What Did My Research Tell Me: Essay 2

ER Nurse:
-Providing care to patients in an emergency situation.
-Administering emergency procedures e.g. code blue and CPR.
-Acting fast and thinking on their feet.
-Handling complex and difficult situations.
-Operating healthcare machines
-can serve as transport nurses working on helicopters, Ambulances, Airplanes
-work in casualty department and emergency rooms of public and private hospitals.
- complete Diploma courses in Emergency/Trauma Nursing

Medical Surgical Nurse:
-Educating patients on surgical procedures.
-Providing preoperative, inter-operative and post operative care to patients.
-Managing pain.
-Discharge planning.
-Working closely with other healthcare professionals.
-Maintaining a patient’s physical and psychosocial health.
-work in hospitals, acute care units, long-term care facilities, outpatient clinics and home care settings.

Requirements for Med /Surg Nurse:
-Hold a current Registered Nurse (RN) license.
-Have a minimum of two years experience working as a RN.
-Have 2,000 hours (1 year full-time) experience in Medical Surgical Nursing within the last three years.
-Completed 30 hours of Medical Surgical Continuing Education within the last three years