You've been a nurse for how long?

[rnoflabor2000]

I have been an RN for almost 4 years now, this is my second career now.

[live4today, RN]

I have been a RN for almost 16 years now. :)

[kaycee]

27 years and still ticking

[Love-A-Nurse]

i was a nursing assistant for 1 year, have been an lpn 10 years ( 11 years this year) and i am in my 1st/5 clinical rotation of rn school.

[night owl]

i'm one check-off box from retiremnet!!! and still

[RNforLongTime]

I graduated from college in May 1997. I took and passed (thank GOD) the NCLEX-RN on August 6, 1997. I've been an RN for a little over 5 years now and there isn't anything else that I'd rather do.

[moonchild20002000]

I have been a nurse for 29 years. I can't think of anything else I'd rather do!

[CarolynLVN]

I've been an LVN for 20 years.

[PediRN]

9 years God help me.

[micro, RN]

wanna be retired and loving, but do not want to speed up the chronological age that goes along with retirement.........

[CardioTrans, BSN, RN]

11 yrs here......... not counting CNA before entering LPN school..... LPN 2 yrs......... and RN ever since........... seems like I never left school between LPN and RN.........and I like 3 classes having my BSN

[LatteGuzzler, BSN, RN]

26 years and a lot of memories. I remember:

Glass suction bottles

Urine glucose testing tablets in test tubes (plop plop fizz fizz...)

Not wearing gloves...for ANYTHING!

"finger cots"

Visitor Passes

Hand typed registration...on a typewriter with a ribbon!

Life before ICD-9 codes

Wearing my nursing hat and pin

Anyone have more?

[Audreyfay]

LatteGuzzler...I''m with you. Even everything you remember. I've been in nursing for 26 years also. Nice memories of old times. Retrospective payment was a sweet memory.