So.... How many years have YOU been a nurse??

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Searchin for the longest experienced nurse out there. Was just wondering as I was thinking about all the tremendous changes nursing has brought about through out the years. Nursing doesn't seem the same as it was 16 yrs ago ( For myself ), or even 10 or even 5 years ago!

Thanks for sharing :cool:

Specializes in Outpatient/Clinic, ClinDoc.

14 years RN (wow, has it been that long?!?) and 2 years LVN.

H.

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21 years this past July

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Specializes in ER, ICU, Nursing Education, LTC, and HHC.

WOW... interesting posts.. I too remember the 2 day test all day long, and going out of there after day one.... knowing we had to do it all over again in the morning!! I was quite stressed, as I recall being allowed to take my bottle of pepto bismol with me... needless to say, I drank the whole bottle over the course of the 2 days! Then, Yes oh how I remember waiting like 6 weeks to get results. Do you remeber the talk about, "If you get a thick envelope you failed, it had papers in it to reapply?" and a skinny envelope.. you passed? well tehre was alot of various opinion in regards to results. But How happy I was to have passed. Not a test I would have wanted to do again, then or even now...16 yrs later!

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Specializes in ER, ICU, Nursing Education, LTC, and HHC.

Do you realize something?? Telling our yrs in nursing, kinda gives our age away a bit! And I thought I was getting old when my 15 yr old got her driving permit last month! Hummm...... How the years FLY by!! :)

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Specializes in Med-surg; OB/Well baby; pulmonology; RTS.

I've been a nurse for 6 years...:)

Congratulations to those that have been in nursing for 20+ years (and those more than 10 :D ):balloons:

I just hope I can make it that long...:chuckle :uhoh3:

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i have been a RN for 6 years .

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I just had my 2 year anniversary on August 13.

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Specializes in Case Management, Home Health, UM.
Originally posted by Nurse89

CseMgr1---wow, 31 years. Way to go! Way to go! :balloons:

Thank you...I FEEL it (LOL!):p

Actually, I've been in healthcare longer than that..almost 33 years, counting the 18 months I worked as a nurses aide as a kid of 18 and 19 years of age. :)

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Specializes in NICU, Infection Control.

35 years.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

I graduated, as an RN 10 years to the day after I graduated LPN.

LPN 10 years RN almost 2 years.

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3 years ago May.

I love nursing (hate the bulls@i# though).

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Specializes in ICU/CCU (PCCN); Heme/Onc/BMT.

Nursing assistant (both in LTC and hospital) - 4 years.

RN - 11 years.

Cheers! :)

Ted

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