ENA Research
Research at ENA
ENA's Emergency Nursing Research team conducts and facilitates research to support evidence-based practice specific to emergency nursing and to overall emergency care.
The team's initiatives start and end at the stretcherside in alignment with ENA's strategic plan to further the specialty.
Research Priorities and Contributions to Emergency Nursing
The association conducts original emergency nursing research to advance excellence in care. With the support of the ENA Foundation, ENA members have multiple opportunities to jumpstart their career in research.
Curious where you fit in? Click here for a glimpse of ENA’s Research Journey – a roadmap with suggestions of where and how you can contribute your research work or apply for funding through ENA Foundation’s grants and fellowship opportunities.
Learn more about ENA's ongoing and previous research below.
Workplace Environment
Goal: Identify and promote evidence-based recommendations to support and sustain a healthy emergency nursing workforce and ED work environment.
| Years | Research Priorities | Outcome and Accomplishments |
| 2009-2022 | ED Workplace Violence
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| 2010-2018 | Staffing of Emergency Nurses in U.S. EDs |
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| 2014-2015 | Emergency Nurse Fatigue |
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| 2017-2021 | ED Workplace Culture and Environment
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Behavioral Health
Goal: Provide knowledge and evidence-based guidance and education aimed to improve care and health outcomes for patients with BH emergencies.
| Years | Research Priorities | Selected Outcomes and Accomplishments |
| 2008-2020 | Assessment and Treatment Patients with Harmful and Addictive Substance Use |
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| 2010-2020 | Suicide Risk Assessment |
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| 2012-2021 | Managing BH Emergencies |
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Triage
Goal: To identify the critical elements of triage decision-making and the impact of individual and environmental factors on triage accuracy and their relationship to patient outcomes.
| Research Priorities | Selected Outcomes and Accomplishments |
| Emergency Severity Index | Peer-reviewed publications 2021, 2024 |
| Triage Process | Peer-reviewed publications 2018, 2023, 2025 |
| Artificial Intelligence | Peer-reviewed publications 2021, 2022, 2023 |
Responsive
Goal: Provide time-sensitive evidence to support ENA members in areas other than workplace or behavioral health.
| Years | Research Priorities | Selected Outcomes and Accomplishments |
| Ongoing | Topics that fall outside of the above three lines of inquiry, generated by General Assembly resolutions, national initiatives, and/or collaborations with other organizations. |
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| 2010-2022 | Advanced Practice Registered Nurses |
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Emergency Nursing Research
Current Research Initiatives
The ENA Research Team, along with the Emergency Nursing Research Advisory Council, continually assesses the pulse of research needs in the specialty. This overview highlights the studies currently being conducted and those in development.
Learn more about current research initiatives
External Research Opportunities
Your emergency nursing colleagues seek your participation in their independent research. This page is regularly updated with a series of research participation options in an a la carte style.
Learn more about external research opportunities
ENDVR Fellowship
The Emergency Nursing Diverse Voices Research Fellowship program seeks to support and mentor beginning researchers who are members of underrepresented communities.
Learn more about the ENDVR Fellowship
Call for ePosters
Posters are an excellent way to gain experience with conference presentations. They are also a valuable avenue for any level of researcher for broad dissemination of research.