| Nurses are responsible, along with other health care | | | | ships, sport arenas, industry, government, and |
| workers or professionals, for the treatment and | | | | anywhere someone could have a medical emergency. |
| caring for the injured and acutely or chronically ill | | | | (2) Education. |
| people. | | | | Emergency nurses should provide education to the |
| Nurses attend to varieties of life and death matters | | | | public through programs that promote wellness and |
| in different health care settings. Emergency room | | | | prevent injuries. Some of the educational programs |
| nurses or ICU nurses specialize in rapid assessment | | | | such as alcohol awareness, child passenger safety, |
| and treatment, since every second counts in | | | | gun safety, bicycle and helmet safety and domestic |
| emergency cases. A nurse in this setting administers | | | | violence prevention are usually conducted by nurses. |
| medication and assists physicians attending | | | | (3) Leadership and Research. |
| emergency room tasks related to medical care. | | | | Emergency nurses also may work as administrators, |
| Emergency room nurses are also responsible for | | | | managers, and researchers to improve emergency |
| keeping patient records. | | | | health care. |
| Emergency nursing is a specialty of the nursing | | | | For all of the demands of emergency nursing, an |
| profession. Emergency nurses should always be | | | | emergency nurse should be prepared at all times to |
| ready to treat wide variety of illnesses ranging from | | | | provide patient care for almost any situation. Some |
| throat infections to heart attacks or victims of | | | | emergency nurses tend to specialize in trauma, |
| severe trauma. The types of patients that show up | | | | pediatrics, geriatrics and injury prevention. Nurses are |
| in hospital emergency departments often depend on | | | | not only attendants in hospitals and clinics, they may |
| things like the weather, highway accidents, industrial | | | | also be involved in medical and nursing research. |
| accidents, fires and hundreds of unfortunate events. | | | | Another important responsibility of the emergency |
| Emergency nurses are expected to care for patients | | | | room nurse is to continually be aware of their |
| of all ages. | | | | working environment; maintain proper supplies and |
| Emergency nurses should be familiar with the policies | | | | appropriate medical equipments necessary in caring |
| of the facilities their working for, as well as | | | | for the patients. As part of their job duties, |
| procedures and protocols. The emergency | | | | emergency room nurses engage in educational |
| department has a fast paced environment, as a | | | | activities to promote the nursing profession and keep |
| nurse for this department, emergency nurses are | | | | them up to date on today's advanced diagnostics, |
| needed to utilize their skills in time management. It | | | | technologies, medical equipment and safety |
| does not only refer to prioritizing patients but also | | | | techniques. |
| prioritizing the nurses' time. Time management will | | | | Emergency nurses are very much in demand |
| enable nurses to confidently complete their duties. It | | | | nowadays. Emergency nursing is a profession that |
| is very important for an emergency room nurse to | | | | requires adept skill in caring for ill and injured people |
| be able to do multitasking. | | | | with speed, efficiency and leadership. |
| According to Nurses for Healthier Tomorrow (NHT), a | | | | Doing all of these medical tasks while attending to |
| coalition of nursing and health care organizations, | | | | other duties requires skill in multitasking. That is why |
| there are three major roles an emergency nurse | | | | emergency room nurses are always up on their toes, |
| should carry out: | | | | always on duty. With all the responsibilities and duties |
| (1) Patient Care. | | | | being performed by an emergency nurse it is |
| Emergency nurses should care for patients and | | | | essential not to lose the thing that made us go into |
| families in hospital emergency departments, | | | | this profession, compassion and love for life. |
| ambulances, helicopters, urgent care centers, cruise | | | | |