Emergency Room Nurse

Overview

U.S. Army Emergency Care Nurses are valuable members of a medical team that saves lives during the most critical moments.

If you are a professional in the emergency nursing field and want to combine your passion for patient care with a desire to serve our nation's heroes, a career as an Army Emergency Nurse could be the one for you.

As an Emergency Room/Trauma Nurse in the U.S. Army, you will be the first line of care for Soldiers and their families. You will operate in locations along the continuum of care from forward-based units through fixed facilities for combat missions, humanitarian missions, other contingency operations, and peacetime. You will train to be proficient in critical care trauma nursing and perform a wide variety of critical health tasks, including enroute care, medical-surgical nursing skills delivering ambulatory, inpatient, and patient hold capability.

The scope of the practice includes assessment, analysis, nursing diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, intervention, and evaluation of human responses to potential or actual physical or psychosocial problems, episodic or acute, in a variety of settings. You will interact with individuals, families, groups and communities. In the Army, your practice will be independent and collaborative in nature. The practice of emergency nursing also includes delivering compassionate, competent care to consumers through education, research and consultation with expert emergency nurses serving as role models for the specialty.

Through the Army, you will be able to attend trainings, continued education courses, seminars, and conferences to stay current with best practices.

If you choose to join the Army Reserve, you will be able to serve your country as needed while still supporting your community.

Regardless of serving Active duty or Army Reserve, a career as an Army Emergency Care Nurse allows you to serve the Army in critical ways.

When you join the Army Nurse Corps, you ll be making a difference in the lives of our Soldiers and the country at large while gaining access to opportunities like supporting humanitarian missions, leadership training, and earning a competitive benefits package.

Benefits may include:

• Repayment of qualified education loans to the lending institution, paid annually over a maximum of three years while serving
• Based on your field of concentration, you may be eligible for an accession bonus, as well as retention bonuses after the initial contract obligation
• Travel opportunities within the United States and abroad
• Up to 30 days of paid vacation earned annually
• Enrollment into the Uniformed Services Blended Retirement System
• No- to low-cost medical and dental care for you and your family
• Commissary and post exchange shopping privileges
• Specialized training to become a leader in medicine

• Must have a bachelor s degree in nursing
• Must have a current, valid, and unrestricted nursing license
• Must complete the Emergency Nursing Course or request a waiver for documentation of your emergency nursing experience
• Must be a U.S. citizen to serve Active Duty
• Must have a permanent U.S. residency for Army Reserve

Have questions or want more information?

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