OrReally cool places that do good

things for nurses

Website:

www.aanp.org/AANPCMS2

Great site with all the info you’ll need about the field of Nurse Anesthetists

WEBSITE: http://www.aana.com

An increasingly important field in Nursing

Website: http://www.midwife.org

Can’t forget the Dudes in the class

Website:….. http://www.aamn.org

Because babies need nurses too……….

Website: http://www.academyonline.org

I see dead people

Website: http://www.amrn.com

Not that anyone in this room would need a lawyer when they become an RN……but in case you “know” somebody who does….

Website: http://www.taana.org

After all, everyone will most likely deal with a Med. Surg. patient in their career, right?

Website: http://www.amsn.org

Because sometimes mother nature does know best

Website: http://www.ahna.org

Added this so I could include a pic of my youngest son Brody….but it is a great resource site

Website: http://www.napnap.org

I see “cognitively impaired” people.

Website: http://www.apna.org

Some important websites here in New York

For Laws, Rules and Regulations

Website: http://www.op.nysed.gov/nurse.htm

Because unified Nurses are Powerful Nurses

Website: http://www.nysna.org

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 keeps detailed notes on a pad.

An experienced nurse writes on the back of their hand, paper scraps, napkins, etc.

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.

1) Pays better than fast food, though the hours aren't as good.2) Fashionable shoes and sexy white uniforms.3) Needles: “ ’Tis better to give than receive"4) Reassure your patients that all bleeding stops...eventually.5) Expose yourself to rare, exciting and new diseases.

6) Interesting aromas.7) Courteous and infallible doctors who always leave clear orders in perfectly legible handwriting.8) Do enough charting to navigate around the world.9) Celebrate all the holidays with your friends- at work.10) Take comfort that most of your patients survive no matter what you do to them.

You believe every patient needs TLC: Thorazine, Lorazepam and Compazine.

You would like to meet the inventor of the call light in a dark alley one night.

Your sense of humor seems to get more "warped" each year.

You know the phone numbers of every late night food delivery place in town by heart.

You can only tell time with a 24 hour clock.

Almost everything can seem humorous ... eventually.

When asked, "What color is the patient's diarrhea?", you show them your shoes.

Thanks to Jim!