You Might Be An ER Nurse....

IF:

You have ever carried a severed finger around your place of business chuckling diabolically as you show it to all of your co workers.

You have ever had a picture of gnarly wounds or things stuck in/on non traditional places on your iphone.

You have ever pretended to drink out of a (full) urinal.

You have ever wished out loud for a cardiac arrest patient to come in because "you're bored".

You have ever thought it was a perfectly reasonable thing to do to agree to come in to work at 3am. And then proceed to work until 7 pm.  And do it multiple times.

You have ever given report to another nurse via charades.

You have dated and/or are married to law enforcement or an EMT/paramedic

 You have ever said the words, "Hey, no, you can't pee there!"

Or the words, "Oh, let's get that gown back on, shall we?"

You've given and/or taken report on a patient over the phone while taking a quick pee break.

You've ever chased a semi naked patient down the street.

Saying 'wow that was really awful' about a trauma case also has the unspoken meaning of, 'but kind of awesome'.

You love/hate/relish/detest your job every day all in one day.