Saturday, January 24, 2009

Why we love new graduate nurses!!

Differences Between Graduate Nurse and Experienced Nurses.

Congratulations to the December Grads and Welcome!!

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!!!.

3 comments:

Jeff & Tisha said...

What is hilarious is I was just thinking some of those EXACT same things! OMG! Shelley you read my mind! Thanks for the laugh!

Tina said...

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.

Nana said...

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