ENA Connection is published 11
times per year from January to
December by:
The Emergency Nurses
Association
915 Lee Street
Des Plaines, IL 60016-6569
and is distributed to members of
the association as a direct benefit
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Publisher:
Josie Howard-Ruben,
PhD, APN-CNS, AOCN, CHPN
Deputy Executive Director,
Member Relations:
Cindy Meehan, CAE
Director of Marketing Services:
Susan Rajkovich, MBA
Graphic Design Manager:
Denise Johnson
Graphic Designer:
Jill Cooper
Editor-in-Chief:
Amy Carpenter Aquino
Assistant Managing Editor:
Greg Bartlett
Photo Editor:
Monica Escalante Kolbuk, MSN,
BA, RN, CEN
Advertising Sales Representative:
Carolyn Stegvik
2016 ENA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President:
Kathleen E. Carlson, MSN, RN, CEN, FAEN
President-elect:
Karen K. Wiley, MSN, RN, CEN
Interim Executive Director/
Immediate Past President:
Matthew F. Powers, MS, BSN, RN, MICP, CEN
Secretary-Treasurer:
Joan Somes, PhD, RN-BC, CEN, CPEN,
NREMT-P, FAEN
Directors:
Maureen Curtis Cooper, BSN, RN, CEN,
CPEN, FAEN
Mike Hastings, MSN, RN, CEN
Patricia Kunz Howard, PhD, RN, CEN, CPEN,
NE-BC, FAEN, FAAN
Jean A. Proehl, MN, RN, CEN, CPEN, FAEN
Sally K. Snow, BSN, RN, CPEN, FAEN
Jeff Solheim, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN,
CFRN, FAEN
Tiffiny Strever, BSN, RN, CEN, FAEN
4. ENA Election
Members can cast their votes for
2017 ENA leaders beginning Sept. 22
6. ENA CONNECT
Search and post content, discuss
topics, in the new ENA members-only online community
8. ENA LEARN
Check out ENA’s new and improved
online learning opportunities
10. Board Writes
Take advantage of emergency
preparedness training opportunities
12. Emergency Management
and Preparedness
Committee
Committee members working on
two major projects for 2016
13. Disaster Preparedness
Nursing as a Specialty
This emerging specialty is attracting
more nurses as it grows in
significance
14. DisastER Preparedness at
Emergency Nursing 2016
Learn the four phases of disaster
preparedness
16. ENA Foundation
Annual conference scholarship
recipients share their gratitude for
opportunity to attend Emergency
Nursing 2016
18. Member of the Month
Meet Lena Sutch, RN, CEN, and
find out how ENA and one special
member are helping her achieve her
professional goals
20. 2016 ENA Annual Awards
ENA proudly announces Annual
Achievement, Lantern and State
Council Achievement award
recipients
22. 2016 ENA Media Award
Emergency nursing team’s video
aims to ease anxiety for sexual
assault victims seeking treatment
in the ED
24. Emergency Nurses Week
Discover all the resources available
to help you make this the best
Emergency Nurses Week ever for
your colleagues
26. Pain Management
Pediatric and geriatric patients have
unique needs when it comes to pain
management
28. ENA’s CEN Online Review
Course
ENA launches course to better
prepare emergency nurses seeking
specialty certification
30. Trauma Nursing
Certification
ENA shares tips for members
considering the newest BCEN
certification
32. Instructor Path for TNCC,
ENPC
ENA streamlines the process
for becoming a TNCC or ENPC
instructor with online component
34. TNCC 1-Day Renewal
Members spoke and ENA listened,
delivering a new option for TNCC
renewal
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