NC ENA Updates

It is with great pride we share  Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, NC was 1 out of 28 hospitals nationwide to be awarded the Lantern Award!! Congratulations on all your hard work!   The award recognizes emergency departments that demonstrate excellent practice and innovative performance through leadership, education, advocacy and research. EDs are encouraged to share their stories which highlight their commitment to care of patients, as well as the well-being of nursing staff. Initiatives to reduce the number of injuries from falls, improve patient satisfaction scores and streamline the approach to stroke alerts are a few of the examples Lantern recipients shared in their applications which were reviewed by ENA’s Lantern Award Committee.

“It is exciting that 28 emergency departments achieved this prestigious ENA Lantern Award recognition,” said ENA President Patti Kunz Howard, PhD, RN, CEN, CPEN, TCRN, NE-BC, FAEN, FAAN. “This award validates the exemplary care they provide to each patient, their families and their colleagues.”

Congratulations are in order for 2 outstanding RN's that have been awarded the Martha Wood Scholarship . Megean Coker who works in the ED at WakeMed Raleigh and Emily Austin who works at Mission Hospital in the ED, have been awarded $1,000 each to continue their studies in nursing.

I want to remind everyone about our Membership drive that ends July 31! The winner will recieve a free registration to our Fall Conference, Nov.8 , plus 1 night hotel accomadation. 

Award applications are still being sought... There are 7 potential awards..I am challenging each Chapter to nominate at least 1 person in 1 of the categories. Deadline is Aug 15..The applications can be found under documents>awards.

Aug.2 is our next Conference Call. Hope to "see you there"

Also, please RSVP to our Sept. 6 Face to Face meeting if you have not done so yet. Location change to Moses Cone Hospital, North Tower 102.  Directions to follow. Meeting times will remain the same.

Mark your Calenders for our Nov. 8 Fall Conference at Wrightsville Beach!! The brochure will be out shortly.. Stay tuned 

Dont forget NC ENA is hosting a 2 day CEN review Sept. 23 and 24. The link to register is on our website .

Thank you for all you do for Emergency Nursing!

2019 NC ENA Board