LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Oct. 5-11 is Emergency Nurses Week. All week long, emergency response nurses have been getting the recognition they deserve.

A Southwest Louisiana nurse talks about her journey to becoming a nurse.

“We have to be ready for anything,” Ochsner ER Nurse Olivia Rivera said. “You have to be ready for a code or a heart attack that comes through the door. You have a wide variety of what comes through the door, and you have to know what to do when you see it pop up on the board.”

The week is dedicated to recognizing the skill, dedication and courage of emergency or trauma nurses.

“When it comes to working as a nurse, you have to be hyper-focused when you’re working in the ER. You have to be ready for whatever comes through the door. And you’re teaching people, and yo

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