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Education

ENA proudly brings you career-boosting educational sessions.

Emergency Nursing 2025 Education

Strengthen your career, sharpen your skills and deepen your connections with education built for those who never back down.

With flexible formats for every learning style, this year's lineup empowers you to push further, lead stronger and stand tougher - for yourself and for the future of emergency nursing.

Committee Picks: Top 10 Educational Sessions

  1. Home Alone Trauma (Trauma)
  2. De-escalating the Escalating: Readiness in the Moment for Workplace Violence (Behavioral Health)
  3. How Not to Be Eaten: Conflict Communication in Healthcare (Clinical)
  4. Pediatric Triage Mysteries Solved: Using Assessment Skills to Improve ESI Score and Avoid Under-triaging (Clinical)
  5. Getting Square with Resuscitation Geometry (Clinical)
  6. Mastering Triage Accuracy: Essential Skills for ED Nurses (Triage)
  7. Finally, Triage Competencies: A Discussion for Educators (Triage)
  8. Pills, Powders and Perils: The Hidden Dangers of Dietary Supplements (Clinical)
  9. Catch Me if You Can: Drug Diversion in the ER (Legal)
  10. Resuscitate Before You Intubate (Clinical)

Session Schedule

View this year's lineup of sessions, special events and more:

Education Key

Information to help you decipher the full schedule of educational content.

  • Pre-session: Three-hour sessions during two separate time blocks on Wednesday (require an additional fee)
  • Deep Dive: 90-minute to two-hour sessions
  • Fast Track: 30-minute sessions
  • General Session: Opening Session and "Impact: An ENA Celebration" Closing Session
  • Panel Discussion: Hear from several key experts in the field as they discuss pertinent topics
  • Education Encounter: 45-minute sessions.
  • Interactive ED: Ultrasound Labs, Cadaver Labs, Learning Labs and Skills Labs for hands-on learning opportunities. Pre-registration necessary; additional fee required.
  • Contact Hours (CNE): Educational sessions will be accredited for contact hours - Education Encounters, Fast Tracks, select Deep Dive sessions are included. Total contact hours to be determined upon finalization of agenda and appropriate educational sessions. All accredited education sessions will be recorded. Session and contact hour claim availability will be accessible via the ENA Events App and conference platform through Jan. 31.

Please note that education is subject to change. Attendees can access recorded sessions on demand once they are added to the event platform, approximately one month after Emergency Nursing 2025 ends. More details to come once the content becomes available.

Ready to Earn CNE and Learn From the Best?

Register for Emergency Nursing 2025

The 2025 Conference Education Planning Committee

The Co-Chairs

2025 Conference Education Planning Committee Co-chairs Gregory Pittman and Lisa Matamoros bring decades or leadership in emergency nursing and education.
Join them in New Orleans
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Gregory Pittman, DNP, RN

Co-Chair
Gregory Pittman leads nursing operations at HCA’s South Atlantic Division, driving excellence through experience in emergency care, education and leadership.
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Lisa Matamoros, DNP, RN, CEN, CPEN, NPD-BC

Co-Chair
Lisa Matamoros is a nurse educator with more than 30 years of experience and is board-certified in professional development and emergency nursing. A published author and national presenter, she inspires excellence in the field.

The Committee Members

The co-chairs aren't doing this alone. A full-blown team of ENA members are helping to bring you the best in emergency professional education. Meet the committee:

  • Simone Allison, BSN, RN, CCRN (Tasmania)
  • Anna (Renee) Cecil, DNP, RN, CEN, TCRN, SANE, NREMT (Kentucky)
  • Roger Cecil, MSN, BSN, RN, CEN, CFRN, NHDP-BC, NREMT-P (Kentucky)
  • Kelly Collins, BSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, SANE (Maine)
  • Rhonda Manor Coombes, BSN, RN, TCRN (Texas)
  • Teri Diloy, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN (Virginia)
  • Neko Gilbert, RN (Arkansas)
  • Heather Knapp, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, CPHQ (Idaho)
  • Walter Sergio Lugari, BSN, RN, ATCN (Germany)
  • Joan McCoy, RN, CEN (Montana)
  • Marcela McGeorge, MSN, RN (South Carolina)
  • Hemi Matta, DNP, MBA, RN (Massachusetts)
  • Trent Moser, RN (Canada)
  • Jennifer Peterburs, RN (Illinois)
  • Paige Potter, BSN, RN, CEN (Utah)
  • Jamla Rizek, MSN, MBA, RN, CEN, CPEN, NHDP-BC, NRP (New York)
  • Anna Simons, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNL, FNE-A (Maryland)
  • Cynthia Sprinkle, MSN-ED, RN, CEN, TCRN (Arizona)