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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 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 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

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.

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 • Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act Emergency Nurses Association EMTALA ENA

ENA Statement on Access to Quality Health Care and EMTALA

On Wednesday, ENA issued the following statement relating to recent arguments before the Supreme Court about the applicability of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act.

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 • Emergency Nurses Association ENA federal news Government Relations Legislation pediatric emergency care

House Passes Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization Act

The House of Representatives, in a bipartisan vote, approved the ENA-supported Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization Act (H.R. 6960/S. 3765) on Wednesday. The EMSC Reauthorization Act, introduced by Rep. Earl “Buddy” Carter, R-GA, is an ENA priority this year because of its importance as the only federal program dedicated to improving emergency care for children. Each year, 30 million children and adolescents visit emergency departments in the United States.

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 15, 2024 • American College of Emergency Physicians Emergency Nurses Association ENA Statement

ENA Statement on ACEP ED Accreditation Program

On Wednesday, ENA issued the following statement about an ED Accreditation program developed by the American College of Emergency Physicians.

May 7, 2024 • Behavioral Health Emergency Nurses Association ENA JEN journal of emergency nursing Pediatric

Study Highlights Use of New Tool for Assessing Pediatric Behavioral Health Acuity in EDs

The rising pediatric mental health crisis has put a strain on emergency departments across the country. “The Development and Implementation of a Pediatric Nursing Emergency Behavioral Health Assessment Tool” in the May issue of the Journal of Emergency Nursing addresses the fact there is no current standardized tool for assessing mental and behavioral acuity in emergency departments.

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."