- Email: [email protected]
See You in Saint Louis!
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
SEE YOU
IN
Karen K. Wiley, MSN, RN, CEN
o grow as a nurse, and as a person, you sometimes have to go beyond your comfort zone. “You must do the things you think you cannot do,” as Eleanor Roosevelt once said. I will tell you a secret: I can walk into a patient’s room and tell a man that I have never met before that he needs to take his pants off, but public speaking? That’s far more daunting! I have risen to the occasion, but it has been the most difficult aspect of the role of ENA President for me to overcome. But then, when I graduated from nursing school just being an emergency nurse, let alone being ENA President, was something beyond my imagination. Now, after having overcome many challenges created by “things I thought I could not do,” including various Nebraska ENA state level activities, advocating for the (successful) passage of a Nebraska felony law that punishes those who attack nurses and other medical personnel, and since 2012 serving as a member of the ENA Board of Directors, Secretary Treasurer, and ENA President, I can fully appreciate Eleanor Roosevelt’s words. I have met so many people from across the country and around the world who gather together at conferences like the one coming very soon in St. Louis. These colleagues,
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Karen Wiley is President of the Emergency Nurses Association. For correspondence, write: Karen Wiley, MSN, RN, CEN, 915 Lee St, Des Plaines, IL 60016; E-mail: [email protected]. J Emerg Nurs 2017;43:387-8. 0099-1767 Copyright © 2017 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of Emergency Nurses Association. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2017.07.007
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whom I now call friends, have inspired, encouraged, and even mentored me along the way, and because of their support, I have done many things that I thought I could not do! There will be more colleagues at the upcoming ENA annual conference in St. Louis from September 13–16 who have the answers to the urgent questions you have at your facility. There will be great lectures, even one entitled, “So, You Want to be ENA President!?” that will be held on Thursday, September 14, at 4:30 pm. I know that it’s difficult to break away for conferences, but ENA 2017 provides such unique opportunities for networking, learning, and much welcomed fun—we will go to Ballpark Village, a live entertainment center, where you will socialize with ED nurses from around the world. There are always takeaways, so you will take back fresh ideas and the experience of others facing the same challenges your ED does, and a sense that no matter what the country, no matter the size of your ED, you are not alone. Another ED may have solved a problem that you are just now encountering. A casual conversation may save you countless hours of work. When you sit in a room with fellow emergency nurses you soon discover that you are not alone – on so many levels. For example, you might find yourself sitting next to a nurse from the Netherlands, Australia, UK, Hawaii, or Colorado. After attending multiple nursing conferences this year, I find that no matter what country you live in, nurses want to be better nurses, they want to provide the best care for their patients, and they want ideas to help with issues like violence, boarding, and how to provide the best care for patients with mental illness, and, yes, maybe even the use of cell phones among staff. Best of all, they are just like the nurses you work with in your ED every day. At ENA 2017, emergency nurses can talk with speakers who are doing cutting edge work. At ENA 2017 Saint Louis you can also have an impact on the future of ENA through the election process. Meet with the candidates, cast your vote, be a delegate, represent your state, and help set the direction for ENA. For the first time, this year, you’ll be able to meet the candidates in the exhibit hall, and vote onsite. Are you active in your state Government Affairs? If not why not? Is there violence in your ED? Do you have state laws that make it a felony to assault a nurse? There will be a panel discussion on testifying before the state legislature. This will also help if you are an APRN who wants to lobby
WWW.JENONLINE.ORG
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to be able to attain full practice authority. Learn how to maximize your impact. Every hospital wants to achieve overall Magnet Status. Don’t forget on the road to Magnet, is your Emergency Department an ENA “Lantern Award” recipient? Join us for a unique opportunity to hear from those who have achieved Lantern designation. On September 15 th, there will be a Hall of Honor Awards Reception for those Emergency Department’s that have achieved this highest designation of Emergency Departments. New this year, Editorial Board members and section editors for the Journal of Emergency Nursing (JEN) will be
388
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available to give personal advice about writing for publication, and submitting your manuscript to JEN. Then see TechEd for hands-on experience using simulation and virtual reality. Last but not least, the Institute of Emergency Nurse Advanced Practice Nurses will gather to discuss issues relevant to their practice with attendees. If there are things “you think you cannot do,” look to the amazing group of emergency nurses coming together in St. Louis to show you that you can, ….even if it’s public speaking! I look forward to welcoming you to the premiere annual emergency nursing meeting in the country!
