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.
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