We wore those darn dresses to clinical, with seem binding in light blue sewn around the collar. White leather shoes, no sneakers! White stockings, no runs, extra pair in my locker, just in case. Our "State Boards", were two days long, and only offered in April and October. We waited 3 months to get the results , and then were afraid to open the envelope! Caps, everyone wore one. Male nurses were few and far between. I graduated in December of 1979, took my boards in April of 1980. Least you worry, I'm not keeping up, I retired officially, in July on my birthday, 33 and a half years after I started, only because I wanted to!
Actually no, it isn't relevant. This wasn't a thread about who was "better", simply a fun thread about how many changes we've seen. No need to come in and pee on it.
And I've been a nurse since beds had cranks - my shins still remember!
Look, by definition, it was relevant (google it). That's not an opinion, it's the definition of the word.
But maybe back in your day they defined it differently.......
haha, I'm kidding. Seriously though, I'm sorry you took it as me "peeing" on a fun topic. I didn't think of it that way. Oh those pesky little opinions and points of view......
I am 29 and I have been an LPN/LVN since November 2006. I have too many prereqs to take, but then I planning on going to Kaplan College in San Diego. :) I can't wait!
Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.
Look, by definition, it was relevant (google it). That's not an opinion, it's the definition of the word.
But maybe back in your day they defined it differently.......
haha, I'm kidding. Seriously though, I'm sorry you took it as me "peeing" on a fun topic. I didn't think of it that way. Oh those pesky little opinions and points of view......
Have a good one.
OK, I just have to ask.... what are we supposed to Google?
I believe he meant I should google the word "relevant". But, you know, I'm old - I prefer Webster's to google
Ohhhhhhh don't get me started on Webster. Ever since I learned that "figuratively" is a new and acceptable definition for "literally", I started planning my creative plot to destroy Webster for all eternity. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
Ohhhhhhh don't get me started on Webster. Ever since I learned that "figuratively" is a new and acceptable definition for "literally", I started planning my creative plot to destroy Webster for all eternity. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
Say wha? Look, I know as a child of the 80s I said "bad" and meant "good" but this insanity has really gone too far now!
Specializes in UR/PA, Hematology/Oncology, Med Surg, Psych.
Let's see...Grunge was in its heyday and Kurt Cobain was still making music, OJ was only a football player/actor, I had to wear a nursing cap to clinicals, and only the very rich had phones in their cars.
Seriously though, I'm sorry you took it as me "peeing" on a fun topic. I didn't think of it that way. Oh those pesky little opinions and points of view......
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