PEDS ER nurses perform assessments and examinations, administer medications, start IVs, perform catheterizations and CPR, and assists with splinting broken bones, in addition to other duties, working closely with the patients’ families in the process. You can start the year off in sunny California, spend the Spring in the Colorado Rockies, enjoy the Summer in the Mid-West, experience the change of seasons in Boston and New York, and hit the beaches of Florida in the winter.