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September 12, 2024

Swapna Peter Named 2024 ENA Foundation’s ENDVR Fellow

Daily Nurse - Meet Swapna Peter, MSN, RN, CCRN, a seasoned nurse passionate about emergency care and dedicated to enhancing patient outcomes. With an impressive 25-year nursing career, including a decade in the fast-paced environment of the emergency department at the University of California Davis Medical Center, Peter has been selected as the recipient of the prestigious ENA Foundation’s 2024 Emergency Nursing Diverse Voices Research Fellowship.

September 11, 2024 • Emergency Nurses Association ENA ENA Research Research Workplace Violence

Emergency Nurses Association Launches a New Study on Workplace Violence

The Emergency Nurses Association has launched a survey to find the incidence and prevalence of workplace violence experienced by emergency nurses, as well as describe the types of workplace violence, precipitating factors and post-event support for nurses. Researchers will then analyze the relationship between organizational, environmental and human factors and nurses’ reported experiences to support the development of effective interventions to mitigate the violence healthcare workers face.

September 10, 2024 • Conference Emergency Nurses Association Emergency Nursing 2025 emergency nursing conference EN25 ENA

New Orleans Announced as Host City of Emergency Nursing 2025

Following a successful Emergency Nursing 2024, the Emergency Nurses Association announced that its annual education and networking conference in 2025 will take place in New Orleans.

September 9, 2024 • Board of Directors election results Emergency Nurses Association ENA Governance Leadership

ENA Members Choose Dustin Bass as ENA 2025 President-Elect

Bass, a member of the ENA Board of Directors since 2021, currently serves as its secretary/treasurer. After his year as president-elect Bass will become ENA president in 2026. As president, Bass looks forward to leveraging his experiences and connections around the world to champion initiatives that empower emergency nurses, enhance patient care and elevate the emergency nursing specialty.

September 7, 2024 • 20 under 40 Connection Emergency Nurses Association ENA ENA Connection ENA Connection 20 Under 40

ENA Recognizes Rising Talents in Emergency Nursing

From humanitarians and published authors to those who wanted to be emergency nurses since they were kids and those who fell into it, the 2024 class of 20 Under 40 is full of impressive up-and-coming nurses.

August 29, 2024 • Awards Emergency Nurses Association ENA ENA Foundation

ENA Foundation Honors Illinois Nurse for Outstanding Fundraising Efforts

Determined. Passionate. Inspirational. Those are just a few of the words that describe the 2024 ENA Foundation Cornerstone Award recipient. For more than two decades, Thelma Kuska, of Illinois, has donated to the ENA Foundation and has ramped up her fundraising efforts, all in support of the Foundation’s mission to empower emergency nurses by providing resources through academic scholarships, research grants and educational opportunities.

August 22, 2024 • Awards Emergency Nurses Association ENA ENA Foundation Foundation

ENA Foundation Announces 2024 ENDVR Fellow

Throughout her 25-year nursing career – 10 of those in the emergency department – Swapna Peter of California has been driven by a profound commitment to advance emergency nursing practice and improve patient outcomes.

July 25, 2024 • Achievement Awards Emergency Nurses Association ENA JEN journal of emergency nursing

Awards Recognize Journal of Emergency Nursing Contributors

The Emergency Nurses Association has recognized the best of the Journal of Emergency Nursing for 2023, with awards to the authors of two papers, two reviewers and a special contributor.

July 15, 2024 • Emergency Nurses Association ENA ENA Research JEN journal of emergency nursing Research

Study Sheds Light on Charge Nurse Competencies in Emergency Care

The research around charge nurse competencies in the emergency care setting is very sparse, which adds importance to the findings in “Ensuring Throughput: Development and Validation of Charge Nurse Competencies for United States Emergency Care Settings,” a study published in the July Journal of Emergency Nursing issue which outlines nine competencies and teaching methods.

July 10, 2024 • Awards Emergency Nurses Association ENA Lantern Award

94 Emergency Departments Recognized With 2024 ENA Lantern Award

ince its establishment in 2011, the ENA Lantern Award has recognized emergency departments for demonstrating exceptional and innovative leadership, practice, education, advocacy and research. The 2024 class of ENA Lantern Award recipients is the largest yet, with a total of 94 emergency departments around the country receiving the honor.

June 26, 2024

Chicago survivors, advocates say gun violence has been a public health crisis for a long time

CBS News - The U.S. surgeon general on Tuesday declared gun violence a public health crisis Tuesday, and survivors in Chicago wonder what took so long. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called gun violence a public health crisis because more than 48,000 died from guns in 2022. ENA President Chris Dellinger considers the U.S. surgeon general's public health crisis declaration a needed step to get change.

June 26, 2024 • Emergency Nurses Association ENA Nursing Education Triage

New Triage Workshop Focuses on Improved Triage Accuracy

The Emergency Nurses Association recently launched its new Triage Workshop aimed at increasing triage accuracy for all emergency department nurses.

June 17, 2024 • Advocacy Emergency Nurses Association Firearms Injury Prevention

ENA Statement on Supreme Court Reversing Bump Stock Ban

ENA continues its call for a ban on the possession or sale of bump stocks as part of the association's larger call to ban assault weapons.

June 7, 2024

Deakin professor recognised globally for excellence in nursing education

Deakin University - Professor Julie Considine AO from Deakin University’s School of Nursing and Midwifery has been globally recognised for excellence in nursing education by the esteemed U.S based Emergency Nurses Association (ENA). Professor Considine, Chair in Nursing at Eastern Health and a member of Deakin’s Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research in the Institute for Health Transformation (IHT), was awarded the Nursing Education Award at ENA’s 2024 Annual Achievement Awards.

June 5, 2024 • Academy of Emergency Nursing Achievement Awards AEN Emergency Nurses Association ENA

Academy of Emergency Nursing Announces Class of 2024 Inductees

As it celebrates the 20th anniversary of its creation, the Academy of Emergency Nursing on Wednesday announced its 2024 class of fellows, consisting of six nurses with a multitude of experiences that have contributed to the advancement of their specialty.