Organizations For Emergency Room Nurses

Emergency nursing cares for individuals of all ages• Italy: Nurses of Emergency (NOE)
in critical condition of their illness or injury without• Malta: Malta Emergency Nurses Association
preliminary diagnosis. It encompasses all ages and• Mexico: Mexican Association of Emergency
medical specialties. Preventive care education andNurses
injury prevention is becoming a larger role for• Netherlands: Dutch Association of Accident
emergency nurses.& Emergency Nurses
According to Kristine M. Alpi, the Associate Library• New Zealand: College of Emergency Nurses
Director Samuel J. Wood Library and C. V. StarrNew Zealand
Biomedical Information Center, emergency nursing• Spain: Sociedad Espanola de Enfermeria de
is one of the fastest growing specialties in theUrgencias
nursing profession. In 2000, there was a whooping• Sweden: Swedish Association of Trauma
95,000 registered nurses employed in the UnitedNurses
States alone. With this large number ofEmergency nursing organizations are very
emergency room nurses there is a need for animportant in advancing the rights of the
organization that will gather and look after theseemergency health workers. ENA has been actively
medical professionals.campaigning in educating the public about the
In the United States, the primary organization forviolence emergency health workers are
emergency nurses is the Emergency Nursesexperiencing while they are in duty. ENA even has
Association (ENA). In 1970, Anita Door launcheda statement regarding partner and family violence
the Emergency Room Nurses Organization inwhich leads to several cases of emergency
Buffalo, New York. Another organization waspatients victim of this kind of violence.
formed by Judith Kelleher, the EmergencyE.R. nurses joining these organizations will definitely
Department Nurses Association in California. Thesebenefit from them. These organizations would
two groups merged in December 1, 1970 toreadily provide publication where there will be
become the emergency Department Nursesupdates about medical technologies and
Association. It was renamed ENA in 1983.procedures that will further educate our nurses.
In 1972, the Royal College of Nursing in the UnitedThese organization also provide courses, training
Kingdom established an accident and emergencyand education programs, even certification
nursing group, which became the Accident andprograms for the improvement of the
Emergency Nursing Association in 1990. The firstorganizational members.
international emergency nursing congress was heldProfessional organizations, like the emergency
in 1985 in London.nursing organization, provide a venue for nurses
In Hong Kong, emergency nurses can join theto learn and associate with their peers, mentors
Hong Kong Society of Emergency Medicine asand nursing leaders. An emergency nursing
members. There are some countries that do notorganization membership can lead to increased
have an organization specifically for emergencyawareness of nursing issues and support for
nurses but allow E.R. nurses to become memberscollective actions among nurses. Learning,
of other organization focused on emergencydeveloping and improving is a life time process.
work.Emergency nursing organizations offer nurses to
The following are several internationalimprove and see their nursing career and future.
organizations of emergency nurses:Organizations are formed to protect, defend, and
• Belgium: Association Francophone desadvance a certain group's advocacy or welfare.
Infirmier(e)s d'UrgenceFor emergency nurses, it is fortunate for them to
• Canada: national Emergency Nurses Affiliationhave an organization that is not only geared
, Inc. (NENA)towards improving their performance in the
• Denmark: Danish Association of Accident andmedical profession but build and safeguard their
Emergency Nursingmedical community as well.