The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) is pleased to offer this online education portal. Emergency nurses can use this Web site to access continuing education opportunities.

Our first online offering is the Geriatric Emergency Nursing Education (GENE).

About GENE: This course provides emergency nurses with best practices to deliver optimal care and respond to the special needs of older adults. Key clinical information and issues central to caring for the highly specialized needs of older adults are presented.

The course covers the following topics:

• Attitudes and ageism
• Physical & psychological changes
• Atypical presentation of illness
• Triage
• Pain management
• Polypharmacy
• Abuse and neglect
• Palliative care
• Discharge planning