Trauma Nurse

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Duties and Responsibilities: Trauma Nursing involves responding quickly to a wide variety of single-and multisystem trauma involving different patient needs, ages, cultures, and severity of presenting symptoms. The trauma nurse must respond with decisiveness and clarity to unexpected events by assessing, intervening, and stabilizing patients about whom there is minimal information.  

Salary: $60,000-$70,000

Education: To become a trauma nurse you must obtain a diploma associate’s degree or bachelor’s degree. You must also receive a certificate by the Board of Certification in Emergency Nursing.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one?  

I would not like to be one because I don’t like it.