Emergency Room Nurse: history and fun facts
Everything a curious kid might want to know about this job.
Did you know?
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Emergency room nurses meet new people all the time, so every shift brings new friends to help!
Tools of the trade
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Stethoscope
A stethoscope helps the nurse listen closely to a heartbeat and breathing, like a tiny listening tube.
A day in the job
- Start of the shiftThe nurse says hello to the team, reads the notes, and gets ready to welcome the first visitors of the day.
Words to know
- Triage
- Triage means looking at everyone who comes in and deciding who needs help first.
Quiz time
Emergency room nurses work alone and never talk to doctors.
A nurse can check how warm a person's body is with a thermometer.