Ode to the Student Nurse

A Student Nurse throws up when the patient does. An experienced nurse calls housekeeping when a patient throws up.

A Student Nurse charts too much. An experienced nurse doesn't chart enough.

A Student Nurse loves to run to codes. An experienced nurse makes graduate nurses run to codes.

A Student Nurse wants everyone to know they are a nurse. An experienced nurse doesn't want anyone to know they are a nurse.

A Student Nurse will spend all day trying to reorient a patient. An experienced nurse will chart the patient is disoriented and restrain them.

A Student Nurse thinks people respect Nurses. An experienced nurse knows everybody blames everything on the nurse.

A Student 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 Student Nurse expects meds and supplies to be delivered on time. An experienced nurse expects them to never be delivered at all.

A Student Nurse thinks psych patients are interesting. An experienced nurse thinks psych patients are crazy.

A Student Nurse doesn't find this funny. An experienced nurse does.


Thanks Michael for the Wonder Bread Nurse Picture, and thanks to Nursing Student Nemo for this cute jingle.