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

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

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.

[Davey Do]

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:

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

[CelticGoddess, BSN, RN]

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

[CalicoKitty, BSN, MSN, RN]

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. Now i can't say I never won anything.

[Davey Do]

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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[Davey Do]

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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[Been there,done that, ASN, RN]

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.

[VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN]

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.

[missmollie, ADN, BSN, RN]

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.

[brownbook]

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."

[Daisy4RN]

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!

[Kitiger, RN]

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!"