Nurse (nurse, nurse) - a person with secondary medical education, which operates under the supervision of a physician.
It is not engaged in inspection, diagnosis, prescription of treatment. The nurse, in contrast to the doctor, the person is not independent and does already made the appointment. Nurse - skilled physician assistant in all areas of its work. Follow the directions and instructions of the doctor, in his absence, is required to provide medical assistance to sick or injured in a life-threatening condition (a sharp worsening of the disease, injury, etc.). Nurse performs various diagnostic and therapeutic procedures - measures the temperature, making dressings, injections, immunizations, help physicians during surgery and therapeutic manipulation, giving patients medication prescribed by the doctor, monitors the health and well-being, doing massage, provides comprehensive care.