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Emergency Nursing

 

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Nurses in this field provide care for patients in the critical or emergency phase of an illness or trauma, and must be able to recognize life-threatening problems and rapidly arrange necessary care. These nurses are not limited to only working in the emergency room of a hospital.

Joy P.

Los Angeles, CA
Emergency Room Nurse

When I’m asked what kind of a nurse are you? I reply, “an Emergency Room Nurse,” and I’ve had patients that tell me that it seems tough or hard. The process of my nursing career may ...

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RELEVANT LINKS

Descriptions:

What is Emergency Nursing?

What is Trauma Nursing?

Articles:

Making the Transition to ED Nursing

Nurses Working in Rural EDs

The Door's Ajar

Five-Level Triage

Budget Cuts Hamper ER

Organizations:

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Emergency Nurses Association

Society of Trauma Nurses

Other Information:

Links to regional Emergency Nursing associations

 

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