While each day is different as an emergency room nurse, these men and women share many common characteristics: efficiency, levelheadedness, focus, empathy, and the ability to multitask. Though the days are long and exhausting on many levels, emergency nurses thrive on their ability to help patients in dire need- and that passion for helping others is what keeps them coming back to work every day.

Olivet Nazarene University has put together this useful guide on the day of an ER nurse.

A Day in the Life of an ER Nurse

Irma Wallace

Irma Wallace

Co-founder and Vice President of SearchRank, responsible for many of the day to day operations of the company. She is also founder of The Arizona Builders’ Zone, a construction / home improvement portal.

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