Celebrating
October
6–12
2024
Emergency Nurses Day
™
October 9, 2024
ena.org/enweek | #ENWeek
PLANNING GUIDE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcome .........................................................................................................................................................3
Ways to Share Emergency Nurses Week
TM
With Others .............................................................3
EN WEEK 5K ..................................................................................................................................................4
Email Templates ..........................................................................................................................................5
Partner Email
Poster ................................................................................................................................................................6
Thank You Card ............................................................................................................................................. 7
Social Media ...................................................................................................................................................8
Zoom Background ........................................................................................................................................9
Power Point Template ............................................................................................................................. 10
Logo Usage .................................................................................................................................................. 11
Additional Ways to Celebrate .............................................................................................................. 12
Additional Resources ............................................................................................................................... 13
Sample Emergency Nurses Week Proclamation
Sample Press Release
Media ............................................................................................................................................................. 14
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WAYS TO SHARE EMERGENCY NURSES WEEK WITH OTHERS
ENA encourages you to spread the awareness of EN Week beyond the emergency department. Below are a
few ideas to share EN Week with others:
þ Encourage your friends, family and social networks to share a message on social media or send a thank
you note to their local emergency department.
þ Welcome others to join the EN Week 5K as a new way to celebrate emergency nurses.
þ Speak with your hospital about appropriate ways to celebrate emergency nurses with a special event at
the hospital.
þ Partner with your hospital, or other education vendors, to provide complimentary education.
þ Connect with local high schools and colleges/universities to recognize students who might be interested
in entering the emergency nursing eld.
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GET READY FOR EN WEEK!
Welcome to the 2024 EN Week Planning Guide!
This planning guide has been designed to help you, your hospital or your ENA® state or chapter engage
with ENA peers, local emergency nurses and EDs and communities.
Within this guide, you’ll nd:
þ Email templates to send appreciations to your members.
þ This year’s poster — ready to print and post in your ED.
þ Print-ready thank you cards to send or hand out to your members.
þ Sample social media graphics and posts for states and chapters to use on their proles.
þ Zoom background.
þ Power Point template.
þ A template proclamation to request local recognition from your city or state leaders.
þ A customizable press release to spread the word about EN Week and the incredible work emergency
nurses do every day.
Run, walk or push with ENA
during the third annual
Emergency Nurses Week 5K!
Participants will receive a
swag bag with t-shirt, medal
and goodies from sponsors.
Scan the QR code to register.
OCTOBER
6–12
2024
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EMAIL TEMPLATES
Wish your peers, staff or state and chapter members a happy EN Week with a customizable
email template.
Happy Emergency Nurses Week! Emergency Nurses Week is our week to celebrate and
highlight the amazing work we do every day.
STATE/CHAPTER/INTERNATIONAL/HOSPITAL NAME/I would like to thank you for
your commitment to care. Enjoy this week.
Thank you.
Partner Email
Below is an additional email template state, chapter or international leaders can use to promote EN Week
to local hospitals or community partners so they, too, can celebrate and recognize emergency nurses during
EN Week.
[Sample Subject Line: Help Us Celebrate and Honor Emergency Nurses Week]
Dear [Contact name],
On behalf of ENA STATE COUNCIL/INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS, I am reaching out to
encourage you to recognize emergency nurses during ENA’s annual Emergency Nurses
Week from Oct. 6–12.
Emergency Nurses Week is ENA’s way of highlighting the incredible work that emergency
nurses do every day. We hope you’ll consider showing your support for emergency nurses
in your community. Below are some social media tips to help you celebrate with us:
• On your organization’s social media accounts, wish emergency nurses a happy EN
Week using #ENWeek.
• Post a story about how emergency nurses impact your organization using #ENWeek.
• Use the EN Week Facebook cover photo on your organization’s page.
• Tag @ENAorg on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter so we can share.
You can also view and download this year’s planning guide at ena.org/enweek.
600 x 200 px
Web Ready JPG
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POSTER
This year’s poster is pre-sized and print-ready for display in your emergency department.
Click below to download.
11" x 17"
High-resolution PDF or Adobe Illustrator le
Printing Tip:
For professional printing, download the version with bleeds and crop marks, then send the le to the printer. This is a
high-resolution print-ready PDF that a professional printing company requires for production.
Celebrating
October
6–12
2024
Emergency Nurses Day
™
October 9, 2024
ena.org/enweek | #ENWeek
6–12
Emergency Nurses Day
™
October 9, 2024
ena.org/enweek | #ENWeek
EN WEEK 2024 PLANNING GUIDE | 6
THANK YOU CARD
ENA has designed a thank you card that is easy to print and deliver or send to your members,
staff, and friends during Emergency Nurses Week. There’s room to write a custom message for
each recipient.
Printing Tip:
The thank you card is printed on 6" x 8" paper that will be folded in half to make a 4"x 6" card. For printing at home
or in your ofce, load note card paper (6”x 8”) into your printer, print both sides of the document, and then fold in half.
For professional printing, download the version with bleeds and crop marks, then send the le to the printer. This is
a high-resolution print-ready PDF that a professional printing company requires for production.
