I am an ER nurse and want to know if this watch can stand up to the challenge. Any nurses out there?

Since the Watch will only stay lit for 7 seconds I doubt it will work for taking a pulse.

It is also only water resistant, not waterproof.

The new Watch OS coming this fall will provide a setting to stay lit for 70 seconds which should help with the pulse issue. The watch is also more than up to the task for getting run under a faucet (in fact it's part of Apple's official suggestions for cleaning the digital crown). The thing I would be most concerned about is abrasive soaps or other chemicals. As long as you can try to avoid consistently getting it on the watch body I'd say go for it.

My wife is an ER nurse and currently has an original Pebble and does not have any issues (granted it's made out of different materials, etc). We're planning on eventually getting her one as well.

There is no such thing as 'waterproof' The term is bantered about by the media but has no meaning without context. Any watch (or device) can only be considered waterproof to it's rating. So the Apple Watch is waterproof rated to IPx7 standard (minimum 30 minutes at 1 meter). It has been proven many times that it could very well be rated ATM3 or even ATM5.

Hi I'm an ICU nurse and i have been wearing the apple watch since the release, it stands up the challenge, believe me 🙂

This is what Apple says:

As I am not an ER nurse, I don't know exactly what stresses a watch might be subjected to (e.g. Extensive hand washing under possibly higher than household normal pressure?). As Apple recommends not showering with the watch (yes, Cook says he does but his replacement policy is a bit different than ours), I would advise caution.

I also never claimed there was such a thing as "waterproof".

Meg St._Clair wrote:

... yes, Cook says he does but his replacement policy is a bit different than ours...

😁

I bet he doesn't have to make a Genius bar appointment either

I work as an RN in a very busy, urban level one trauma and stroke center and have had the Apple Watch for about four months now. Love it. No problems and it has made it through every thing thrown at it (literally).

I am a nursing student and I am wearing an Apple watch. I would be interested to see if I can use it to check HR and RR once the new OS would be available for download. But I can tell you that I went in vacation to Mexico and I wore the watch every single day; swimming in the ocean or in the pool, on the water slide and on the beach. The watch is working perfectly, no problems whatsoever. If it can stay on for 60 seconds this would be the very best piece of technology that I own, second only to my iPhone.

Apparently IT WILL STAY ON for 70 seconds:

So YES, I totally love it!

You could use the timer.

(I am not a nurse)

George

I would have thought that wearing a watch would be against your hospitals infection control policy! I am a anaesthetic technician and we are not allowed to wear any watches or jewellery apart from a plain wedding band.

ICU nurse here!

I've had mine since November '15, and I love it. Unfortunately, I've gotten an abrasion/rash on the medial aspect of my lower left forearm - above my wrist. I've noticed the band easily stays wet after hand washing, and I suspect this has allowed this rash to set up. Keep your wrist and wristband clean and dry as Apple suggests. Rash dissipates after a couple of days off from work when I'm not wearing the watch. Gonna switch bands to something more traditional. Otherwise, if I could time ivp med administration or take a pulse, I'd say it's just about perfect!

Nurse on!!!