Determined. Passionate. Inspirational. Those are just a few of the words that describe the 2024 ENA Foundation Cornerstone Award recipient. For more than two decades, Thelma Kuska, of Illinois, has donated to the ENA Foundation and has ramped up her fundraising efforts, all in support of the Foundation’s mission to empower emergency nurses by providing resources through academic scholarships, research grants and educational opportunities.
Throughout her 25-year nursing career – 10 of those in the emergency department – Swapna Peter of California has been driven by a profound commitment to advance emergency nursing practice and improve patient outcomes.
The Emergency Nurses Association has recognized the best of the Journal of Emergency Nursing for 2023, with awards to the authors of two papers, two reviewers and a special contributor.
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.
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.
ENA is unwavering in its support for EMTALA because it puts the health and well-being of every patient at the forefront.
Randy Fox plans to reignite the passion for service to others during his Emergency Nursing 2024 keynote.
The Emergency Nurses Association recently launched its new Triage Workshop aimed at increasing triage accuracy for all emergency department nurses.
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.