DES PLAINES, Ill., Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The
Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) today announced the corporate
sponsors for the ENA Annual Conference to be held in San Antonio on
September 21-25, 2010.
This year's Strategic Sponsors are Ethicon, Inc, GE Healthcare,
Monster.com, and Stryker; the Annual Conference Sponsor for 2010 is
Vidacare Corporation; and the Conference Supporters are Catholic
Healthcare West, FreemanWhite ED Design Team, Gebauer Company,
Genentech, Inc., and Philips Healthcare.
"Two thousand, ten marks the 40th anniversary of ENA's
founding," said ENA President Diane Gurney, RN, MS, CEN. "So,
we are particularly pleased to have the sponsorship of these leading
corporations at this year's Annual Conference. They are supporting
our efforts to provide emergency nurses with the skills, resources
and support they need to be leaders in their field and in hospitals
and health care systems and by doing that underscoring their
commitment to helping improve emergency care."
This year's conference, with the theme Embrace, will
provide attendees not only with industry-leading, evidence-based
education, but also the opportunity to share common challenges and
best practices with other emergency nurses. Embrace, will
feature in-depth reviews of national issues facing emergency care
professionals, educational sessions on patient care and practice
issues and an exhibit hall featuring a plethora of suppliers of
products and services for the emergency care environment.
About the ENA Strategic Sponsors:
Ethicon, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company, is a
trusted, world-wide leader in surgical care. For over a century,
Ethicon has continuously introduced innovations in wound closure,
general surgery, wound management, women's health and urology and
aesthetic medicine that fulfill the Company's vision: Restoration of
body and of life.
GE Healthcare provides medical technologies and services
for patient care. Its expertise includes medical imaging and
information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring
systems, and performance improvement. GE Healthcare enables a new
"early health" model of care focused on earlier diagnosis,
pre-symptomatic disease detection and disease prevention.
Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW), parent company of
Monster®, the premier global online employment solution for more
than a decade, strives to inspire people to improve their lives. With
a local presence in key markets in North America, Europe, Asia and
Latin America, Monster works for everyone by connecting employers
with quality job seekers at all levels and by providing personalized
career advice to consumers globally. Through online media sites and
services, Monster delivers vast, highly targeted audiences to
advertisers. Monster Worldwide is a member of the S&P 500 index.
Stryker Corporation is one of the world's leading medical
technology companies with the most broadly based range of products in
orthopaedics and a significant presence in other medical specialties.
Stryker works with respected medical professionals to help people
lead more active and more satisfying lives. The Company's products
include implants used in joint replacement, trauma, and spinal
surgeries; surgical equipment and surgical navigation systems;
endoscopic and communications systems; patient handling and emergency
medical equipment; as well as other medical device products used in a
variety of medical specialties.
About the ENA 2010 Annual Conference Sponsor:
Vidacare Corporation is a San
Antonio based medical device company leading the way in innovative
intraosseous infusion devices. Vidacare has developed a handheld
battery-powered intraosseous infusion device that allows pre-hospital
and emergency room paramedics, nurses and doctors to rapidly
administer lifesaving drugs and fluids when traditional vascular
access is not possible. The EZ-IO® Product System - your solution to
immediate vascular access.
ENA is the only professional nursing
association dedicated to defining the future of emergency nursing and
emergency care through advocacy, expertise, innovation and Annual.
Founded in 1970 and currently celebrating its 40th anniversary, ENA
serves as the voice of 37,000 members and their patients through
research, publications, professional development, injury prevention
and patient education.
SOURCE Emergency Nurses Association