Requirements:

Four activities are required to earn this Try-It.

1. Learn about the founder of nursing. Florence Nightingale.

2. Find out what nurses do and why they like what they do.

3. Nurses specialize in caring for people. Demonstrate a caring behavior at home or school for a week. Report what you did to your troop.

4. Use some of the equipment that nurses use, such as a stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, thermometer or an ace bandage.

5. Make a list of the places where nurses can work

6. Visit a place where nurses work, such as a hospital, clinic or surgery center to learn what a nurse does for his/her patients.