How to tell the difference between a Graduate Nurse and an Experienced Nurse:
How to tell the difference between a Graduate Nurse and an Experienced Nurse:
A Graduate Nurse throws up when the patient does.
An Experienced Nurse calls housekeeping when a patient throws up
A Graduate Nurse wears so many pins on their name badge you can't read it.
An Experienced Nurse doesn't wear a name badge for liability reasons.
A Graduate Nurse charts too much.
An Experienced Nurse doesn't chart enough.
A Graduate Nurse loves to run to codes.
An Experienced Nurse makes graduate nurses run to codes.
A Graduate Nurse wants everyone to know they are a nurse.
An Experienced Nurse doesn't want anyone to know they are a nurse.
A Graduate Nurse keeps detailed notes on a pad.
An Experienced Nurse writes on the back of their hand, paper scraps, napkins, etc.
A Graduate Nurse will spend all day trying to reorient a patient.
An Experienced Nurse will chart the patient is disoriented and restrain them.
A Graduate Nurse can hear a beeping I-med at 50 yards.
An Experienced Nurse can't hear any alarms at any distance.
A Graduate Nurse loves to hear abnormal heart and breath sounds.
An Experienced Nurse doesn't want to know about them unless the patient is symptomatic.
A Graduate Nurse spends 2 hours giving a patient a bath.
An Experienced Nurse lets the CNA give the patient a bath.
A Graduate Nurse thinks people respect Nurses.
An Experienced Nurse knows everybody blames everything on the nurse.
A Graduate Nurse looks for blood on a bandage hoping they will get to change it.
An Experienced Nurse knows a little blood never hurt anybody.
A Graduate Nurse looks for a chance "to work with the family."
An Experienced Nurse avoids the family.
A Graduate Nurse expects meds and supplies to be delivered on time.
An Experienced Nurse expects them to never be delivered at all.
A Graduate Nurse will spend days bladder training an incontinent patient.
An Experienced Nurse will insert a Foley catheter.
A Graduate Nurse always answers their phone.
An Experienced Nurse checks their caller ID before answering the phone.
A Graduate Nurse thinks psych patients are interesting.
An Experienced Nurse thinks psych patients are crazy.
A Graduate Nurse carries reference books in their bag.
An Experienced Nurse carries magazines, lunch, and some "cough syrup" in their bag.
A Graduate Nurse doesn't find this funny.
An Experienced Nurse does
Re: How to tell the difference between a Graduate Nurse and an Experienced Nurse:
Cary James Barrett, RN, BSN
Too, too much! I love it!
'Cat'
Re: How to tell the difference between a Graduate Nurse and an Experienced Nurse:
Sadly I fit very well into the "graduate nurse" steriotype....
:o
Hahaha! ROFL! I remember when I fit into the graduate nurse category. It's amazing how well I've adapted to being an "Experienced Nurse."
Michelle RN-BSN, CSW
ER - 1 year
Peds - 8 years
PACU - just starting
Originally Posted by Mom-n-More
Yeah, me too! (It happened when I stopped giving a crap...)
Re: How to tell the difference between a Graduate Nurse and an Experienced Nurse:
If you have stopped caring about your patient's, then why are you still in the nursing profession?
Cary James Barrett, RN, BSN
:houra: I officially proclaim myself an experienced nurse!!! But, contrary to some of the lines in the post, I really do give a damn.
Jessica
:luck: Nursing is tough work; but the rewards are endless...
Re: How to tell the difference between a Graduate Nurse and an Experienced Nurse:
I know its nursing humor but is it really like that?
Yes. There's a lot more truth, than fiction in this case.
Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.4nursing.com
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