Welcome to ENA Dateline, your bi-monthly electronic newsletter from the Emergency Nurses Association—with current news and information on association, industry and professional issues, plus links to related national resources.

• ENA on NBC’s morning news format, The Today Show – See Video: The Biggest First Aid Mistakes
• A Lighter View—Commentary From the Editor: I Feel Your Pain
• Your Feedback Needed on Core Competencies for Clinical Nurse Specialists—Survey Deadline May 24
• Call for Additional 2008 ENA National Work Team Members—Deadline May 31, 2008
• ENA Foundation Online Auction May 14 – June 4
• ENA Foundation State Challenge Update:Oink Oink Oink … Have You Filled Your 2008 State Challenge Piggy Banks?
• Federal Health Insurers Add New Substance Abuse Services—5.6 Million Federal Workers to Benefit From Expanded Screening and Brief Intervention Coverage
• State of Aging and Health in America 2007 Report—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and The Merck Company Foundation.
• National Senior Health and Fitness Day— May 28, 2008
• SBIRT Webinar—Recorded Session Now Available
• May Is Older American Month
• National Trauma Month Focuses on Helmet Use, Concussion Prevention

A doctor and a nurse, all in one package – Minneapolis Star Tribune