THIS IS ENA

Membership
Whether you are a staff nurse or manager in an emergency department, an administrator, prehospital, flight, pediatric or trauma emergency nurse, an emergency clinical nurse specialist, nurse practitioner, student or educator, you can benefit from membership in ENA. No matter your level of experience, or the size of your emergency department, membership in ENA contributes to your professional growth.

Journal of Emergency Nursing
Included in your membership fee is a subscription to the Journal of Emergency Nursing. The Journal puts you in touch with current clinical practice and trends in emergency nursing.

ENA Connection
ENA's newsletter, ENA Connection, published ten times a year, is the periodical that keeps ENA members up-to-date on Association activities and issues of current relevance to their profession.

Emergency Nursing Core Curriculum (available to members at a reduced rate)
Defines the body of knowledge necessary for current emergency nursing practice and provides modules on essential areas of emergency nursing practice.

Annual Conference
The ENA Annual Conference is composed of two segments: General Assembly and Scientific Assembly.

Continuing Nursing Education
As an independent approver of continuing education programs, ENA provides its constituents and other educators with the convenience of applying for contact hours through ENA. This process is made easy with the 2008 CNE guidelines developed by the ENA.

ENA Injury Prevention Institute (IP Institute)
As a leader in the field of injury prevention, the Injury Prevention Institute, provides professional training and develops up-to-date programs and resource materials to educate the young, the adult, and the mature adult communities.

Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)
This nationally standardized, 16-20 hour course integrates the trauma nursing process into the content and provides the learner with core-level trauma knowledge and psychomotor skill experience. The course is disseminated through state ENA Trauma Committees and Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hours are provided by National ENA.

Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC)
A nationally standardized 16-hour course designed to provide the learner with pediatric emergency nursing knowledge and psychomotor skill experience. The content is presented through lecture material, an accompanying slide presentation, and dedicated time for learning and practicing six psychomotor skill stations.

Course in Advanced Trauma Nursing-II: A Conceptual Approach to Injury and Illness (CATN-II)
CATN-II reinforces the psychophysiologic concepts central to trauma nursing. The course uses case studies to help discern commonalities among clinical problems, determine priorities of care, and establish criteria to evaluate ongoing clinical conditions.

Standards of Emergency Nursing Practice
Standards of emergency nursing practice have been developed to integrate competency standards and standards of excellence. The Standards delineate the role and function of the emergency nurse, enhance the quality and consistency of emergency nursing care, and provide the criteria to evaluate the quality of emergency nursing practice.

Professional Resources

• ENA Position Statements
• Standards of Emergency Nursing Practice
• Scope of Emergency Nursing Practice Statement
• Code of Ethics for Emergency Nurses
• Guidelines for Nursing Research
• Emergency Nursing Research Abstracts Listing

Emergency Nursing Association Foundation (ENAF)
The ENAF was established in 1991 as a charitable, not-for-profit, tax-exempt corporation. The purpose of the ENAF is to enhance emergency health care services to the public through the promotion and support of research and education in emergency care. ENA supports all administrative functions of ENAF.

CEN & CFRN Certification
ENA endorses attainment of the Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) and Certified Flight Registered Nurse (CFRN) credentials. The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) is the corporation responsible for the certification of emergency nurses.