ENA: Emergency Nursing Orientation

Since you need to prove competency of completion and there are CEUs involved....of course there will be exams.

Not at all. I have been a long standing member of the ENA. If you are going to get CEUs they have to have a way to ensure competency by testing. Being involved with the ENA for many, many years I will tell you that if you want to work in the ED and they are offering a course.....it will be worth it's weight in gold. Even if you don't get the ED job....I am sure it will be useful information. Re-reading my post it did sound short.....I was running my kids to the bus.

Good Luck!

My hospital paid for the ENA triage course for a group of us. I can say it was well worth it and I learned quite a bit. I've also taken TNN and ENPC. I would definitely recommend taking any course they offer, even if it means paying out of pocket. The information they have is invaluable for working in the ED.

LG1137,
This is also a pre-req for a job i am looking at. What is the cost. I didnt see it on the website.
Thanks

I did this as part of my ED nursing fellowship four years ago. It was fabulous. It was based on readings from Sheehy's, and there are little exams and activities (matching terms, etc.) throughout the learning modules. I think I ended up earning about 55 CEUs (a few of our modules were optional).

I'm moving from a pediatric ER to an all ages ER and I'm tempted to get this....it's so expensive though. I paid out of pocket for the ENPC without hesitation, but that extra $179 is making me pause.

My dept was doing this for new orientees, and paid for it...until the hospital ownership changed, the checks to ENA bounced, and they've not resumed them since.