Trauma Nurse

Duties and responsibilities: rapid assessment and treatment to patients in the initial phase of illness or trauma and often in life-threatening situations.

• Identify the medical problem
• Document medical history
• Check for any allergies and current medications
• Obtain height, weight, body temperature, heart rate and blood pressure

Other responsibilities include moving patients, taking blood samples, cleaning and bandaging wounds, administering medications and maintaining proper supplies of medical equipment.

Salary: $58,000

Education: Specialized training and education, Many supplement their training with certification in specific areas of emergency health care. To become an emergency nurse, a person must earn an associate degree in nursing, a bachelor's of science degree in nursing or a diploma from a hospital with a nursing program.


Reflection: I would not like to be one because it is so not for me. I'm more of the person to be traumatized than the one that helps another get over a trauma and also i would get very freaking crept out.