Doctors and Nurses

They look after people who are sick or hurt.

Some work in a hospital.

Some work in a clinic.

Some doctors are men and some are women.

Some nurses are women and some are men.

Doctors and nurses are people who are trained to look after sick or injured people, help prevent disease and keep us all in good health.Both men and women can be doctors or nurses.

Doctors and nurses train at university and in hospitals. They have to study for many years and learn about many different areas of medicine. They learn to operate machines that help find out what is making someone ill, and some machines that help treat the
illness.

Some doctors and nurses work in hospitals, looking after patients who are too sick or injured to stay at home, or looking after mothers and newborn babies.

Nurses carry out the instructions of the doctors, and keep an eye on their patients. They keep checking temperature and blood pressure, they give medicine and injections, they change bandages.

Some doctors and nurses work in clinics or private offices, looking after patients who come to see them.

Sometimes patients are not sick enough to stay in hospital, but need to have bandages changed or special medicine given, and a nurse visits them in their home to do this.

Doctors and nurses can work in special areas of medicine. Some look after patients who have cancer, or who have broken bones, or who have suffered burns. Some only look after children, or look after people with heart problems, or kidney problems. Some doctors are surgeons, which means they operate on patients. Some nurses only work in operating theatres helping surgeons. Some doctors work in research, trying to find better ways of treating illnesses.

Some nurses work in health centres checking on the health of babies and toddlers whose parents bring them to the centre. They weigh the babies and measure them to see that they are growing properly. They help parents by giving advice and helping solve any worries they may have.

Doctors and nurses are an important part of a healthy community.

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Doctors and Nurses (2007). [Online], Available: www.kidcyber.com.au

Updated April 2007