ENA Podcast

The ENA Podcast Blast returns with good news and highlights from around the ENA and overall emergency nursing communities. This week, hear about a West Virginia ED nurse honored for a unique baby delivery; the retirement of an Illinois nurse who did it all; and the Arkansas ED nurse who achieved the 17-minute door-to-treatment mark for stroke care.

Erin Kivett: https://bit.ly/3EusBKD

Patty Metzler: https://bit.ly/40FBNDl

Carlee Minyard: https://bit.ly/3QjhC9T

The latest ENA Podcast takes a look at the rare, but potentially dangerous, threat of viral hemorrhagic fevers in the emergency department. Mary Choi with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention talks about what ED nurses and emergency departments need to consider when it comes to identification, treatment and mitigating the spread of VHF.

The ENA Podcast Blast debuts with good news and highlights from around the ENA and overall emergency nursing communities. This week, hear about ENA's January Member Spotlight, a Minnesota ED nurse traveling to support relief efforts in fire-ravaged Southern California and how nurses once again topped Gallup's poll of most trusted professions.

Pat Clutter: https://bit.ly/3OEkKLt

Ryan Bohara: https://bit.ly/42cWKYX

Nurses Top Gallup Poll: https://bit.ly/40yMpW2

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.