Forensic Nursing in the Emergency Care Setting Position Statement
This position statement examines how forensic education and institutional guidelines can aid the emergency nurse in recognizing, collecting, and preserving evidence while continuing to provide appropriate treatment and patient care.
Firearm Safety and Injury Prevention
This position statement expresses ENA's support of screening patients regarding firearms, childhood access prevention laws, and laws that prohibit access to firearms by those who have domestic violence restraining orders against them or have been convicted of domestic violence and misdemeanors, and the expansion of background checks.
Fall Risk Synopsis
In emergency department patients across the lifespan, which fall risk tools accurately identify patients at risk for falling while in the emergency department? This CPG provides practice recommendations for fall risk tools that can be used in the ED based on a systematic review and critical analysis of the literature.
Fall Risk Clinical Practice Guideline
In emergency department patients across the lifespan, which fall risk tools accurately identify patients at risk for falling while in the emergency department? This CPG provides practice recommendations for fall risk tools that can be used in the ED based on a systematic review and critical analysis of the literature.
Expanding Roles and Responsibilities for Nurses in Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) For Alcohol and Other Substance Use
This joint position statement provides a broad overview of effective prevention, identification, and early intervention including the use of screening tools for alcohol and other substance use.
Equitable Care in the Emergency Care Setting
This position statement discusses the importance of cultural sensitivity, the need for further education and training, and practices that can be implemented to provide a safe and inclusive ED.
Emergency Nursing Interface with Mobile Integrated Health (MIH) and Community Paramedicine (CP) Programs
This position statement discusses the role of the emergency nurse with programs like mobile integrated health and community paramedicine programs.
Emergency Nurse Retention
This executive synopsis describes the challenges surrounding nurse retention and offers evidence-based strategies to help retain nurses.
Emergency Nurse Onboarding
This position statement evaluates the emergency nurse onboarding process, the importance of a tailored new graduate and experienced transitioning nurse program and provides recommendations for key components of a comprehensive orientation.
Emergency Nurse Duty Hours and Patient Safety
This position statement reviews the challenges associated with the variety of nurse duty hours or shifts, the related consequences of working for multiple employers, and the potential impact to patient safety, the emergency nurse's health and the work environment.