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= Duties of a Trauma Nurse: =
 * =Diary Of A Trauma Nurse =
 * =====** The majority of trauma or emergency nurses work in hospital emergency rooms, providing triage skills and processing patients. Trauma nurses also work in intensive and critical care units providing specialized skills and monitoring patients experiencing medical crises. Trauma nurses perform a vital role in battlefield triage, providing care and life-saving skills during medical evacuation and transport. The primary duty of a trauma or emergency nurse is to stabilize the patient and determine the extent and priority of the emergency symptoms. Duties include difficult procedures such as trauma resuscitation, stopping blood loss, unblocking the patient's airway, starting intravenous fluids and accessing the degree of illness, injury or trauma. **=====
 * =====** Providing care to patients in an emergency situation. Administering emergency procedures for expanple CODE BLUE and CPR and other kinds of procedures. **=====
 * =====** Acting fast and thinking on their feet, and handling complex and difficult situations. They also operate on heavy healthcare machines.﻿ **=====
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Hazards of the Job﻿:

 * =====** Trauma or emergency room nurses come in proximity to patients who have infectious diseases. Often exposed to noxious, potentially hazardous solutions, compounds and medications, they must take extraordinary precautions.Trauma nurses follow strict, standardized guidelines to prevent infection and to guard against accidental needle pricks, infectious materials and the toxic chemicals used to sterilize instruments and equipment. Trauma and emergency nurses, work under extreme pressure, coping with stressful situations, an often chaotic workplace and horrific trauma. Those nurses must navigate language and cultural obstacles while communicating vital information to the attending physician and other healthcare providers. The hours are unpredictable and long. The tension is high. Trauma nursing requires strength and stamina. High levels of emotional stress, heavy lifting and long period of standing are energy draining. **=====
 * =====** Required credentialing as a certified Emergency Room nurse. On going education.Compliance with facility safety regulations, infection control protocols. As well as procedures for the protection of patients, staff and community. Anticipate demonstration of confident leadership qualities. High demand for fast paced, critical and accurate decision making ,and intervention. Intense situations with physiological and psychological demands. **=====

More money in the bank:

 * =====** ﻿Trauma nurses range their salries depending on the place they work. **=====
 * [[image:http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Degree=Bachelor_of_Science,_Nursing_(BSN)/Hourly_Rate/by_Job/0.jpg width="500" height="360"]] **

Schooling Required:

 * =====** ﻿ Two-year Associates degree in Nursing. This is an entry-level RN program and it gives you the skills you need to get started. However, in a hectic Emergency Department or Trauma Unit the number of jobs available to entry-level RNs may be strictly limited. Most experienced trauma or ED nurses have earned at least their BSN, and some their MSN. **=====
 * =====** You can also get your BSN (Bachelor of Science), which can take up to 4 years if you are a full time student. That's around 40 hours a week. **=====
 * =====** Getting your Masters degree takes about 18 to 24 months to complete if your are a full time student. **=====
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 * =====** For many nurses out there they are part time because they can not afford to get their masters all at once so they work at a health care facility while they are getting their masters. **=====

Where are there not nurses in this world:

 * =====** ﻿ ﻿You are able to find trauma nurses in every single state there is, but it also depends on the kind of level of trauma you would want to go into. **=====
 * ** There are 5 different levels of Trauma and it is all depended on the hospitals. **
 * ** For exapmle Homles Regional Hospital is a level 2 in their Trauma Unit. So they don't get the burns or the serious trauma. **
 * [[image:http://www.health-first.org/images/hospitals_services/hrmc/trauma/trauma_physicians_325.jpg width="300" height="218" caption="Trauma physicians at Holmes Regional Medical Center"]]

Types of collages that offer Trauma education:

 * ** A wide variety of collages and universities offer the education of being into the truama unit. **
 * ** Universities from the University of Central Florida to University of Florida has classes on nursing and being a trauma nurse. **
 * ** The University of Florida is one of the best schools in Florida to get into the medical feild. They have a wide variety of classes and hands on activity that will allow you to learn beyond your greatest potential. **
 * ** They have the lastest machines so that when you get out into the real world you already have hands on experience with those machines. **
 * =====** The University of Florida would be the best choice if you do not want to go out of the state. **=====
 * ** With this university you can get all of your degrees, starting from your Associates all the way to your PHD and Doctorate. **

How interesting does this career sound to you?:

 * ** I am heavily interested in this career. It sounds and looks like it never gets boring and that it always keeps you on your toes. I've always dreamed of being some kind of nurse but I didn't know what kind. Until I was doing reasherch and noticed the perfect one for me. **
 * ** Here are some pictures of actual truama patiens. If your quisy im sorry ahead of time. **
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