How to tell the difference between a Graduate Nurse and an Experienced Nurse:

[TeleNurse4986]

Job well done to whoever wrote that comparison list! I'm fairly new and am not ashamed to say that I still carry my med book with me! It never fails that a paitent will want to know the nitty gritty side effects and contraindications of a med I don't know about...and I'm not experienced enough to make it up as some more experienced nurses might ;o) I'll be honest though, I stopped hearing the IV machines beep after 3 weeks.

[bystander here]

If you have stopped caring about your patient's, then why are you still in the nursing profession?

It's not that we don't care.....it's that we get less 'excited' as before (speaking for myself only).

[sykaaa80]

I almost died laughing when I saw these, I'm currently a nursing student and couldn't believe how many of them I was like... yup, that's me, and I haven't even graduated yet... very nice!

[philippinenurses]

The true jokes found in reality...

[benjo19]

i already saw dis joke in friendster last year.......

[sbeistad]

I graduated in May and am starting my first job on Monday.
Loved the joke...!
Thanks!

[MRS. ERNURSE]

I know its nursing humor but is it really like that?

:rolleyes:hmmmm. let me think.........um yep. 4th year here. Hope I didn't cross over toooo soon. It's not such a bad thing, it comes from confidence and experience. It is all too true.

Mrs. ERNurse

[ERMonkey]

The only one I still fit in the GN category is the beeping IMED because in the ED we only use it for a few meds like vanco and propofol. I sure as heck don't want the propofol to stop on a vented pt

[Jessie7473]

Hularious.. i can relate to many of them as an experienced nurse....I once asked someone in my family who called me saying they were bleeding if there was a puddle ..if not i was going to take a shower..lol

[tedsbaby]

I've been in nursing for 14 years, so I fall into the experienced category.
It's not that you don't care about your patients, you just learn to relax and not go so crazy over every little thing.