Graduate Nurses vs Experienced Nurses

1. A Graduate Nurse throws up when the patient does.
   An experienced nurse calls housekeeping when a patient throws up.
   
   
2. A Graduate Nurse has so many pins on their name badge you can't read it.
   An experienced nurse doesn't wear a name badge for liability reasons.
   
   
3. A Graduate Nurse charts too much.
   An experienced nurse doesn't chart enough.
   
   
4. A Graduate Nurse loves to run to codes.
   An experienced nurse makes graduate nurses run to codes.
   
   
5. A Graduate Nurse wants everyone to know they are a nurse.
   An experienced nurse doesn't want anyone to know they are a nurse.
   
   
6. A Graduate Nurse keeps detailed notes on a pad.
   An experienced nurse writes on the back of their hand, paper scraps, napkins, etc.
   
   
7. A Graduate Nurse will spend all day trying to reorient a patient.
   An experienced nurse will chart the patient is disoriented and restrain them
   
   
8. A Graduate Nurse can hear a beeping I-med at 50 yards.
   An experienced nurse can't hear any alarms at any distance.
   
   
9. 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.
   
   
10. A Graduate Nurse spends 2 hours giving a patient a bath.
    An experienced nurse lets the CNA give the patient a bath.
    
    
11. A Graduate Nurse thinks people respect Nurses.
    An experienced nurse knows everybody blames everything on the nurse.
    
    
12. 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.
    
    
13. A Graduate Nurse looks for a chance "to work with the family"
    An experienced nurse avoids the family.
    
    
14. A Graduate Nurse expects meds and supplies to be delivered on time.
    An experienced nurse expects them to never be delivered at all.
    
    
15. A Graduate Nurse will spend days bladder training an incontinent patient.
    An experienced nurse will insert a Foley catheter.
    
    
16. A Graduate Nurse always answers their phone.
    An experienced nurse checks their caller ID before answering the phone.
    
    
17. A Graduate Nurse thinks psych patients are interesting.
    An experienced nurse thinks psych patients are crazy.
    
    
18. A Graduate Nurse carries reference books in their bag.
    An experienced nurse carries magazines, lunch, and some "cough syrup" in their bag.
    
    
19. A Graduate Nurse doesn't find this funny.
    An experienced nurse does.

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