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July 15, 2024 • Emergency Nurses Association ENA ENA Research JEN journal of emergency nursing Research
Study Sheds Light on Charge Nurse Competencies in Emergency Care
The research around charge nurse competencies in the emergency care setting is very sparse, which adds importance to the findings in “Ensuring Throughput: Development and Validation of Charge Nurse Competencies for United States Emergency Care Settings,” a study published in the July Journal of Emergency Nursing issue which outlines nine competencies and teaching methods.
July 10, 2024 • Awards Emergency Nurses Association ENA Lantern Award
94 Emergency Departments Recognized With 2024 ENA Lantern Award
ince its establishment in 2011, the ENA Lantern Award has recognized emergency departments for demonstrating exceptional and innovative leadership, practice, education, advocacy and research. The 2024 class of ENA Lantern Award recipients is the largest yet, with a total of 94 emergency departments around the country receiving the honor.
June 27, 2024 • Emergency Nurses Association EMTALA
ENA Statement on Supreme Court’s EMTALA Opinion
ENA is unwavering in its support for EMTALA because it puts the health and well-being of every patient at the forefront.
June 27, 2024 • Emergency Nurses Association Emergency Nursing 2024
ENA Announces Randy Fox as Emergency Nursing 2024 Keynote
Randy Fox plans to reignite the passion for service to others during his Emergency Nursing 2024 keynote.
June 26, 2024 • Emergency Nurses Association ENA Nursing Education Triage
New Triage Workshop Focuses on Improved Triage Accuracy
The Emergency Nurses Association recently launched its new Triage Workshop aimed at increasing triage accuracy for all emergency department nurses.
June 25, 2024 • Emergency Nurses Association Firearms Injury Prevention Public Health
ENA Statement on Surgeon General Declaring Gun Violence Public Health Crisis
ENA finds surgeon general's advisory aligns with the association's position on several aspects of firearm safety and injury prevention.
June 17, 2024 • Advocacy Emergency Nurses Association Firearms Injury Prevention
ENA Statement on Supreme Court Reversing Bump Stock Ban
ENA continues its call for a ban on the possession or sale of bump stocks as part of the association's larger call to ban assault weapons.
June 7, 2024 • Emergency Nurses Association Global Exchange International Spain
ENA President Chris Dellinger to Lead ED Nurse Delegation to Spain
ENA's Global Exchange program will travel to Spain in October to build relationships and a greater understanding of emergency nursing outside the United States.
June 5, 2024 • Academy of Emergency Nursing Achievement Awards AEN Emergency Nurses Association ENA
Academy of Emergency Nursing Announces Class of 2024 Inductees
As it celebrates the 20th anniversary of its creation, the Academy of Emergency Nursing on Wednesday announced its 2024 class of fellows, consisting of six nurses with a multitude of experiences that have contributed to the advancement of their specialty.
May 22, 2024 • Achievement Awards Emergency Nurses Association
ENA Names Susan Douglass 2024 Judith C. Kelleher Award Recipient
ENA announced its 2024 Annual Achievement Award recipients on Wednesday to recognize exemplary members of the emergency nursing community.
June 26, 2024
Chicago survivors, advocates say gun violence has been a public health crisis for a long time
CBS News - The U.S. surgeon general on Tuesday declared gun violence a public health crisis Tuesday, and survivors in Chicago wonder what took so long. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called gun violence a public health crisis because more than 48,000 died from guns in 2022. ENA President Chris Dellinger considers the U.S. surgeon general's public health crisis declaration a needed step to get change.
June 7, 2024
Deakin professor recognised globally for excellence in nursing education
Deakin University - Professor Julie Considine AO from Deakin University’s School of Nursing and Midwifery has been globally recognised for excellence in nursing education by the esteemed U.S based Emergency Nurses Association (ENA). Professor Considine, Chair in Nursing at Eastern Health and a member of Deakin’s Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research in the Institute for Health Transformation (IHT), was awarded the Nursing Education Award at ENA’s 2024 Annual Achievement Awards.
May 22, 2024
ENA Issues Statement Asking for ACEP to Pause ED Accreditation Program
Healthcare Purchasing News – ENA has issued a statement regarding an ED accreditation program developed by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).
May 17, 2024
New Emergency Nurse Residency Program launched at Clovis Community Medical Center
Clovis Roundup – Clovis Community Medical Center partnered with the Emergency Nurses Association to launch an Emergency Nurse Residency Program in February of this year, and the first cohort of 12 nurses just finished their residencies. The residency program helps build confidence in clinical practice, foster collaboration among nursing management and educators, and promotes active engagement in the program, through didactic learning strategies, to benefit each nurse’s ability to provide patient care.
May 17, 2024
Nurses to ACEP: Pause ED accreditation program
Becker's - Emergency department nurses are urging the American College of Emergency Physicians to delay the rollout of its ED accreditation program, arguing that the current framework primarily focuses on physician-driven quality standards and could potentially limit the role of nurses.
