Joke..You know you are truly an ER nurse if...

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Thought this was way to true...:yeah:

You are either dating or sleeping with a fireman, a cop, or a doctor. If not you claim to hate them because you have either a. been cheated on by them b. too old or ugly for anyone to date you c. a male nurse

Your greatest fear is to crash in your car on your way to work knowing you would end up at your hospital with your closed ripped off with the ER pervert staring at you.

Your form of birth control is all the radiation from all the x-ray techs who forget you are behind the curtain

You think everyone who comes in for pain is a drug seeker, but give them drugs anyway, complaining to yourself about it and everyone who will listen

The words "the waiting room looks empty" will cause an emergency to happen "immediately"

You are angry for no reason, have no form of emotion and tell the grossest stories and jokes without blinking an eye

You wait for the "super nurse" who thinks they know everything to do something dumb.

You think it is funny to drink applejuice out of a urine cup

You give special nursing dosing for "special patients" who are a little to awake for your taste

You know that most of the drug seekers are the nurses you work with, not the patients

Every time you claim to be good at IV's or good at pediatric IV's, you miss, the ropes, huge enough for an 16 gage.

You laugh at inservices on sterile technique, knowing very well you have bit off needle tops and inserted Foley catheters into every hole without getting a new one.

You work night shift just to avoid working with the day shift crew and vice versa

You find yourself having "liquid breakfast" at the bar when you get off your shift in the morning.

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

You find yourself laughing with co workers during codes and you don't know how you became so emotionless.

You don't care when your co-workers hate you because "it wouldn't be an ER" if everyone was nice

You have a strong dislike for ICU nurses and vice versa and you do not know why

You've told a confused patient your name was that of your coworker and to HOLLER if they need help.

Almost everything can seem humorous ... eventually.

When checking the level of orientation of a patient, you aren't sure of the answer, and you don't care.

Your techs get angry or hide when you ask them for help with anything that involve urine, crap or helping.

You constantly think about the one day you will be that old lady in the bed who can't move and you get really scared.

You find vilals, syringes, needles, tape and pens in your dryer.

You find yourself loving scrubs, because no one can tell how fat you are getting.

(I found this on mynursingtips.com.)

Specializes in pedies and er.

maybe I read this wrong..or took it the wrong way..?...I absolutely didnt have a problem w/ the joke..at all! I love the craziness of the ER..along w/ accuracy, of course. I agree w/ ANNE RNC, and quite a few of the others...to set the record straight..I'm still laughing. after review, it looked to me like only one member had a problem w/ it. --no, not losing sleep over it ;-> and I too, would like a nurse w/ a sense of humor rather than a straight n narrow deadpan. thanx..just my 2cents.

oops, sorry annienc I put the wrong name, I meant the person who posted above you..I think I was in a rush or something when I wrote my response. =D. :bowingpur

Specializes in pedies and er.

thanx hana..appreciated.

Specializes in ER, tele, vascular.

Guilty of the "drank apple juice from a urinal" guess you had to be there, but I promise it was funny at the time. The horrified looks were the best.

Reality can be so much scarier than fiction!!

Laugh or DIE that's my theory.

I am a medic student. My crew and I decided where to get lunch while working a code.:redbeathe

you know your an ER nurse if you can hold your bladder for 16 hours...lol:smokin:

Specializes in ER, telemetry.

Love it, HanaRN!

Thanks for the laugh!

Specializes in LTC, ER.
what happened to you? your feelings towards the er nurses and techs are quite negative. couching it in humor is troubling because this post has real teeth and fits in with all the countless er bashing posts.

wow. are you a nurse? a patient who didn't get the care they felt they deserved? both? i'm curious.

blee

wow! i read your post hoping it was a joke, you know the weird, non pc humor that us er folks enjoy. you are really serious, you think that the op's list was accusatory? there are a million lists like that on the net, they are for different types of people, and in this example, things that an er nurse has either done, thought about, or thinks is funny. are you really a nurse? i can't imagine you being in the er, you seem to be quite unclear on the concept. i'm really hoping that you posted when you were really exhausted or drunk, or exhausted and drunk, and if so i excuse your bizarre thought process- if not, all i've got to say is- yikes!

Specializes in ER, TRAUMA, MED-SURG.
WOW! I read your post hoping it was a joke, you know the weird, non pc humor that us er folks enjoy. You are really serious, you think that the op's list was accusatory? There are a million lists like that on the net, they are for different types of people, and in this example, things that an er nurse has either done, thought about, or thinks is funny. are you really a nurse? i can't imagine you being in the er, you seem to be quite unclear on the concept. I'm really hoping that you posted when you were really exhausted or drunk, or exhausted and drunk, and if so i excuse your bizarre thought process- if not, all I've got to say is- Yikes!

I wondered since Blee got so bent out of shape because even I could tell it was a joke and I don't catch on to every joke like this and my hubbie and laughed until we both almost peed! And as I posted earlier in this thread, I would rather have a nurse taking care of me or my family that could at least smile and joke a little bit instead of one that you never see smile or laugh sometime during her shift. A little humor goes a long way with any job, especially in ours working in the ER. Just my opinion, but I can speak from experience as both a patient in the ER, and also as a family member when my father was in the ER having an MI. And when he was d/ced, the ones he was so proud of having as nurses and EMTs bringing him in were the ones who made him laugh and made his stay a little more pleasant. A little goes a long way in decreasing a patient's stress or anxiety!

Anne, RNC:yeah:

Specializes in ED.

:cheers: So true.

Also, you might be an ER nurse if you think every patient should be intubated, have a central line, and a foley.

what happened to you? your feelings towards the er nurses and techs are quite negative. couching it in humor is troubling because this post has real teeth and fits in with all the countless er bashing posts.

wow. are you a nurse? a patient who didn't get the care they felt they deserved? both? i'm curious.

blee

wow...this op stated from the get go that she obtained these jokes from an er humor website. i suppose by responding as you did, you have shown possibly your inability to assess yourself. they are jokes, meant to be funny, and they are.

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