Just out of curiosity, what do people usually say or ask you when they find out you are an ED nurse. I was out of town this weekend and met a lot of people. 85% of people who asked me about my job asked the same question. "Is it like the TV show?" I just find it really odd. I started to say, well, the types of patients and the chaos are the same, but the personal drama is not there. I want to go in and explain that no, we don't shock a flat liner, and a code is much messier and less organized, we don't do the surgeries in the ED (usually)...but why bother.
What do you say when people ask you this?
"No, idiot, everything you see on TV is not real, is your dating life like Sex in the City?"
