Kraus joined ENA in 1996, just weeks into his first job as an emergency department nurse. Now a lifetime member, he has been actively involved in multiple ENA leadership roles at the local, state and national level, including as a chapter president, state membership chairperson, co-author of a successful national resolution in 2011, Indiana ENA State Council president in 2012, and as a member of many national committees. Kraus is also an experienced national speaker.
Kraus has served patients as a staff nurse, charge nurse and flight nurse. He earned his master’s degree in nursing as a clinical nurse specialist from Indiana University in 2009, and currently serves as the emergency department clinical nurse specialist at Magnet-designated Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital, a large academic urban Level I trauma center in Indianapolis. He received the Indiana ENA State Council Clinical Nurse Specialist of the Year Award in 2015.
Kraus continues to utilize his experience as a leader in multiple organizations to advocate, educate and network to provide the optimum care for patients in a safe environment all with a goal to advance the unique specialty of emergency nursing.
Term as President: January 2021-December 2021
Term as President-Elect: January 2020-December 2020
Term as Secretary/Treasurer: January 2019-December 2019
Term as Director: January 2017-December 2019
To reach Ron, please contact him at ron.kraus@ena.org.