Emergency Department Throughput
This topic brief reviews multiple challenges encountered during the care, treatment, and disposition of ED patients, and offer meaningful workflow practice changes and innovative strategies to help improve patient throughput.
Emergency Department Safety NET: Naloxone Education Toolkit
The ENA Naloxone Education Toolkit (NET) is designed for emergency nurses and providers, and includes the necessary resources to educate patients and family members about opioid overdose.
Emergency Department Productivity: Accounting for Boarded Patients
This executive synopsis provides the rationale and tools for hospitals to keep the calculation of caregiver hours for emergency department (ED) patients separate from caregiver hours for boarded patients. It also provides various accounting methodologies to account for additional labor needed to care for boarded patients.
Emergency Department Care for Prepubescent Patients Who Have Been Sexually Abused
This joint position statement provides a brief overview of caring for prepubescent pediatric sexual abuse patients in the ED.
Emergency Care for Patients During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period: Emergency Nurses Association and Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses Joint Position Statement
This joint position statement reviews the various issues and challenges of caring for patients during pregnancy and the postpartum period, identifies high-risk and life-threatening obstetric complications, and emphasizes the need for further education and training.
ED Readiness For Children Infographic
This infographic provides information on how to improve your ED's readiness to care for children.
Early Recognition of Sepsis in the Pediatric Patient
This topic brief provides information and resources for the timely identification of sepsis in the pediatric patient and the appropriate emergency nursing care.
Disasters and Health Equity
The purpose of this topic brief is to facilitate community resilience in disasters and public health emergencies by providing strategies to mitigate inequities and advocate for groups that have been historically marginalized or made vulnerable and more susceptible to the ill effects of these events.
Disaster Planning: Preparing for Pediatric Surges
This topic brief addresses the need for pediatric surge planning and provides information for facilities converting from a standard operating capacity to a pediatric surge capacity.
Disaster Emergency Essentials Toolkit
This toolkit is designed to be a reference for emergency nurses and nurse leaders along with key stakeholders during the disaster process from planning to recovery.