Sherri-Lynne Almeida, RN, DrPH, MSN, MEd, CEN, FAEN
2008 Director

Dr. Sherri-Lynne Almeida, RN, DrPH, MSN, MEd, CEN, FAEN, is currently serving as a member of the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Board of Directors, the specialty nursing association serving the emergency nursing profession through research, publications, professional development, and injury prevention. Almeida’s term ends in December 2008.

Dr. Almeida is currently the Director of Cardinal Health’s Center for Safety and Clinical Excellence. She has previously served ENA as a director of Emergency Nurses CARE (EN CARE), ENA’s Injury Prevention Institute. She has also served on the ENA board since 1997 as a director and as the president in 2002, and has been a member of ENA since 1983. In 2005, Dr. Almeida was inducted into the Academy of Emergency Nursing.

Dr. Almeida has served on numerous national committees, including the American Red Cross Advisory Council on First Aid and Safety. She has been an instructor at both the undergraduate and graduate level and is a national speaker on the topics of emergency nursing and infectious diseases. Dr. Almeida is also a contributing author to numerous books and publications, including the United States Fire Administration’s Safety and Health Considerations for the Design of Fire and Emergency Medical Service Stations.

Dr. Almeida believes that the future of nursing lies in attracting more students to choose nursing as a profession, and that the public perception of nursing as a career must be enhanced in order to raise the level of respect for the nursing profession. Under her stewardship, ENA actively worked for passage of the Nurse Reinvestment Act, signed into law by President Bush on August 1, 2002.

She is a registered nurse in both Texas and Massachusetts, and an emergency medical technician-paramedic in Texas. Dr. Almeida earned her bachelor of science degree in nursing from Massachusetts’ Fitchburg State College in 1981, a master of education in health science degree from Bridgewater State College, Massachusetts, in 1986, a master of nursing science from the University of Texas-Houston Graduate School of Nursing in 1990, and a doctorate in public health from the University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health in 1998.

For more information, please contact the ENA Executive Services Office at 847/460-4095 or ExecOffice@ena.org.

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