Special Categories

ENA recognizes some of its greatest contributors with the Judith C. Kelleher Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award - the association's two most prestigious honors.

Prestigious Honors

ENA's Judith C. Kelleher Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award honor ENA's greatest contributors. Members who earn these honors have made significant contributions to the specialty and the association.

  • Judith C. Kelleher Award for Contributions to Emergency Nursing: Named after one of ENA’s co-founders, this award honors an ENA member who has consistently demonstrated excellence in emergency nursing and has made significant contributions to the profession and to ENA. The award is presented at the Anita Dorr luncheon during ENA’s Emergency Nursing Conference.
  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Honors a nurse whose career achievements reflect dedicated service, accomplishments or contributions to emergency nursing that have value to emergency nursing beyond the recipient’s lifetime.