ENA AND ESI QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

ENA AND ESI QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What are the 6 main reasons patients visit the ED each year? - Answers :Inability to see
a HCP
Aging population
Shorter hospital LOS
Acute mental health crisis
ED closures
Lack of adequate health insurance

What is the ENA? - Answers :Emergency Nurses Association

What does the ENA do? - Answers :Provides standards of care
Advances the emergency nursing practice

What is needed to join the ENA? - Answers :A certification called a CEN
At least 1 year of work in an emergency enviornment

What is the ESI? - Answers :The emergency severity index used to categorize patients
to insure that the most critical are treated first

The ESI scale goes from ESI-1 to ESI-5 which is the most stable and which is the most
severe? - Answers :ESI-1: most severe
ESI-5: most stable

What 4 things is the ESI scale based on? - Answers :Stability of vital functions (ABCs)
Life/organ threat
How soon pt should be seen by a HCP
Expected resource intensity

Stability of vital organs for ESI-1 is categorized as being... - Answers :Unstable

Stability of vital organs for ESI-2 is categorized as being... - Answers :Threatened

Stability of vital organs for ESI-3, 4, and 5 are categorized as being... - Answers :Stable

Life/organ threat for ESI-1 is categorized as being... - Answers :Obvious

Life/organ threat for ESI-2 is categorized as being... - Answers :Likely but not always
obvious

Life/organ threat for ESI-3 is categorized as being... - Answers :Unlikely but possible

Life/organ threat for ESI-4 and 5 are categorized as being... - Answers :No

How soon an ESI-1 patient be seen by a HCP? - Answers :Immediately