Emergency Nurses Association

Education:- ena university's continued growth included the following courses: introduction to trauma: caring for pediatric patients 2.0; esi 2.0 and esi pediatric 2.0; pediatric behavioral health concerns in the Emergency department; obstetrics for Emergency Nurses; going with the flow: implementing the provider in triage process; and a stand-alone tncc, 9th edition, renewal course for Nurses who want to reverify without taking the full provider course.- the ena university pathways program expanded with the introduction of the nursing professional development pathway.- ena introduced an Emergency department staffing tool with education to help departments properly calculate staffing based on their individual needs. - in addition to new and revised topic briefs and practice resources, ena published the Emergency severity index handbook, 5th edition.

Membership: a new Association management software platform was implemented to offer members a more streamlined portal for managing membership, purchases and education profiles, as well as accessing member benefits.

Conference: approximately 3,000 Emergency Nurses attended Emergency nursing 2023, ena's annual conference, for more than 100 education sessions and networking, in san diego. An online option to purchase digital access after the event made education content available for several months after the event.

Advocacy:- ena's government relations staff worked with congress and administration officials, as well as state ena leaders, to advocate for several pieces of legislation that were introduced in u.s. The house or u.s. senate in 2023 including: 1. The improving mental health access from the Emergency department act, which seeks to address some of the issues related to a lack of mental health resources in the Emergency department, including boarding. 2. The safety from violence for healthcare employees act would create federal penalties for those who knowingly or intentionally assault or intimidate health care workers and hospital employees.- ena submitted a comment letter to osha supporting the issuance of a proposed rule to enact a national workplace violence employment standard.- the government relations staff also assisted state and chapter leaders advocating for legislation in their own states that support ena priorities.research:- ena researchers released the study, "the relationship between accurate triage and core measures compliance for acute myocardial infarction and heart failure in older adults presenting to the Emergency department," published in journal of nursing care quality.- ena, the american academy of pediatrics and the academy of Emergency physicians jointly the position statement "the management of youth with pediatric mental and behavioral health emergencies" in journal of Emergency nursing.dei:- two fellows were named in the Emergency nursing diverse voices research program, which supports new researchers who are members of underrepresented communities. - the new implicit bias in Emergency nursing course was released.- twelve global ena members were among those awarded scholarships to attend Emergency nursing 2023.other:- engage, powered by ena, a new business initiative, launched with a focus on elevating Emergency nursing excellence through healthy and safe workplaces.- initial quality measures, one for triage and one for geriatrics, were established, with a pilot phase to begin in 2024.- following devastating wildfires, ena donated $20,000 to the Hawaii community foundation's maui strong fund.- ena donated $25,000 to the international committee of the red cross to support humanitarian efforts to people caught in the middle of the israel-hamas war.- ena's global outreach included, among other things, a professional and cultural exchange in argentina; participation in the 4th global conference on Emergency nursing & trauma care in sweden; and a dissemination of enpc at a women and children's hospital in qatar.- ena recognized a record-breaking 53 Emergency departments with lantern awards for demonstrating exceptional and innovative leadership, practice, education, advocacy and research performance.