The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) is an international professional organization representing

emergency nursing Emergency nursing is a specialty within the field of professional nursing focusing on the care of patients who require prompt medical attention to avoid long-term disability or death. In addition to addressing "true emergencies," emergency nurses ...

. 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. As of 2021, ENA has over 50,000 members in 35 nations. ENA has collected survey data on

, including a 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

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to address issues related to emergency care reform. 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

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. The association has published emergency guidelines, including ''Guidelines for Care of Children in the Emergency Department'', which was written in conjunction with the

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and the

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. ENA publishes a bimonthly, peer-reviewed journal, '' Journal of Emergency Nursing''. In the 1970s, the group helped to found the Board of Certification in Emergency Nursing, which sponsors the Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) examination.

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