Roll Call - Who's Been Around the Longest and Your Accomplishments

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Our staff was discussing you, our members. While we all like to remain anonymous, we are all proud of our accomplishments. We'd like to do a roll call of honor. Who has been on AN the longest? Who has been a nurse the longest? What is your greatest nursing accomplishment? Tell us, come on, brag a little! You deserve this recognition.

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
Our staff was discussing you, our members. While we all like to remain anonymous, we are all proud of our accomplishments. We'd like to do a roll call of honor.

Okay, I'll start.

*blushes*

I've accomplished the feat of messing up the most comics here on AN.com.

Or maybe I've drawn the most messed up comics.

Maybe I'm the most messed up member?

Either way:

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Anyway: Thank you. No. Please. Thank you!

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Specializes in Palliative, Onc, Med-Surg, Home Hospice.

Davy: You always make me smile. I love your comics. Thank you for them!

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Geriatrics, Wound Care.

I've been here for a little over 10 years. Looking back at my "history" I seem to come back for a bit every 2 years. I peek a bit other times. Biggest AN accomplishment, I won September's Caption Contest. :D Now i can't say I never won anything.

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
I love your comics.

And I love creating them, CelticGoddess. I appreciate the kind words.

Biggest AN accomplishment, I won September's Caption Contest.

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
We'd like to do a roll call of honor.

I'd like to tak this opportunity to nominate a member, and she knows who she is...

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The longest of anything does not matter.

My greatest accomplishment was making it to 35 years without killing anybody, that I know of.

The highlight of my career was attending a hospice patient, the family thanked me for my kind and calming presence.

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Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.

I've been at AN for 16 years. I was a moderator for six and have been a Guide for seven. I have 21 years in nursing, 25 total in health care including being a CNA and going to nursing school. I think my biggest career accomplishment was being the DNS in a large assisted-living community. It was a great job until it wasn't. But it's the one where I made the most difference for the most people, and I look back on that time fondly.

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Specializes in Neuroscience.

I have never had a death in the almost 4 years since being a nurse. I catch minor things before they become major, and I get the patient the help and increase the level of care when necessary. I recognize that a lot of that is just crazy luck. I work in PCU.

I expect this will change though, as I'm moving to the ICU soon.

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Okay...first of all am I the brownnoser? I can't help it I admit I live for my likes on Allnurses, so I live to give out likes,..so sue me!

I've been here since 2006...it's embarrassing. I really do need to get a life.

Nurse for 34 years.

Co-workers admire me because I keep calm in a storm.....I say: "When everybody around you is panicking and you are calm you probably don't know what's going on."

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Specializes in Travel, Home Health, Med-Surg.
Davy: You always make me smile. I love your comics. Thank you for them!

I second the motion. You make me literally laugh out loud. It is a good outlet for all!

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Specializes in Private Duty Pediatrics.

I've been a nurse for 39 years. I've been in healthcare - beginning as a nurse's aide and then as a student nurse - for 44 years. My biggest achievement is probably my ability to work with so many families of home care clients.

With my first case, I didn't understand that I needed to include the whole family. I pretty much ignored the 3 year old brother, but he set me straight on my last day there. He picked up a toy telephone and had a serious "conversation" with the doctor.

"Hello, Dr. Smith?"

"Yes, this is Billy."

"What's that? Yes, that's right. We don't need that old nurse here anymore!"

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