Practice Resources

ENA's evidence-based emergency nursing resources to help you deliver safe practice and care. You can search by type of resource or topics using the dropdowns below. You can also search by typing in keywords to the search bar.

Position Statements

Patient Experience/Satisfaction in the Emergency Care Setting

This position statement discusses the patient experience, what influences patient satisfaction, strategies that might assist, and the role of the emergency nurse.

Patient Care

Position Statements

Palliative and End-of-Life (EOL) Care in the Emergency Department

This position statement reviews the challenges in providing palliative and end-of-life care in the ED, the impact on the emergency nurse, the importance of continuing education, and the need for further education on this topic.

Patient Care

Position Statements

Optimizing the Treatment of Acute Pain in the Emergency Department

This joint position statement reviews care of the patient presenting to the ED with acute pain and recognizes the need for prompt, safe and effective pain management.

Patient Care

Other Resources and Tools

Nursing Code of Ethics: Provisions and Interpretative Statements for Emergency Nurses

The “Nursing Code of Ethics: Provisions and Interpretative Statements for Emergency Nurses” functions to supplement the Emergency Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice and serves as a pledge to enumerate and codify those moral precepts that guide emergency nurses’ provision of care...

Patient Care

Clinical Practice Guidelines

Interventions to Reduce Needle-Related Pain and Distress in Pediatric Patients Clinical Practice Guideline Synopsis

Is there evidence of pain and distress reduction in pediatric patients who receive analgesic or anxiolytic interventions during needle-related procedures in the emergency department? This CPG provides practice recommendations for various techniques to reduce pain/distress in pediatric...

Patient Care

Clinical Practice Guidelines

Interventions to Reduce Needle-Related Pain and Distress in Pediatric Patients Clinical Practice Guideline

Patient Care

Position Statements

Medication Management and Reconciliation in the Emergency Setting Position Statement

This position statement describes the challenges and barriers in documenting an accurate and current medication history in the ED.

Patient Care

Clinical Practice Guidelines

Intranasal Medication Administration Clinical Practice Guideline Synopsis

How effective is the intranasal medication administration route for emergency care patients? This CPG provides practice recommendations on several medications via the intranasal route based on a systematic review and critical analysis of the literature.

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Clinical Practice Guidelines

Intranasal Medication Administration Clinical Practice Guideline

Patient Care

Position Statements

Interfacility Transfer of Emergency Care Patients

This position statement reviews the complex process and common risks associated with transporting patients to other facilities, including federal regulations, protocols, and qualifications of those performing the transfer.

Patient Care

Topic Briefs

Implementing Non-Pharmacologic Pain Management Alternatives in the Emergency Department

This topic brief provides emergency nurses with current information regarding nurse initiated, non-pharmacologic methods to address pain in the ED to reduce opioid use and overdose deaths.

Patient Care

Position Statements

Handoffs: Transitions of Care for Children in the Emergency Department

This joint position statement provides an overview of transition of care and recommendations for development, education and implementation of transition models.

Patient Care

Clinical Practice Guidelines

Gastric Tube Placement Verification Clinical Practice Guideline Synopsis

In patients having gastric tubes inserted in the emergency department setting, which bedside technique is best for confirmation of accurate placement immediately after tube insertion compared to radiograph? This CPG provides practice recommendations on the verification of gastric tube...

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Clinical Practice Guidelines

Gastric Tube Placement Verification Clinical Practice Guideline

Patient Care

Clinical Practice Guidelines

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...

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Clinical Practice Guidelines

Fall Risk Clinical Practice Guideline

Patient Care

Position Statements

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.

Patient Care

Position Statements

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.

Patient Care

Topic Briefs

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.

Patient Care

Other Resources and Tools

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...

Patient Care