In 12-hour shifts at Temple University Hospital, Yalonda Fowlers often takes care of five patients.
My Philly Hospital Job is a short series that brings Inquirer readers inside hospitals to learn more about the day-to-day lives of health-care workers.We want to hear your thoughts about this and other health-related articles. Please fill out our Eds and Meds survey.Registered nurses are the lifeblood of hospitals. They assess patients, administer physicians’ orders, and are the first to arrive when a patient calls for help.
. The Philadelphia metro area has 70,000 working registered nurses, the fifth highest in the nation. The average annual pay for registered nurses in the region is $87,830.Muffled television banter previewing the next Eagle’s game drifts from a patient’s room into the hallway of Temple University Hospital 7 East. That’s the only sound in a usually bustling general hospitalization unit, but Yalonda Fowler doesn’t dare say it’s quiet.
a routine morning exam: She checks his pulse in all limbs, tests his arm strength and presses to feel whether his abdomen is stiff.
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