Nurses care for people who are sick, injured or disabled and support them and their families when they are anxious and upset.
They work with doctors to give the patients practical medical care and respond sensitively to the person’s needs so they feel safe and looked after.
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Their major duties are:
Nurses use high-tech medical equipment and carry out procedures like blood transfusions, but might also do routine checks and procedures with healthy people.
They work in a hospital or in the community at a GP’s surgery, health centre or clinic. Most jobs are in the National Health Service though there are also positions at private hospitals or nursing homes, the prison service, the Armed Forces or in industry.
Nurses can specialise in an area such as accident and emergency, cardiac rehabilitation, outpatients, neonatal nursing, and operating room work.
Nurses usually work about 38 hours a week1, which can include evenings, weekends, night shifts and bank holidays. Many hospitals offer flexible hours or part-time work. Extra hours may also be available.1
1 Nurses are one of the categories which are maìnly affected by professional diseases related to the back, the shoulders, the neck and the arms.
1 Florence Nightingale Biography in English posted by Famous People Bio
