**A new Nurse wears so many pins on their name badge you can't read it. An experienced nurse doesn't wear a badge for liability reasons.

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

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

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

**A new Nurse keeps detailed notes on a pad. An experienced nurse writes on the back of their hand, napkins, alcohol preps, etc.

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

**A new Nurse can hear a beeping monitor at 50 yards. An experienced nurse can't hear any alarms at any distance.

**A new Nurse loves to hear abnormal heart sounds. An experienced nurse only wants to know about them when the patient is symptomatic.

**A new Nurse spends 2 hours giving a patient a bath. An experienced nurse lets the CNA give the patient a bath.

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

**A new Nurse looks for blood on a bandage hoping they will get to change it. An experienced nurse knows a little blood never hurt anyone.

**A new Nurse looks for a chance "to work with the family" An experienced nurse avoids the family.

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

**A new Nurse will spend days bladder training an incontinent patient. An experienced nurse will insert a Foley catheter.

**A new Nurse always answers their phone. An experienced nurse checks their caller ID before answering the phone.

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

**A new Nurse carries reference books in their bag. An experienced nurse carries magazines and "something for a headache" in their bag.

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

Thanks to my friend Nyla for this joke. This is for all experienced nurses who can appreciate the humor

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