Best-selling author James Patterson paid tribute to emergency nurses and provided a sneak peek of his upcoming book about the specialty in the closing session at Emergency Nursing 2021. Patterson and co-author Matt Eversmann took turns reading poignant first-hand...
Following another successful conference, ENA looks to the future with new leaders taking office Jan. 1. The closing session of EN21 included a ceremonial changing of the guard for ENA and ENA Foundation leadership. Association President Ron Kraus passed the torch to...
A library of 30 on-demand sessions from Emergency Nursing 2021 will be available through Jan. 31 alongside recordings of sessions from the Live Program. Registered conference attendees can view these presentations at their convenience anywhere internet access is...
Two nursing development specialists with the Yale New Haven Health system will provide insights for leveling the playing field for treating pediatric patients in emergency departments outside of dedicated children’s hospitals in an Emergency Nursing 2021 Encore...
Joan Beckman loved being an emergency nurse and helping people through the traumas they experienced. She enjoyed it so much that for most of her career, she rarely stopped to think about her own well-being. But when a truck struck her as she crossed the road on her...
Most U.S. hospitals are not classified as trauma centers, yet trauma is one of the top reasons people visit an emergency department. Nationwide, one in five ED visits are trauma-related, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. “We are all going...
Physical therapists have been practicing in U.S. emergency departments for the last decade. About 90 collaborative consultation programs exist between physical therapists and their community EDs to manage musculoskeletal, mobility and vestibular issues. A mid-morning...
Stay on solid ground and begin additional patient stabilization measures before takeoff or take to the sky immediately, initiating additional care en route, to arrive at the destination emergency department as quickly as possible. Flight nurses find themselves at this...
The first recorded COVID-19 death in California was a 75-year-old cruise ship passenger. But he was not the only COVID-19 victim aboard the Grand Princess when it departed for a 15-day cruise to Hawaii on Feb. 21, 2020. By early March, the luxury cruise ship was...