What Do They Wear
This is the official name for the comfortable, colorful uniform pants and tops that nurses wear.
scrubs
Nurses use this tool to measure how warm or cold a patient's body is.
thermometer
Nurses put these on their hands before touching a patient to keep things clean.
gloves
Nurses give these liquid medications using a needle, often into the arm.
Shots
This tool goes in the nurse's ears so they can listen to your heartbeat
stethoscope
Nurses do this first thing when you check in to see how heavy you are
weigh you
Nurses wrap a fabric cuff around your arm to measure this pressure
blood pressure
This is the paperwork or computer typing a nurse does to record how a patient is doing.
charting
This thin plastic tube is put into a vein to give a patient water and medicine.
IV
Before giving medication, a nurse will check this plastic item on your wrist to make sure you are the right patient
ID bracelet