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.
Source: http://nurse.lifetips.com/cat/59406/nurses-jokes/index.html
