What are the requirements to be an emergency room nurse?

yess what are they i want to be an emergency room nurse or and emt... && what better to be a paramedic or a nurse in ER ?
please help me and thank you all

You go to nursing school and pass the NCLEX-RN. Then apply to work in the ER. Most places want you to have ACLS and/or PALS.( Advanced cardiac life support / Pediatric advanced life support.) Or get them within 6 months of hire. Depending on where you live some areas of the country want you to have a BSN ( Bachelor degree in Nursing). Feel free to e-mail with any further questions.

You'll of course need to be an RN, and most places want you to have certain "merit badges" like ACLS, PALS, and TNCC, but the most important thing is to be really good at multitasking and prioritizing. You also have to be able to keep a level head. The skill set for paramedics is somewhat different, but the personalities aren't. The great advantages of emergency nursing are that you tend to have better pay and you get to stay in out of the rain and cold. By the way, if you're thinking along these lines because you're an adrenaline junky, you're probably going to be disappointed.

You might want to see if you can get some info from http://www.ena.org or, if you're in Chicago, check with them directly.

To be an emergency room nurse, you need to be a registered nurse, with either an associates degree or a bachelor's degree.

Some hospitals prefer to hire experienced nurses for the ER, while others are willing to hire new grads. ACLS (advanced cardiac life support) certification would also be handy (it's a fairly easy class).

If you want to work in the ER, being a nurse is the way to go. Generally, in the hospital setting, nurses are allowed to do a bit more than paramedics (in the one hospital I'm familiar with, ER paramedics were not allowed to push drugs). Paramedics working in the ER are generally hired as ER techs, so they'll be busy starting IV's, doing EKG's, and assisting the nurses. Pre-hopsitally, paramedics can do more than nurses are usually allowed to do, but that doesn't always carry over into the hospital environment. Hospitals with an hospital based ambulance service are notably different, because they have a better than average understanding of the extensive role paramedics can play.

The good thing about being a nurse is that if you get tired of the ER, you can always switch to a different department. Paramedics don't have quite that amount of flexibility. Truthfully, nursing pays more :)