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ENA in the News
July 9, 2019 • Awards ENA Lantern Award
Record-Setting 28 Emergency Departments Earn 2019 ENA Lantern Awards
ENA announced on 28 emergency departments from across the United States as 2019 Lantern Award recipients. The total number is a record for the honor first awarded in 2011.
June 28, 2019 • Donations ENA ENA Foundation Scholarships State Fundraising Challenge
ENA Foundation’s 2019 State Fundraising Challenge Hits Record Total
The ENA Foundation’s 2019 State Fundraising Challenge collected $222,249 in donations that will go to support dozens of academic scholarships for emergency nurses.
June 24, 2019 • Advocacy EMSC ENA Pediatric Washington DC
ENA President Patti Kunz Howard to Testify Before House Committee
ENA President Patti Kunz Howard is scheduled to appear before a House committee to testify in support of the EMSC Reauthorization Act.
June 24, 2019
ENA Recognizes Four Members with Journal of Emergency Nursing Awards
The Emergency Nurses Association on Monday announced the 2019 Journal of Emergency Nursing Reviewer of the Year and Authors of the Year award recipients.
June 21, 2019 • ENA Injury Prevention
ENA Teams Up with ITN Productions to Highlight Injury Prevention
ENA and ITN Productions are partnering on a news and current affairs-style program designed to raise awareness about the importance of injury prevention initiatives as part of the effort to reduce preventable injuries and deaths.
June 13, 2019 • Achievement Awards ENA Hall of Honor
Former ENA President Receives Emergency Nurses Association’s Most Prestigious Award
ENA announced the recipients of 15 individual awards that highlight emergency nurses who exemplify exceptional performance in professional practice, innovation, leadership and advocacy.
June 5, 2019 • ENA Mission Zero PAHPA
Congress Passes Emergency Nurses Association-Supported PAHPA Act
The House of Representative’s the PAHPA Act which includes ENA priority legislation that will lead to the development of a collaborative civilian and military trauma exchange program.
June 3, 2019 • ENA MedEvac Staffing
ENA Partners with Nursing Organizations on First-Ever Workforce Study
ENA, MedEvac Foundation International, BCEN, STN and ASTNA partnered for a first-of-its-kind study on the state of the emergency, trauma and transport nursing workforce.
May 28, 2019 • Carolyn Jones Emergency Nurse Project Presentation
Filmmaker Carolyn Jones to Keynote ENA’s Emergency Nursing 2019
Filmmaker Carolyn Jones will take the stage in September as the keynote speaker at Emergency Nursing 2019 – the Emergency Nurses Association’s premier education and networking event.
May 20, 2019 • Advocacy Day on the Hill
Workplace Violence, Pediatric Emergency Care Top ENA Agenda on Capitol Hill
Emergency nurses from across the country will come together in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday as the Emergency Nurses Association hosts its annual Day on the Hill event to advocate for federal legislation to protect health care workers and continue funding of a critical emergency care program for children.
May 6, 2019 • Geriatric journal of emergency nursing
ENA Study: Emergency Departments Must Better Prepare for Medical Needs of Geriatric Patients
Researchers define state of emergency nursing readiness for the care of geriatric patients.
April 17, 2019 • Education Events
Registration Now Open for Emergency Nursing 2019 in Austin
ENA's premier education and networking conference welcomes emergency nurses from across the United States and members of the international nursing community. Over four days at the Austin Convention Center, attendees will experience innovative and hands-on learning as they reconnect and re-energize with their peers.
April 2, 2019 • Education Emergency Nurses Association TNCC Trauma Nursing Core Course
ENA’s New TNCC, 8th Edition, Raises the Trauma Care Standard
The new 8th Edition hones in on the most current fundamental trauma care information, while ramping up the content focused on various types of trauma.
March 28, 2019 • Emergency Nurses Association journal of emergency nursing
ENA Names Jessica Castner Editor of Journal of Emergency Nursing
An experienced researcher, Castner has served several roles with the journal since 2012.
March 25, 2019 • Education Events
ENA Brings Spring Educational Symposium to Seattle in April
High-quality emergency nursing education, featuring local experts and industry leaders, comes to the Pacific Northwest on April 25-26 in Seattle.
March 1, 2019 • News Position Statement
ENA Board Approves Firearm Safety and Injury Prevention Position Statement
On Thursday, the Emergency Nurses Association Board of Directors unanimously approved an updated position statement encouraging increased firearm-related research, education and focus on safety enhancements.
February 11, 2019 • Emergency Nurses Association Patient Safety Research
ENA Researchers Find Emergency Nurses Underassess for In-Home Firearms
Emergency nurses need better education on the importance of assessing patients for firearms in the home and with how to inquire about the topic in a nonjudgmental, nonconfrontational manner, ENA researchers concluded in a recent study.
January 31, 2019 • Opioid
AMA Alliance Video Series Features ENA’s Role In Battling Opioid Epidemic
The nation’s opioid epidemic has claimed far too many lives in the United States. Recognizing that, the AMA Alliance, in collaboration with the American Medical Association, is focusing its efforts and attention on educating its network of physician families and communities about what they can do to help put a stop to this deadly trend.
January 10, 2019 • Emergency Nurses Association ENA Foundation
ENA Foundation Welcomes 2019 Chairperson, Board of Trustees
The ENA Foundation began 2019 with Mickey Forness, BS, RN, CEN, taking her place as chairperson of the foundation’s board of trustees which oversees the Emergency Nurses Association’s philanthropic arm.
January 7, 2019 • Carolyn Jones Documentary Emergency Nurses Association
ENA Partners With Filmmaker Carolyn Jones On Emergency Nursing Documentary
The Emergency Nurses Association on Monday proudly announced a partnership with renowned filmmaking team Carolyn Jones Productions on a documentary project which celebrates emergency nurses and the impact they have on patients across the country.
January 2, 2019 • Board of Directors Emergency Nurses Association
Emergency Nurses Association Announces Patricia Kunz Howard As 48th President
Patricia Kunz Howard, PhD, RN, CEN, CPEN, TCRN, NE-BC, FAEN, FAAN, added to her list of significant accomplishments on Tuesday when she took office as president of the Emergency Nurses Association for the second time in her distinguished career.
December 21, 2018 • Advocacy ENA Human Trafficking
Emergency Nurses Association-Backed Human Trafficking Bill Clears Congress
The SOAR Act was a priority piece of legislation discussed by members during ENA's annual Day on the Hill event in Washington, D.C.
November 27, 2018 • #GivingSeason ENA Foundation Giving Tuesday
Celebrate #GivingSeason with a Donation to the ENA Foundation
This #GivingSeason, support the ENA Foundation by making a donation that supports emergency nurses.
November 1, 2018 • American Academy of Pediatrics American College of Emergency Physicians Emergency Nurses Association Guidelines Pediatric
ENA, AAP and ACEP Create Joint Recommendation For Pediatric Emergency Care
"Pediatric Readiness in the Emergency Department" aims to ensure injured and critically ill children receive the best emergency care possible
October 24, 2018 • Advocacy Opioid
Emergency Nurses Association Praises Signing of SUPPORT Act
The Emergency Nurses Association, a leading voice in the push to improve emergency health care for patients struggling with opioid-use issues, on Oct. 24 commended Congress for passing and President Donald Trump for signing into law sweeping bipartisan legislation which aims to combat the opioid crisis.
