An ER Nurse’s duties and responsibilities are focused on giving timely care to their patients. In a quick-paced environment, ER Nurses have the responsibilities of:
- Triage incoming patients based on level of injury or illness
- Immediately stabilise incoming patients
- Administer medication as instructed by physicians
- Start intravenous lines and set broken bones
- Perform tracheotomies and intubations
- Give patients stitches and sutures
- Create and maintain incoming patient records
- Work with a team of emergency staff to help patients
- Help transfer stable patients to other wings