AnnMarie Papa, RN, MSN, CEN, CNA, BC, FAEN
2008 Director

AnnMarie Papa, RN, MSN, CEN, CNA, BC, 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. Papa’s term ends in December of 2010.

Papa has been an emergency nurse for over 30 years, working as a staff nurse, manager, and director. Currently the Director of Emergency Services at Doylestown Hospital in Doylestown Pennsylvania, she has been an ENA member for over 25 years and is currently a lifetime member. Papa has served a number of roles in ENA at the local, state, and national levels. She served as a member of Leadership Conference in 2004 & 2005, then assumed the role of chairperson in 2006 & 2007. Also serving on the Manager’s, Elections Process and Annual Meeting Committees, she is currently co editor for the Manager’s Forum in the Journal of Emergency Nursing. Papa has presented on many topics related to emergency nursing regionally and nationally and is a member of the ENA Key Concepts for Manager’s Core Faculty. At the state and local level she has served at president, president elect, treasurer and director and has been a delegate to general assembly for over 5 years. Papa has been the recipient of local and national ENA awards for leadership and education. Among them are the National Manager’s Award, National Professionalism Award, PA State Leadership Award, PA State Mary Bailey Education Award, and the PA State Rita Celmer Spirit Award. She has also been recognized regionally by the Nursing Spectrum with the excellence in Management award, and Advance for Nurses with the Best Leader Award.

An avid advocate for emergency nursing, Papa is on the Advisory Boards for Advance for Nursing and the Hospital Association of Pennsylvania’s Capacity Management. She is Adjunct faculty for Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA and is active in community education and injury prevention issues.

Papa received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1977 and her Master of Science in Nursing in 1995, from Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania. She is currently pursing a Doctorate in Nursing Practice from Waynesburg University in Pittsburgh, PA. Papa has been certified in Emergency Nursing for over 25 years, and was inducted as a Fellow into the Academy of Emergency Nursing in 2006.

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

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