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 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 pump 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 even want to hear 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.
5 comments:
These are great! Maybe I'm more experienced than I give myself credit for... :)
Katie
I find it funny and I'm not a nurse at all! i loved it!
You crack me up, Rachel! Hey, Thursday's the big day!
HA HA HA HA HA I love this!! I seriously avoid answering my pages or pretent I didnt hear it LOL.
These are super funny!! I'm with Lou, I'm not a nurse but I laughed my butt off. Although sometimes I think I know more than the nurses do in some of these hospitals....*shakes head* lol You know what I'm talking about lol.
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