2025 ENA Achievement Awards
The ENA annual achievement awards are presented to individuals who exemplify exceptional professional practice, innovation, leadership and advocacy. Individuals who receive an achievement award demonstrate an outstanding commitment to the advancement of the specialty of emergency nursing.
- Behind the Scenes Award: Jan Guthas Turner, MSN, RN, CEN
- Clinical Nurse Specialist Award: Dawn Zakzesky, DNP, RN, CNS-BC, CEN
- Council/Chapter Government Affairs Award: California ENA
- Council/Chapter Government Affairs Award: Texas ENA
- Council/Chapter Government Affairs Award: Wisconsin ENA
- Crisis Response Team Award: Children’s Mercy Adele Hall Team, Missouri
- Crisis Response Team Award: Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center Emergency Department, Texas
- Frank L. Cole Nurse Practitioner Award: Melanie Gibbons Hallman, DNP, CRNP, CNS, FAAN, FAANP, FAEN
- Gail P. Lenehan Advocacy Award: Danita Mullins, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN
- Judith C. Kelleher Award for Contributions to Emergency Nursing: Harriet S. Hawkins, RN, CCRN, CPN, CPEN, FAEN
- Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives of the Year Award: Hershaw Davis, Jr., DNP, MBA, RN
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Mary Leblond, MSN, RN, CEN, CA-SANE, CP-SANE, FAEN
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Col (Ret) Gwyn Parris-Atwell, DNP, FNP-BC, CEN, FAEN
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Sally K. Snow, BSN, RN, CPEN, FAEN
- Nurse Leader Award: Kristin Malvik, MSN, RN, CEN, NE-BC
- Nurse Researcher Award: K. Jane Muir, PhD, RN, FNP-BC
- Nursing Competency in Aging Award: Megan Lundquist, BSN, RN, CEN
- Nursing Education Award: Karen O’Connell Schill, DNP, APN-C, FNP-BC, ENP-C, CEN, CFRN, NRP
- Pediatric Readiness Improvement Award: Sara Daykin, DNP, MSN, RN, CPEN, TCRN, CNEcl, FAEN
- Team Award: Indiana ENA Forensic Nursing Committee
- Team Award: Jefferson Health East Life Support Education Team, New Jersey
- Team Award: Texas ENA Conference Planning Committee