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Nurses

SOCIAL

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People in My Community

Nurses

By JoAnn Early Macken

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Macken, JoAnn Early, 1953- Nurses / JoAnn Early Macken. p. cm. -- ( People in my community) Includes index. ISBN 978-1-4339-3807-8 ( pbk. ) ISBN 978-1-4339-3808-5 ( 6-pack) ISBN 978-1-4339-3806-1 ( library binding) -- Nurses--Juvenile literature. Nursing--Juvenile literature. I. Title. RT61. M336 2011 73--dc22 2010013208

New edition published 2011 by Gareth Stevens Publishing East 14th Street, Suite New York, NY 10003

New text and images this edition copyright 2011 Gareth Stevens Publishing

Original edition published 2003 by Weekly Reader Books

An imprint of Gareth Stevens Publishing

Original edition text and images copyright 2003 Gareth Stevens Publishing

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Table of Contents

Taking Care of People

What Nurses Wear

A Nurses Tools

Teaching People

Glossary

For More Information

Index

Boldface words appear in the glossary

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Taking Care of People

Nurses help take care of people who are hurt or sick. They also help people stay healthy.

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Some nurses work in doctors offices or hospitals. Some work in schools. Some nurses go to peoples homes.

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What Nurses Wear

Nurses wear different kinds of clothes. Some wear all white. Some wear colorful shirts. Some wear scrubs.

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scrubs

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A Nurses Tools

Nurses use a tool called a thermometer to check a persons temperature. They check a persons heart and breathing with a stethoscope.

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stethoscope

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Nurses use a watch to check a persons heart rate. They use a special cuff to check blood pressure.

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cuff

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Nurses use a scale to check your weight. Do you know how much you weigh?

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scale

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Nurses take notes about peoples health. They write their notes on paper or enter them into a computer.

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computer

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Teaching People

Nurses teach people about staying healthy. They help people learn how to take care of themselves and their families.

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Nurses help people. If you are ever hurt or sick, a nurse can help take care of you.

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Glossary

blood pressure: the force with which blood moves through our body hospital: a place that takes care of sick or hurt people scale: a tool used to measure how heavy something is scrubs: special clothing worn by a nurse or a doctor stethoscope: a tool used to hear the heart and listen to breathing temperature: how hot or cold something is thermometer: a tool used to measure hot and cold

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