National Emergency Nurses Association

National Emergency Nurses Association
Happy Emergency Nurses Day
Sherry Uribe
NENA President
As we celebrate our profession this Wednesday, October 12, Emergency Nurses Day, please take a
moment to say thank you – to our patients, our colleagues and of course, our families, without whom
we could not do what we do every day. I am proud to be an Emergency Nurse and say thank you to all
of you. NENA is proud of our members and wish each of you a great day.
Members of the NENA Board of Directors wish to share a few thoughts with you:
Margaret Dymond
NENA Director of Education
Congratulations to the ED nurses in Canada who have recently written the Canadian Emergency Nursing
Certification exam. NENA has been working on a resource of study material - celebrate with ED nursing
colleagues and tell them how it feels to be a certified emergency nurse
Pat Mercer-Deadman RN ENC(C)
NENA Director of Membership and Promotion
Congratulations on Emergency Nurses Week! We are truly a force to be reckoned with and we need to
shout it loud and proud! This year I would encourage each of you to 'spread the NENA word' to your
friends and colleagues. I challenge you all to become active in your Provincial affiliate organization and
BE THE VOICE OF EMERGENCY NURSING IN CANADA!
Celebrate yourselves and your fellow Emergency Nurses on a job well done in challenging times and
circumstances.
Kitty Murray
NENA treasurer
Happy Emergency Nurses Week! Be proud that you work in such a dynamic environment. Support your
colleagues this week and find some special way to celebrate in your workplace. In our department, we
have a committee that is organizing a variety of "lunch and learns" for every day of the week
including IVAD access, EKG interpretation made easy and disaster procedures to name a few.
Steve Gagné
NENA Director
Pour une infirmière, travailler à l’urgence représente un défi quotidien. À chaque quart de travail, les
infirmières font face à l’inconnu et cela nécessite que le personnel mobilise continuellement leurs
aptitudes d’adaptation. Au-delà du stress engendré par cet inconvénient, le personnel à l’urgence sauve
des vies, soigne des patients et participe à prévention ou à la promotion de la santé … et nous faisons
beaucoup plus dans cet environnement chaotique. Notre travail dans une salle d’urgence permet
l’utilisation des différentes notions théoriques acquises dans les différents curriculums de cours, mais
également d’accompagner le patient et sa famille dans la trajectoire de soins. Nous avons le privilège
d’actualiser notre discipline sous différents angles, mais surtout de manière holistique et créative.
Malgré la situation actuelle des différentes installations du réseau de la santé, il est primordial que
chacune des infirmières d’urgence se souviennent que nous sommes une pièce maitresse dans un
épisode de soins et que notre expertise est cruciale. L’urgence constitue la pierre angulaire du système
de santé et nous sommes les principaux acteurs.
Stephanie Carlson
NENA President Elect
The best thing about Emergency Nursing is that we work with Emergency Nurses. Pulling together as a
team to respond to an unexpected, urgent patient is the best of nursing.
Janice L. Spivey
NENA Director
On our special day, Emergency Nurses Day 2016, be sure to recognize yourself, your local colleagues,
and all of your provincial, national and international brothers and sisters in Emergency Nursing, for all
that you do, and all that you give, every day on every shift. Congratulations!”
Colleen Brayman
NENA Secretary
Emergency nurses are a special family - sometimes they have family disputes, but they are ALWAYS
there for each other!
Ashley Malarczuk
NENA Director
I'm excited to be celebrating Emergency Nurses Week with all of my peers. As an Emergency Nurse, you
are often the first contact that a person has with the health care team in a hospital. Thank-you all for
your work and dedication to patient care and safety in the challenging but rewarding emergency
environment.
HAVE A GREAT DAY!