Emergency nurse practitioners care for patients in emergency rooms, providing life-saving treatment and assessments. What does the training program involve, and what is the application process?
The emergency specialization focuses on providing immediate, life-saving care to patients in emergency departments (for both adults and children). This includes stabilizing patients, conducting advanced assessments and diagnostic procedures, delivering urgent treatment based on the patient’s condition, monitoring for any irregularities, and providing appropriate care until the patient is discharged, transferred, or hospitalized.
Main Responsibilities of Emergency Nurse Practitioners
- Admitting patients to the emergency department, conducting medical assessments, determining their condition, issuing medical instructions, identifying and providing immediate treatment for life-threatening conditions, and addressing symptoms and complications.
- Referring patients for laboratory tests, imaging, and medical or paramedical consultations.
- Providing routine care in the emergency department, developing treatment plans, performing regular assessments (“rounds”), monitoring, and delivering direct care for related medical conditions.
- Performing specific treatments authorized for nurse practitioners as part of the care plan.
- Managing medications, including starting, adjusting, and stopping treatments.
- Balancing symptoms.
- Leading resuscitation efforts and providing initial life-saving care in emergencies.
- Offering guidance and counseling to patients, their families, and the medical team.
- Deciding on hospitalization needs.
- Collaborating with relevant community care professionals.
Curriculum
The program lasts about one year and includes 750 study hours, which consist of:
- 350 hours of theoretical study, two days per week.
- 400 clinical hours, three days per week.
Prerequisites
- A recognized master’s degree in Israel, with at least one degree in nursing.
- A minimum of two years of experience working in an emergency department.
- Successful completion of an advanced (post-basic) course in one of the following areas:
- Emergency medicine.
- General (combined) intensive care.
- Pediatric intensive care.
- Neonatal and pediatric intensive care.
How to Apply
Applications are submitted through a call for applications.
To complete your application, you’ll need to attach:
- A resume.
- Certificates verifying your education (bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, and post-basic course).
- A signed confirmation from your employer’s human resources department verifying your employment, using the application form (Appendix 2).
- A recommendation from the head of nursing at your organization (Chief Nursing Officer) – Appendix 3.
- A recommendation from the head of the emergency department – Appendix 4.
- An official document confirming your appointment as a shift supervisor in the emergency department.