6" x 4" (folded), 6" x 8" (flat)
High-resolution PDF
Inside
Happy Emergency Nurses Week!
Thank you for your commitment to care and
the incredible work you do every day.
Front
ena.org/enweek | #ENWeek
October 6–12, 2024
Celebrating
Emergency Nurses Day
™
October 9, 2024
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SOCIAL MEDIA
Social media is an excellent way to spread the word about EN Week to everyone while also thanking
emergency nurses. Below you’ll nd sample posts and pre-sized graphics for social media.
Suggested Social Media Posts:
þ Happy #ENWeek! This week, we celebrate emergency nurses around the world for their commitment to care!
þ Happy Emergency Nurses Week, [tag an emergency nurse]! Thank you for all that you do for your patients and
the community. #ENWeek
þ It’s Emergency Nurses Day! Thank you to emergency nurses around the world!
þ ENA STATE/CHAPTER/INTERNATIONAL appreciates the work of emergency nurses. Happy #ENWeek!
þ Did you know this week is Emergency Nurses Week? Join us in thanking, and celebrating, emergency nurses
around the world. #ENWeek
Swap out your cover photo or share a post with these, ready-to-use graphics for Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter
and Instagram.
Facebook/LinkedIn: 1200 x 628 px
Web Ready JPG
Instagram: 1080 x 1080 px
Web Ready JPG
Facebook Cover: 800 x 312 px
Web Ready JPG
X: 440 x 220 px
Web Ready JPG
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POWER POINT TEMPLATE
Whether you’re highlighting the work of emergency nurses to the community or thanking the staff in your
emergency department, consider using this year’s EN Week-themed PowerPoint template. Simply download
and begin adding your content.
Widescreen
PPT Template
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Trademarks:
Wordmark: “Emergency Nurses Week™” and “Emergency Nurses Day™” are trademarks of the Emergency Nurses
Association® and should always have the registered symbol (superscript ®) on the rst instance or with the most
prominent use of the mark. The remaining instances should be without the symbol. Always use the full name and proper
capitalization. A possible exceptions is if the rst instance is in the title. In this case, you can then use the symbol on the
rst instance in the text.
Logo: The Emergency Nurses Week logo is a trademark of the Emergency Nurses Association and should include
always include the trademark symbol (superscript TM). All ofcial versions of the Emergency Nurses Week logo include
the correct size and placement of the trademark symbol this should never be removed.
Please email [email protected] if you have additional quesions on logo usage and trademarks.
LOGO USAGE
ENA® allows organizations to use its Emergency Nurses Week logo in celebrations and activities only.
To maintain brand integrity, please use the provided logo les only. The logo may never be altered in any
way or used for the production of T-shirts, mugs, key chains, stickers, pins, or other gift items. ENA holds
the exclusive rights for production and sale of product. Emergency Nurses Week merchandise will be
available for purchase through ENA at ena.org/shop and at Emergency Nursing 2024.
EN Week Branding
simple branding:
typography only
2 colors
simple branding/dates:
typography only
2 colors
full branding/dates:
typography & elements
3 colors
full branding/no dates:
typography & elements
3 colors
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October 6–12, 2024
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October
6–12
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with lockup:
typography only
3 colors
simple branding
with lockup:
typography only
3 colors
full branding/dates
with lockup:
typography & elements
4 colors
full branding/no dates
with lockup:
typography & elements
4 colors
EN Week Branding/ENA Logo Lockup
Cool Gray 11 PMS 2617 PMS 199 PMS 324 PMS 324
(20%)
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October
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ADDITIONAL WAYS TO CELEBRATE
Celebrate With Fun
Consider the following ideas to celebrate Emergency Nurses Day/Week or brainstorm ideas to show your
own creativity. Contact your local business about sponsoring an emergency nursing education event or
special giveaway.
þ Host a certication webinar — Recognize emergency nurses who have completed a degree
or earned their certication in the past year through a recognition event.
þ Educational programs — Hold a special emergency nursing lecture, host a guest speaker or CNE hours
program in honor of Emergency Nurses Week. You could also hold a virtual educational program.
þ Treat-a-Day Week — Provide emergency nursing staff with different treats each day during Emergency
Nurses Week
þ Hosted Meals — Ask vendors or emergency department physicians to host or underwrite
a meal for emergency nurses
þ Create a festive environment — Decorate the emergency department with the EN Week poster,
balloons or streamers.
þ Awards — Honor individuals in various roles with certicates, pin-on ribbons or trophies. Have your
CEO or CNO write personal thank you notes or an email to the ED team.
þ Support the profession — Give a donation in celebration of EN Week. Gifts to the ENA Foundation help
emergency nurses like you earn advanced degrees or perform research.
Go online at www.ena.org/foundation or call 847.460.4100 to give today!
þ Hold a recruitment contest — EN Week is a great time to get others excited about the profession and
membership in ENA. Learn more at www.ena.org/membership.
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Sample Gubernatorial/Mayoral Proclamation
The Emergency Nurses Association sends the same proclamation to the mayor of Schaumburg, Illinois —
home of ENA Headquarters.
