Hundreds of emergency nurses brought their sparkle to Emergency Nursing 2024’s Welcome Party, fully embracing the “Shimmer and Shine” theme. “You’re never too old for glitter,” said Tammy Matthews from Alabama, as she waited for her turn to get shimmery face paint....
Critical care transport nurses, or CCTNs, are similar to emergency nurses in that both professionals regularly need to make quick decisions to help patients facing potentially life-threatening medical situations. The biggest difference, according to Sean Bryan,...
Hands-on learning experiences are fundamental in emergency nursing, so it’s no surprise that the ultrasound, cadaver and skills labs were so popular among Emergency Nursing 2024 attendees. Organized in partnership with Teleflex, a global provider of medical technology...
The emotional wallop of a humanitarian crisis can be significant, and in children it can present more subtly than in adults. Learning how to identify and treat children who are negatively impacted by living in war-torn nations or surviving a disaster is key to halting...
Performance improvement feedback can sometimes feel like a list of things that have gone wrong. But in reality, PI is critically important for identifying improvement opportunities, implementing concrete changes, and measuring whether those changes have made a...
Caring for the pediatric population is second nature to Courtney Simmons, MSN, RN, CPEN, TCRN, NPD-BC, CEN, a pediatric emergency nurse and a senior nursing content specialist for ENA. But in teaching ED nurses, she learned that’s not the case for everyone. “I would...