Hurricane Helene's remnant brought tropical storm winds and heavy rains to western North Carolina, devastating communities in its path. Two ENA members - Asheville resident Andie Slivinski and Nycole Oliver, who was part of DMAT deployment to the region - join the ENA Podcast to talk about the lead up to Helene and the challenges with providing care and serving the community in the storm's aftermath.

Despite being clinical experts, community fixtures and annually ranked as the most trusted profession, nurses are statistically underrepresented as media sources. With that in mind, Rachel Malloy joins the ENA Podcast to talk about how she went from a doctoral project on nurses in the media to leading a training program at The Wake Forest School of Medicine that helps nurses see the value of using their voices across media platforms.

With the CDC reporting whooping cough case numbers that exceed even pre-pandemic levels - and which have more than doubled since this time last year - the ENA Podcast talks with ENA Pediatric Committee Chair Julie Cohen about what to look for and how to respond to suspected pertussis patients in the ED.

With the CDC reporting whooping cough case numbers that exceed even pre-pandemic levels - and which have more than doubled since this time last year - the ENA Podcast talks with ENA Pediatric Committee Chair Julie Cohen about what to look for and how to respond to suspected pertussis patients in the ED.

Although a high-profile incident at one of its emergency departments garnered recent headlines, Penn Medicine has earned recognition for how it has prioritized workplace violence initiatives that focus on employee safety and well-being. Lisa Triantos, chair of the workplace violence committee at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, joins the ENA Podcast to talk about what's working amid a system-wide buy-in to find solutions and reduce incidents.

Fresh off their successful pre-session at Emergency Nursing 2024, Hershaw Davis, Dr. Chris Carpenter and Michelle Moccia join the ENA Podcast to share highlights of their presentation that explored how blind spots can negatively impact the care of older adults and how these can contribute to health inequities with this particular population.

Declared eradicated in the United States in 2000, measles cases - although still rare - have made a notable resurgence in recent years. Michael Gooch joins the ENA Podcast to talk about the symptoms, signs and best practices emergency nurses need to know, particularly since many ED nurses today have never diagnosed or cared for a measles patient in their career.

The latest ENA Podcast talks with Aaron Salinas about what's at stake for emergency departments as the Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization Act awaits passage in Congress. Salinas, a former EMSC Fellow who is focused on pediatric care in south Texas, shares perspectives on how EMSC-funded programs support emergency care for children and pediatric readiness in all EDs.

Following this week's announcement of ENA's plans for a longitudinal workplace violence study, ENA Director of Emergency Nursing Research Lisa Wolf and ENA Senior Manager of Research Altair Delao talk about the survey's design, its goals and why every ED nurse should want to participate.

The latest episode of the ENA Podcast brings together candidates for the 2024 ENA Election. Tune in to hear about their priorities for leading ENA and what makes them stand out as leaders. Listen in and then get ready to vote in this year's ENA Election.