Reach out to the ofce of your mayor, governor or local legislators asking them to sign a proclamation ofcially
declaring it Emergency Nurses Week in your community. Most of these requests can be submitted through
your government ofcial’s website. Use the sample proclamation template we’ve provided. Be sure to share
the proclamation and thank your local ofcial on social media when it’s signed using the hashtag #ENWeek.
Sample Press Release
Your state council or hospital’s public affairs department can prepare a news release celebrating emergency
nurses and highlighting the activities and successes your hospital, chapter or state council has had over the
past year. View a sample press release.
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MEDIA
Content Ideas
Emergency nurses do incredible things every day in the emergency department and in the communities where
they live and work. Share those stories with the media as well as your hospital’s public affairs department to
increase recognition and spread awareness.
ENA has also created a sample, customizable press release for you to use announce EN Week that can be
distributed to your local news outlets. Search your local news outlet’s website for a section to upload a press
release or contact information so you can send directly to an editor, news director or a reporter.
Letters to the Editor
Most newspapers accept letters to the editor. This is an excellent opportunity to present your perspective
on important topics related to emergency nursing, share stories of an emergency nurse’s strength or simply
spread awareness of EN Week. Here are some guidelines for preparing letters to the editor:
þ Select and write about a single relevant subject. It might help to make an outline of the important points
you plan to write the letter about before you begin. For Emergency Nurses Week, highlight the important
work ED nurses do in your community.
þ Keep it short and simple. Convey your story simply and succinctly. Most newspapers have word limits of
between 300 and 500 words. Check your local newspaper’s website for its letters guidelines.
þ Provide a brief overview of the situation. Remember that you are expressing your opinion
on a topic about which some readers might not be familiar. You have to provide enough background
information so readers know what you are talking about.
þ Make sure that your letter has local relevance. All news is local. Emergency health care impacts people
locally, so be sure to relate your letter to the ways emergency nurses are important to the reader and why
they should honor nurses during EN Week.
þ Submit an article or ad to be printed in your hospital newsletter. Or, ask the editor to interview members
of the emergency department and write a special feature on Emergency Nurses Week.
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SAMPLE EMERGENCY NURSES WEEK PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, There are approximately 167,000 emergency nurses in the United States who have expertise
in caring for all emergency patients across the spectrum of the lifespan: ushering life in at birth
and allowing for a dignied death; and
WHEREAS, Emergency nurses are highly trained to recognize life-threatening problems and solve them on
the spot, playing a vital role in treating patients in emergency situations, caring for those most
in need and saving lives on a daily basis; and
WHEREAS, Emergency nurses continue to stand strong no matter the challenges they face or the difcult
situations that are brought to them; and
WHEREAS, These characteristics provide a broad scope of practice for the delivery of critical and complex
care within a limited timeframe to health care consumers of all ages and backgrounds.
Emergency nurses integrate critical thinking skills and knowledge of evidence-based practice
into their delivery of care and decision-making; and
WHEREAS, Through research, education, and emergency nursing advocacy, the Emergency Nurses
Association (ENA) supports and honors the advancement of professionalism of emergency
nurses everywhere; and
WHEREAS, ENA, the ENA Foundation, and other groups around our country have joined together to honor
the extraordinary acts of service, compassion and commitment that emergency nurses provide
to patients every day;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, [name], [title], do hereby proclaim
October 6–12, 2024, as
EMERGENCY NURSES WEEK
in the State of [state], and invite all citizens to duly note this occasion.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereto
Set my hand and cause to be afxed the
Great Seal of State. Done at the
[location], this [date]
day of [month] in the year of our
Lord 2024 and of the Independence
of the United States.
BY THE [insert name] _________________________________________________________________________
SAMPLE PRESS RELEASE
The sample news release below contains an area for a brief paragraph or “boilerplate” about your state
or chapter. Replace the text shown in brackets with your information. Send it to local media on your
organization’s letterhead.
For Immediate Release
Contact:
[person in your organization who answers questions from the media]
[Contact’s phone number]
[Name of state council/chapter]
Celebrates Emergency Nurses Week
[City, state] [Date you distribute this release, including year] —The [name of your state council/chapter] is
celebrating Emergency Nurses Week by [brief description of your event]. This year, the Emergency Nurses
Association is celebrating Emergency Nurses Week Oct. 6–12. Emergency Nurses Day is Wednesday, Oct. 9.
Every year, Emergency Nurses Week recognizes the dedication, compassion and strength emergency nurses
display even in most challenging times. An emergency nurse cares for patients on the worst days of their lives,
providing the best possible care.
[This second paragraph should include more information about your event: the what, where, when, and why,
and how your community can participate].
Since 1989, the Emergency Nurses Association has recognized the second Wednesday in October as
Emergency Nurses Day to honor emergency nurses for their commitment to patient care. In 2001, ENA
expanded the celebration to devote an entire week to celebrating emergency nurses, because one day is
simply not enough to recognize all contributions made by emergency nurses.
For more information on emergency nursing or Emergency Nurses Week, please visit [your website address],
or the Emergency Nurses Association website at www.ena.org.
[Insert organization’s boilerplate]
