Emergency Nurses Association
{{Short description|Nursing organization}}
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| formation = 1970
| founder = Anita Dorr
Judith Kelleher
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| headquarters = Schaumburg, Illinois
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| membership = 50,000
| membership_year = 2021
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The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) is an international professional organization representing emergency nursing. Consisting of nearly 50,000 members, ENA addresses issues relevant to emergency care, publishes professional guidelines, provides education for emergency nurses and issues a peer-reviewed journal. As part of its ENA University, ENA offers education specific to emergency nurses.
The organization
Established in 1970 as the Emergency Department Nurses Association, the organization resulted from the merger of two organizations. One of the organizations, also known as the Emergency Department Nurses Association, had been founded by Judith Kelleher on the West Coast; the other, the Emergency Room Nurses Organization, was established by Anita Dorr in the Eastern United States. ENA took its current name in 1985, emphasizing the role of emergency nurses over the practice setting of the emergency department.{{cite book|last=Tweedy|first=James|title=Healthcare Safety for Nursing Personnel: An Organizational Guide to Achieving Results|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_mpYBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA231|accessdate=April 22, 2015|date=December 10, 2014|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-4822-3027-7|pages=231–}}{{cite journal |last1=Jezierski |first1=Marlene |title=Anita Dorr: her legacy to ENA |journal=Journal of Emergency Nursing |volume=22 |issue=3 |url=https://www.jenonline.org/article/S0099-1767(96)80129-2/pdf |access-date=20 March 2023}} As of 2021, ENA has over 50,000 members in 35 nations.{{cite web|title=ENA Membership|url=https://www.ena.org/membership/member|publisher=Emergency Nurses Association|accessdate=July 30, 2021}}
ENA has collected survey data on emergency nursing, including a {{Not a typo|2006}} member survey which indicated high job satisfaction in the specialty but pointed to concern among emergency nurses about workplace violence and safety. ENA has partnered with the Institute of Medicine to address issues related to emergency care reform.{{cite news|title=Emergency nurses are dedicated|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=20070507&id=HtMJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yEkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6826,553257&hl=en|accessdate=April 22, 2015|work=The Bryan Times|date=May 7, 2007}} The organization also publishes public safety and injury prevention information, including its National Scorecard on State Roadway Laws, which looks at each state's use of items such as child safety seats, seatbelts, ignition lock devices and graduated driver licensing.{{cite web|title=Remarks to the Emergency Nurses Association regarding Emergency Nurses Association National Scorecard On State Roadway Laws, Washington, DC|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/news/speeches/DHersman/Pages/Remarks_to_the_Emergency_Nurses_Association_Regarding_Emergency_Nurses_Association_National_Scorecard_On_State_Roadway_Law.aspx|publisher=National Transportation Safety Board|accessdate=April 22, 2015}}
The association has published emergency guidelines, including Guidelines for Care of Children in the Emergency Department, which was written in conjunction with the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Academy of Pediatrics.{{cite web|title=Joint Policy Statement—Guidelines for Care of Children in the Emergency Department|url=http://www.jenonline.org/pb/assets/raw/Health%20Advance/journals/ymen/joint.pdf|publisher=Journal of Emergency Nursing|accessdate=April 22, 2015}} ENA publishes a bimonthly, peer-reviewed journal, Journal of Emergency Nursing.{{cite web|title=Journal of Emergency Nursing|url=https://www.ena.org/publications/jen/Pages/Default.aspx|publisher=Emergency Nurses Association|accessdate=April 22, 2015}} In the 1970s, the group helped to found the Board of Certification in Emergency Nursing, which sponsors the Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) examination.{{cite book|title=Hospital-Based Emergency Care: At The Breaking Point|date=2007|publisher=National Academies Press|isbn=978-0309133777|page=230|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wUsceaY4AkcC&pg=PT255|accessdate=April 22, 2015}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|www.ena.org}}
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Category:Nursing organizations in the United States
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