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Becoming an Emergency Room Nurse in Canada

Emergency Room Nurse outside an ambulance

Are you someone who truly enjoys helping others? Are you a registered nurse seeking a novel and exciting setting to demonstrate your knowledge, skills, and abilities? Then you may want to start your career as an Emergency Room nurse in Canada.  Here are some important things you need to know if you wish to pursue a career in this exciting and promising nursing field.

Career Path

In order to be eligible to practice as a registered nurse in Canada, you must obtain a Bachelor of Nursing degree. Earning a nursing diploma, an Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN), or a Bachelor of Science in Nursing will allow you to become a registered nurse in the United States (BSN).

Although it's uncommon, some employers might demand further training in the area of emergency nursing, such as a graduate-level certificate or a master's degree in nursing with a focus on emergency nursing.

ER Nurses' General Job Description

Registered nurses with expertise in the quick evaluation and treatment of patients, frequently when the patient faces a serious risk to their life, are known as emergency room nurses.

In order to assess, treat, and stabilize patients, these nurses must be able to act swiftly, decisively, and effectively in a variety of medical situations, including respiratory, cardiovascular, and other trauma emergencies.

The conditions and medical emergencies that emergency room nurses treat include everything from heart attacks to sore throats to childbirth for patients of all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Nature Of Practice

Contrary to other nursing specialties, emergency nursing encompasses all aspects of caregiving, from birth to death, health promotion to end-of-life care, behavioral health to infectious disease, chronic illness to unexpected collapse of health, intermittent crises to gradual deterioration in health. 

The nature of emergency nursing practice is defined as the application of the nursing process to patients of all ages who need stabilization and/or resuscitation for a variety of illnesses and injuries. The nature of emergency nursing is defined by how it responds to the actual or perceived need for unscheduled emergent care in an unscheduled manner with a greater potential for a stressful, chaotic environment.

Code of Ethics

The emergency nurse must deliver nursing care that complies with the provincial association's or the province's order, as well as the Canadian Nurses Association's Code of Ethics. 

The National Emergency Nurses Association (NENA), a professional nursing organization in Canada, was established in 1982 and is committed to providing high-quality emergency care. NENA is acknowledged as the national emergency nurses' professional association by the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA). In 1991, the field of emergency nursing was recognized as a specialty. Membership includes individuals from around the world as well as Canadian provinces and territories.

It's frequently all hands on deck in the emergency room's flurry of activity. Compared to other units, this setting gives ER nurses more discretion over how to care for their patients. Working with critically ill patients forces you to develop quick adaptation and independence skills. Before you are qualified to work full-time as an emergency room nurse, it is customary in Canada and the United States to first become certified as a registered nurse (RN) and then pursue on-the-job experience in emergency nursing. 

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