Differences Between Graduate Nurse and 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. 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.