VOLUME 43 • ISSUE 5
September 2017
SEE YOU
IN
Karen K. Wiley, MSN, RN, CEN
o grow as a nurse, and as a person, you sometimes have to go beyond your comfort zone. “You must do the things you think you cannot do,” as Eleanor Roosevelt once said. I will tell you a secret: I can walk into a patient’s room and tell a man that I have never met before that he needs to take his pants off, but public speaking? That’s far more daunting! I have risen to the occasion, but it has been the most difficult aspect of the role of ENA President for me to overcome. But then, when I graduated from nursing school just being an emergency nurse, let alone being ENA President, was something beyond my imagination. Now, after having overcome many challenges created by “things I thought I could not do,” including various Nebraska ENA state level activities, advocating for the (successful) passage of a Nebraska felony law that punishes those who attack nurses and other medical personnel, and since 2012 serving as a member of the ENA Board of Directors, Secretary Treasurer, and ENA President, I can fully appreciate Eleanor Roosevelt’s words. I have met so many people from across the country and around the world who gather together at conferences like the one coming very soon in St. Louis. These colleagues,
T
Karen Wiley is President of the Emergency Nurses Association. For correspondence, write: Karen Wiley, MSN, RN, CEN, 915 Lee St, Des Plaines, IL 60016; E-mail: [email protected]. J Emerg Nurs 2017;43:387-8. 0099-1767 Copyright © 2017 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of Emergency Nurses Association. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2017.07.007
September 2017
VOLUME 43 • ISSUE 5
SAINT LOUIS!
whom I now call friends, have inspired, encouraged, and even mentored me along the way, and because of their support, I have done many things that I thought I could not do! There will be more colleagues at the upcoming ENA annual conference in St. Louis from September 13–16 who have the answers to the urgent questions you have at your facility. There will be great lectures, even one entitled, “So, You Want to be ENA President!?” that will be held on Thursday, September 14, at 4:30 pm. I know that it’s difficult to break away for conferences, but ENA 2017 provides such unique opportunities for networking, learning, and much welcomed fun—we will go to Ballpark Village, a live entertainment center, where you will socialize with ED nurses from around the world. There are always takeaways, so you will take back fresh ideas and the experience of others facing the same challenges your ED does, and a sense that no matter what the country, no matter the size of your ED, you are not alone. Another ED may have solved a problem that you are just now encountering. A casual conversation may save you countless hours of work. When you sit in a room with fellow emergency nurses you soon discover that you are not alone – on so many levels. For example, you might find yourself sitting next to a nurse from the Netherlands, Australia, UK, Hawaii, or Colorado. After attending multiple nursing conferences this year, I find that no matter what country you live in, nurses want to be better nurses, they want to provide the best care for their patients, and they want ideas to help with issues like violence, boarding, and how to provide the best care for patients with mental illness, and, yes, maybe even the use of cell phones among staff. Best of all, they are just like the nurses you work with in your ED every day. At ENA 2017, emergency nurses can talk with speakers who are doing cutting edge work. At ENA 2017 Saint Louis you can also have an impact on the future of ENA through the election process. Meet with the candidates, cast your vote, be a delegate, represent your state, and help set the direction for ENA. For the first time, this year, you’ll be able to meet the candidates in the exhibit hall, and vote onsite. Are you active in your state Government Affairs? If not why not? Is there violence in your ED? Do you have state laws that make it a felony to assault a nurse? There will be a panel discussion on testifying before the state legislature. This will also help if you are an APRN who wants to lobby
WWW.JENONLINE.ORG
387
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE/Wiley
to be able to attain full practice authority. Learn how to maximize your impact. Every hospital wants to achieve overall Magnet Status. Don’t forget on the road to Magnet, is your Emergency Department an ENA “Lantern Award” recipient? Join us for a unique opportunity to hear from those who have achieved Lantern designation. On September 15 th, there will be a Hall of Honor Awards Reception for those Emergency Department’s that have achieved this highest designation of Emergency Departments. New this year, Editorial Board members and section editors for the Journal of Emergency Nursing (JEN) will be
388
JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY NURSING
available to give personal advice about writing for publication, and submitting your manuscript to JEN. Then see TechEd for hands-on experience using simulation and virtual reality. Last but not least, the Institute of Emergency Nurse Advanced Practice Nurses will gather to discuss issues relevant to their practice with attendees. If there are things “you think you cannot do,” look to the amazing group of emergency nurses coming together in St. Louis to show you that you can, ….even if it’s public speaking! I look forward to welcoming you to the premiere annual emergency nursing meeting in the country!
VOLUME 43 • ISSUE 5
September 2017