Listening and speaking a day in the life: ER nurse

Work in pairs and discuss the questions.

1. What do ER nurses do?

2. What is their typical day like?

3. What personal qualities does an ER nurse need?

4. What are advantages and disadvantages of working as an ER nurse?

8. Watch the video about Will Cristobal, an ER nurse, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GzBKoCK3Ik) and decide if the statements are True

(T) or False (F).

1. His working days are always the same.

2. He enjoyed his studies in the nursing school.

3. His patients often think that he is their doctor.

4. He wants to become a physiotherapist one day.

5. After college he got a job in a hospital.

6. He sometimes has up to four patients asking him for help at the same time.

7. He says that nursing is a career for those who love interacting with people and helping them.

Watch the video again and match the halves of the sentences.

1. It was his wife's uncle	a) and taking care of his patients.
2. Will found working in health insurance	b) who recommended his a career in nursing.
3. If there is a patient with a cardiac arrest,	c) and the doctor asks him to discharge a patient.
4. Will enjoys being at the bedside	d) he cleans it up and the doctor stitches it up.
5. If there is a patient with abdominal pain,	e) and HR rather boring.
6. If he has a patient with laceration,	f) he puts IV fluids and gives him a painkiller.
7. Before applying for a nursing school	g) he volunteered in a hospital
8. He often has to balance when he has patients in life-threatening conditions	h) the whole team goes to the resuscitation room.

Work in pairs. Student A is the ER nurse. Student B is the journalist who is going to write an article about working as an ER nurse. Look at the information on the cards below and spend a few minutes preparing what you are going to say.