Monday, July 10, 2006
~ Something to share... ~
9:24:00 pm
So... The World Cup has finally come to an end... Didn't bother to watch the Finals cuz I wasn't rooting for either teams so it doesn't matter to me whoever won...
Anyway, I don't really know what to blog about cuz there's nothing much to share...
Anyway, just wanna share this with all... Found it on a friend's Friendster testimonial... And I do quite agree with some of it... So my fellow nurses, do enjoy it... *Hehe*...
Graduate Nurses Vs Experienced Nurses
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.
(Well, sometimes there's just a lot to write! I hate documentations...)
A Graduate Nurse loves to run to codes.
An experienced nurse makes graduate nurses run to codes.
(Hmm... What's codes anyway?)
A Graduate Nurse wants everyone to know they are a nurse.
An experienced nurse doesn't want anyone to know they are a nurse.
(True... *Hehe*)
A Graduate Nurse keeps detailed notes on a pad.
An experienced nurse writes on the back of their hand, paper scraps, napkins, etc.
(I definitely agree with this!!)
A Graduate Nurse will spend all day trying to reorient a patient.
An experienced nurse will chart the patient is disoriented and restrain them.
(Oh... I won't deny this... *Hee*)
A Graduate Nurse can hear a beeping I-med at 50 yards.
An experienced nurse can't hear any alarms at any distance.
(No comments!! *Haha*)
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 does it within ten minutes.
(Again... Not enough time... Especially if you have 18 patients to take care of...)
A Graduate Nurse thinks people respect Nurses.
An experienced nurse knows everybody blames everything on the nurse.
(Err... People, what do you think?)
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.
(Oh yeah...)
A Graduate Nurse looks for a chance "to work with the family".
An experienced nurse avoids the family.
(Here comes the communication charting and all...)
A Graduate Nurse expects meds and supplies to be delivered on time.
An experienced nurse expects them to never be delivered at all.
(Don't agree with this...)
A Graduate Nurse will spend days bladder training an incontinentpatient.
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.
(Actually a graduate nurse is the one that always runs away from the phone... *Haha*)
A Graduate Nurse thinks psych patients are interesting.
An experienced nurse thinks psych patients are crazy.
(Well, they are just different...)
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.
(I hope nurses who've read it have enjoyed it!!)
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
