Practice Resources

This position statement reviews how crowding, boarding, and patient throughput delays are associated with deleterious patient outcomes, negative impacts on emergency staff, and disruption of communities’ overall emergency services.

This topic brief describes the reality of compassion fatigue, introduces methods and tools to combat and prevent it and highlights the importance of personal wellness.

The purpose of this toolkit is to review the various levels at which injury prevention interventions can be targeted. Emergency nurses, being on the front lines of injury treatment and well versed in community outreach, education, and advocacy, are in a unique position to participate...

This document outlines the approach used to develop clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) to ensure consistency of the evidence appraisal process and incorporation of current, best available evidence for practice. Further, this document serves as a resource for others engaged in similar...

In adult and pediatric emergency departments, which non-invasive bedside procedure is best for identification of acute hypovolemia? This CPG provides practice recommendations on the procedure and interpretation for detecting significant fluid volume changes based on a systematic...

In adult and pediatric emergency departments, which non-invasive bedside procedure is best for identification of acute hypovolemia? This CPG provides practice recommendations on the procedure and interpretation for detecting significant fluid volume changes based on a systematic...

This infographic explains what is climate change, how it impacts health, and what ED nurses can do to help combat it.

This topic brief provides current guidelines and information on the reuse and disposal of child safety seats.

This position statement provides a broad overview of the role emergency nurses play in advocating for child safety seats, how to provide awareness, and what resources to use to help educate patients and their families.

The purpose of this topic brief is to provide emergency department (ED) nurses with general guidance on caring for neurodiverse children and young adults.

This infographic provides a brief description of sickle cell disease and highlights acture complications including patient management.

This topic brief overviews gender-expansive and transgender patient populations, describes bethods for creating gender-affirming and supportive environments, discusses barriers to health care and provides recommendations for caring for these populations in the emergency care setting.

This position statement focuses on managing patients who present with chronic pain, the impact opioids have had, and the role interstate prescriptions drug monitoring programs play in helping to treat chronic pain.

This toolkit addresses the common health concerns of LGBTQ individuals, and the many barriers that may prevent them from seeking the healthcare they need. Resources are also provided throughout to assist emergency nurses in their commitment to quality and safety in care of LGBTQ...

This topic brief summarizes the findings of the ENA white paper "Care of the Psychiatric Patient in the Emergency Department," which identified best practices and gaps in the care of behavioral health patients in the ED.

CPG - Does use of capnography in patients receiving procedural sedation/analgesia in the emergency department improve outcomes (through earlier detection of adverse events such as hypoventilation and apnea) compared with monitoring the patient using only vital signs, pulse oximetry...

CPG - Does use of capnography in patients receiving procedural sedation/analgesia in the emergency department improve outcomes (through earlier detection of adverse events such as hypoventilation and apnea) compared with monitoring the patient using only vital signs, pulse oximetry...

This topic brief providers emergency nurses with a general overview of TXA, including a historical background and its sapplication in trauma patient care.

The purpose of this topic brief is to provide the emergency nurse with an overview of strangulation injuries and clinically relevant information to enhance assessment, treatment, and support of a patient who has been strangled.

This topic brief educates emergency nurses on the prevalence of firearm injuries in the U.S., discusses populations at risk, reviews safe storage practices and provides suggestions for patient education.