Committed to Healthy Work Environments
The association strives to improve emergency nurse mental health and well-being, increase collaboration with leaders on ways to strengthen ED cultures and heighten awareness and advocacy about the issues that impact how emergency nurses work every day – all with the goal of helping emergency nurses deliver the best care possible to their patients.
Resources
Emergency Nurses
Below are resources for emergency nurses.
Education
Resources
Emergency Nurse Leaders
Below are resources for emergency nurse leaders.
Education
Resources
- Supporting a Healthy Work Environment and Just Culture in the Emergency Care Setting Position Statement
- Violence and Its Impact on the Emergency Nurse Position Statement
- AONL-ENA Guiding Principles Mitigating Violence in the Workplace
- Staffing and Productivity in the Emergency Department Position Statement
- Technology to Improve Safety in the ED Infographic
- Active Shooter Incident Preparedness in the Emergency Department Topic Brief
- CDC Workplace Health Promotion
- AONL Elements of a Healthy Practice Environment
- Emergency Nurses of the Future Series
Advocacy
ENA's focus is to advocate and advance legislation that promotes a healthy practice environment including bills that reduce workplace violence, enhance mental health and well-being for front-line health care workers and ensures adequate PPE supplies and protects health care workers from COVID-19.
Support and Take Action
Engage, Powered by ENA
Engage, Powered by ENA, provides comprehensive resources, training, and support to ensure your emergency department is a safe, healthy, and collaborative workplace for emergency nurses to thrive. Join us in enhancing patient care and fostering a positive work environment for your staff.
Learn more about Engage’s bold purpose to elevate emergency nursing excellence through healthy and safe workplaces.
The ENA Foundation's Healthy Work Environment Initiative
The ENA Foundation recognizes a need in the specialty and is working in collaboration with ENA to address by taking on its newest endeavor—The Healthy Work Environment Initiative.
Transform the Future of Emergency Care
In the high-stakes world of emergency care, nurses are the backbone, providing critical support to patients in their most vulnerable moments. Yet, this essential workforce faces a growing crisis, threatening their well-being and the future of emergency care. The Healthy Work Environment Initiative aims to change that by creating workplaces where emergency nurses can thrive, feel safe and deliver exceptional care.
Your support can make a transformative impact. Join the Foundation in improving emergency department workplaces nationwide. Together, you can help provide emergency nurses with a healthy, sustainable work environment where they feel safe, supported, and valued and they can do the same for their patients.
What Defines a Healthy Work Environment?
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses identifies six essential standards that create a foundation for thriving health care workplaces:
- Skilled Communication
- True Collaboration
- Effective Decision-Making
- Appropriate Staffing
- Meaningful Recognition
- Authentic Leadership
How Your Funding Helps Create Lasting Change
Building and sustaining healthy work environments means developing strong leadership and comprehensive strategies that prioritize safety, collaboration and staff well-being. Your support fuels these initiatives, creating safe, resilient spaces where emergency nurses can continue to make life-saving impacts.
Together, you can help ensure a future where emergency nurses feel empowered, supported, and ready to meet the needs of every patient.
Are you interested in partnering with the Foundation’s HWE initiative? Please contact ENA Foundation Director J.R. Magsaysay Stanley at JR.Stanley@ena.org.