Emergency departments are the ‘front door’ of hospitals. They are often a patient’s first point of entry to a hospital and are characterized by diverse and often unpredictable events, which are controlled by a professional team. Since I was a little girl I have been interested in being a nurse, a provider of care for people when they are ill and helpless. I think that I could achieve this level of satisfaction by working in an emergency department where this type of care is required continuously. The role of the Nurse Practitioner is defined by the Emergency Nurses Association as the following: The Nurse Practitioner is a registered nurse who through study at the Masters or Doctoral level has become an expert in Emergency Nursing (Chang et al, 1999). There is currently a shortage of emergency nurse practitioners who are both experienced and educated in the emergency setting; there is also an increase in the demand for nurses, due to an aging population (Schriver et al, 2003). The problems of today will also expand into the future as the professional roles of nurses become more complex by assuming larger roles in management, quality improvement, risk management, patient safety and developing more integrated relationships with physicians and other emergency personnel.