Donna Mason, R.N., manager of the Adult Emergency Department for Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been been elected as the new president of the national Emergency Nurses Association (ENA).
Mason will serve as president-elect over the next year, and will assume the presidency in 2007.
ENA is the national association for professional nurses dedicated to the advancement of emergency nursing practice. Originally aimed at teaching and networking, the organization has evolved into an authority, advocate, lobbyist, and voice for emergency nursing.
The ENA has more than 23,000 members and continues to grow, with members representing more than 20 countries around the world.