Our Services
- Our Services
  EIRMC serves as the region’s healthcare hub, offering specialty, leading-edge services. Our knowledgeable physicians and clinical staff are specially trained to provide a growing number of cost-effective healthcare services.
Patients & Visitors
- Patients & Visitors
  We do our best to help you prepare for a hospital stay, and make you as comfortable as possible while you are here. That includes amenities for your family and friends, too.
Online Tools
- Online Tools
  The need for medical care can interrupt the pattern of busy lives. So we offer online tools that can make it easier and more convenient for you to access our services.
About Us
- About Us
  The largest medical facility in the region, Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center (EIRMC) is a modern, JCAHO-accredited, 331-bed full-service hospital located in Idaho Falls.
Careers & Volunteering
- Careers & Volunteering
  Do you share our passion for delivering high quality and safe patient care? If so, check out positions where you can further your career and enjoy a healthy work/life balance.
For Physicians
- For Physicians
  We value the knowledgeable and experienced physicians affiliated with our hospital, and collaborate closely with them to continuously deliver high-quality patient care.

Kathleen Nelson

Chief Nursing Officer

Kathleen Nelson, RN, MSN is the Chief Nursing Officer at EIRMC. She has been with the company since 2009, but has extensive experience in the healthcare field.

Prior to coming to EIRMC, Kathleen was the Division Manager for Health Professions at Eastern Idaho Technical College. There she was responsible for six different health care departments, faculty, staff, and students. Kathleen also served as Chief Nurse Executive at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg for eight years.

Both professionally and personally, Kathleen is active in various community organizations and causes. She has served as Past Chair of Idaho Alliance of Leaders in Nursing; Past Chair of Idaho Commission of Nursing and Nurse Education (ICNNE); Past President of Idaho Organization of Nurse Executives (IONE); Board Member of the Idaho Nursing Workforce Center Board; Current Board member of Eastern Idaho Development Company; Current member of Board of Directors for Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce.

Kathleen also has earned many awards and recognitions during her career, including the Distinguished Faculty of the Year Award from EITC (2002), National Institute of Organizational and Staff Development Teaching Excellence Award (2003), Nurse Week “Nursing in Excellence Award” (2002)

Kathleen holds Masters of Nursing and Bachelors of Science degrees from Idaho State University, and an Associate of Science degree from Ricks College.

Kathleen makes Rexburg her home with husband Garth. They have four grown children and four very cute grandchildren.