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Graduate Nurses vs. Experienced Nurses
A Graduate Nurse throws up when the patient does. An experienced nurse calls housekeeping when a patientthrows up.
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.
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.