May 16, 2024
Push for Safer Hospitals: Improve Violence Reporting
MedScape - Do we really need more data on workplace violence to craft laws and policies to better protect healthcare workers from aggression on the job? Some experts argued that yes, such information is essential to address this thorny problem. MedScape - One is Joanne DeSanto Iennaco, PhD, APRN, professor and director of the Clinical Doctor of Nursing Practice Program at Yale School of Nursing, Yale University, in West Haven, Connecticut, and lead author of a new study in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, describing a reporting system designed to easily tally and classify the incidence of such aggression.
May 3, 2024
Kentucky First State to Decriminalize Medical Errors
MedPage Today - Kentucky has become the first state to decriminalize medical errors -- a move many medical associations support. Chris Dellinger, BSN, RN, president of the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), told MedPage Today in an email that ENA "is supportive of this bill for decriminalizing honest mistakes that might occur during the delivery of care" and that this law "provides everyone with clarity as to the legal threshold prosecutors must consider when assessing medical errors in Kentucky."
April 5, 2024
More than half of emergency nurses assaulted or threatened in past 30 days
Chief Healthcare Executive - The majority of nurses in emergency departments say they have been physically assaulted or threatened. To be clear, they aren’t talking about their entire careers. Most emergency nurses say they’ve been attacked or encountered aggressive behavior in the previous month.
April 5, 2024
Violence against nurses hits all-time high: 2 new reports
Becker's Hospital Review - A growing proportion of nurses say incidents of violence and aggression they face on the job have become routine. As a result, many are considering an exit from the profession altogether. In the first week of April — which the National Institutes of Health recognizes as Workplace Violence Prevention Awareness Month — at least two new reports have been published that underscore the growing toll violence has on the nursing workforce.
April 5, 2024
Violence against nurses rising, especially among emergency departments
Crain's Chicago Business - Violence against nurses is on the rise, according to two different studies to come out this week. An anecdotal “pulse check” survey of nearly 500 members of the Schaumburg-based Emergency Nurses Association members found that 56% said they had been either physically or verbally assaulted or threatened with violence in the previous 30 days.
March 27, 2024
Parkersburg woman elected President of the Emergency Nurses Association
WTAP - Chris Dellinger has been elected as the new 2024 Emergency Nurses Association President. This is something she has built her 30-year career around.
March 25, 2024
Nurses, doctors urge Washington to take action on healthcare violence
Chief Healthcare Executive - Doctors and nurses have bemoaned the violence they are seeing in emergency departments, and they have taken that message to Capitol Hill. Leaders from the Emergency Nurses Association, the American College of Emergency Physicians, and the American Nurses Association met with congressional staffers to draw more attention
March 25, 2024
Violence against hospital workers continues to climb
WGN - At a congressional briefing held by the Emergency Nurses Association on Friday, doctors, nurses and additional healthcare leaders spoke about their experiences. Emergency Nurses Association President Chris Dellinger said, “We no longer are just a place of healing because now we have to worry about our own safety and our other patient safety as well.”
August 17, 2023
Improving Pediatric Emergency Care: ‘We Need to Do Better’
Chief Healthcare Executive—When a critically ill child arrives in a hospital’s emergency department, even the most experienced nurse can feel a chill. Terry Foster, the president of the Emergency Nurses Association, talks about the anxiety nurses feel when a child arrives in the hospital. Some parents don’t call an ambulance. They simply bring their children directly into the emergency room, and run straight toward a nurse.
August 17, 2023
Emergency Nurses Association President: Violence Has Reached Level ‘I’ve Never Seen’
Chief Healthcare Executive—Terry Foster, the president of the Emergency Nurses Association, has been a nurse for 45 years. And he tells Chief Healthcare Executive® that he doesn’t recall the level of violence that nurses are seeing in emergency departments.
July 14, 2023
Where Hospitals Can Improve in Pediatric Emergency Care
Chief Healthcare Executive—Health systems are showing signs of progress, but a new study sheds light on areas where they can do better to ensure children get the best care.
June 20, 2023 • Emergency Nurse Residency Program Emergency Nurses Association
Nurse Residency Program Doubles-Down on ED Training
Becker’s Hospital Review—Training for the first cohort of Neenah, Wis.-based ThedaCare's nurse residency program is underway at seven of its hospitals. The system adopted the program with an aim to improve retention of new nurses and better equip them for the demands of emergency department care, according to a June 13 news release.
May 31, 2023
Nursing Group Launches Coaching and Support Program
Associations Now - A new program created by a for-profit subsidiary of the Emergency Nurses Association hopes to address burnout and other wellness challenges unique to emergency departments.
May 22, 2023 • Emergency Nurses Association Healthy Work Environment
Emergency Nurses Association Launches Engage, Powered by ENA
ENA on Monday launched a new business initiative focused on improving emergency nurse work environments.
June 22, 2022 • Awards ENA Foundation
Long-lasting Contributions Earn Two Nurses 2022 ENA Foundation Awards
On Wednesday, the ENA Foundation announced the latest recipients of its Cornerstone Award and Keystone Award which will be presented during Emergency Nursing 2022 in Denver to two longtime ENA members.
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