Differences Between Graduate Nurse and Experienced Nurses.
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A Graduate Nurse throws up when the patient does.
An experienced nurse calls housekeeping when a patient throws up.
A Graduate Nurse charts too much.
An experienced nurse doesn´t chart enough due to laws that if it is charted then it is available for litigation!
A Graduate Nurse loves to run to codes.
An experienced nurse makes graduate nurses run to codes.
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, pants leg, 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 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 can bath a patient, change the linens and watch a program on the patients T.V. all at the same time and be out of the room before a commercial break.
A Graduate Nurse thinks people respect Nurses.
An experienced nurse knows everybody blames everything on the nurse.
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 to give the meds some time in their shift.
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, nail file, and some candy in their bag.
A Graduate Nurse doesn´t find this funny.
An experienced nurse knows how true this is!!!.
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3 comments:
What is hilarious is I was just thinking some of those EXACT same things! OMG! Shelley you read my mind! Thanks for the laugh!
love it, it is so true. i can remember when i was that gung-ho graduate nurse, but oh do i feel that years now.
It has been VERY interesting watching the transition of my collegues over the years. When you were young and enthusiastic "I told you so"
ERMary
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