ENA Board Member Shawntay Harris To Be Inducted into American Academy of Nursing

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (June 27, 2025) – ENA Board Member Shawntay Harris, DNP, MBA, MHA, RN, NEA-BC, TCRN, CPEN, CEN, CTRN, CFRN, FAEN, has been selected for induction as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, an achievement preceded by a career marked by accomplishment and impact within the emergency nursing specialty.

Harris, of Killeen, Texas, has been a long-time contributor to the Emergency Nurses Association as a first-term member of the ENA Board of Directors, as well as a former Texas ENA State Council president and member of the ENA Foundation Board of Trustees. She was a contributing author to the Emergency Nursing Core Curriculum, 8th Edition and served on the Journal of Emergency Nursing Editorial Board. In 2023, Harris was inducted into the Academy of Emergency Nurses.

Harris has authored her own leadership book series and has mentored many nurses. She is president and CEO of Eminent Healthcare Resources Consultants, Inc., which leads in-person and online learning for nurses around the world, helping them advance and maintain their skills in both practice and leadership. She holds a doctorate from Post University with a focus on executive leadership. A military veteran, her work includes learning opportunities for those in the U.S. Armed Forces, as well as in many underserved health care areas.

“I’m extremely proud to join this global community of nurses committed to making an impact,” Harris said. “This is more than a title. It’s a recognition of my professional purpose, which I take seriously: to educate and empower other nurses with the education they need to develop their practice and their own leadership skills.”

The American Academy of Nursing was started in 1973, with a mission to improve health care and achieve health equity by impacting policy through nursing leadership, innovation and science. Fellows have demonstrated substantive, sustained and outstanding contributions to health or health care with potential for scalable impact. This year’s inductees—who represent 42 states, the District of Columbia and 12 countries—will be recognized at a ceremony during the AAN’s annual Health Policy Conference in October.