ENA's annual achievement awards recognize
exemplary emergency nursing professionals
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., May 22, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- More than 50 years after taking her first job as an
emergency nurse, Susan Douglass,
MSN, RN, CEN, carries an enthusiastic and humble tone when she says
she couldn't ask for anything more from her "great career."
On Wednesday, something more was added to her prolific story
when ENA announced Douglass as the recipient of the 2024 Judith C.
Kelleher Award, the association's most prestigious honor bearing
the name of its co-founder.
Douglass, of San Antonio,
Texas, served in a number of emergency department roles –
from bedside to management – over four decades in the hospital
setting, but her contributions extended far beyond it. She has been
a pediatric and geriatric injury prevention champion in the
community and has long-supported emergency nursing education as an
instructor of ENA's cornerstone Trauma Nursing Core Course.
"I learned in the ED there's only one way to do it, you give 110
percent to every patient," said Douglass as she expressed disbelief
about receiving the award. "I have loved almost every single day of
my nursing career. All-in-all, if you focus on your patients, and
what your patients need, you're golden."
Douglass' wide-ranging contributions to emergency nursing and in
her home state of Texas earned the
praise of ENA President Chris
Dellinger, MBA, BSN, RN, FAEN.
"From teaching and mentoring emergency nurses throughout her
career to giving back to her community as an injury prevention
expert and committed advocate, Susan has undoubtedly touched more
lives than she could ever know," Dellinger said. "She represents
the best of emergency nursing as a shining example of what it means
to be a mentor, a caregiver and a dedicated servant to others."
On Wednesday, ENA also announced 12 other individual award
recipients, as well as the annual State Council Achievement Awards
and this year's Team Awards.
"ENA members show up and stand out in so many ways every single
day. This year's awards reflect that by honoring educators,
researchers, ED leaders, experienced nurses, new nurses and amazing
teams who represent the best of who we are as a nursing specialty
and as the premier organization for emergency nurses," Dellinger
said.
The 2024 ENA award recipients and other honorees will be
recognized during Emergency Nursing 2024 in Las Vegas Sept.
4-7:
Barbara A. Foley Quality, Safety and Injury Prevention
Award: Steve Weinman, MS, BSN, RN, EMT-B, NHDP-BC, TCRN,
CEN, of New Jersey
Behind the Scenes Award: Raul Escamilla, AAS, EMT-P,
of Texas
Clinical Nurse Specialist Award: Tina Nielsen, MS, RN, APNP, ACNS-BC, CEN, of
Wisconsin
Crisis Response Team Award: Uvalde Memorial Hospital
Emergency Department, of Texas
Frank L. Cole Nurse Practitioner Award: Nancy Denke,
DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC, CCRN, CEN, FAEN, of Arizona
Gail P. Lenehan Advocacy Award: Tammy Aiken, DNP,
MSN, RN, SANE, of New York
Lifetime Achievement Award: Gordon Gillespie, DNP,
PhD, RN, PHCNS-BC, CEN, CPEN, FAAN, FAEN, of Ohio
Nurse Manager Award: Audrey Rosin, MBA, MSN, RN,
CEN, of Wisconsin
Nurse Researcher Award: Kate Curtis, PhD, MN, RN, of
Australia
Nursing Education Award: Julie Considine, PhD, BN,
RN, of Australia
Nursing Practice and Professionalism Award: Jana Petersen, BSN, RN, CEN, of Wisconsin
Pediatric Readiness Improvement Award: Robin
Goodman, MSN, CPEN, RN, of California
Rising Star Award: Tyler Bowe, RN, of Wisconsin
State Council/Chapter Government Affairs
Award: North Carolina ENA State Council
Team Awards:
- Brooke Army Medical Center,
Texas
- Center for Abuse, Rape and
Emergency Services (CARES) program team – TriHealth,
Ohio
- The University of Kansas Health
Systems new graduate groups – Cohorts Peach and Lavender,
Kansas
In addition to the individual honors, 10 states – Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, North
Carolina, South Carolina,
Texas and Washington – received 2024 State Council
Achievement Awards for their outstanding local efforts last
year.
About the Emergency Nurses Association
The Emergency
Nurses Association is the premier professional nursing association
dedicated to defining the future of emergency nursing through
advocacy, education, research, innovation, and leadership. Founded
in 1970, ENA has proven to be an indispensable resource to the
global emergency nursing community. With 50,000 members worldwide,
ENA advocates for patient safety, develops industry-leading
practice standards and guidelines and guides emergency health care
public policy. ENA members have expertise in triage, patient care,
disaster preparedness, and all aspects of emergency care.
Additional information is available at www.ena.org.
ENA Media Contact:
Dan Campana
Director of Communications
847.460.4017
dan.campana@ena.org
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