ENA Lantern Award

The ENA Lantern Award recognizes emergency departments that demonstrate exceptional and innovative performance in leadership, practice, education, advocacy and research — a way to showcase your ED’s accomplishments in incorporating evidence-based practice and innovation into emergency care, and a visible symbol of your commitment to quality, safety, and a healthy work environment.

Your Lantern Award Story

The Lantern Award application asks you to tell your story. What you are proud of and what you do well is the story we want to hear.

The Lantern Award application includes quantitative questions that focus on performance and outcome metrics, as well as qualitative questions about noteworthy practices and attributes of your emergency department. The qualitative questions require brief narratives or longer descriptive exemplars that highlight your emergency department’s excellence and innovation.

Your story, as you define it in your application, will cover each of these core areas:

Leadership – Practice: qualities that foster professional pride, confidence and a community of support for emergency nurses
Leadership – Operations: operational improvement activities and development of systems and processes
Education: instilling knowledge and competency through quality and accessible education
Advocacy: how the future of the emergency nursing profession and quality patient care are influenced through advocacy and innovation in your emergency department
Research – Practice: advancing the emergency nursing profession and practice through quality improvement, research and the evaluation of clinical outcomes.

Lantern Award recipients receive a physical award to display in their emergency department as well as recognition through ENA publications, conferences, and the ENA website. In addition, award recipients are entitled to use an official Lantern Award seal in communications and advertising for the duration of the award period (e.g., in email signatures, on your website).

The Lantern Award is open to all emergency departments who complete the online application. The award period is three years and recipients have the option of re-applying at the end of their award period.

Getting Started

The first step on your journey to the Lantern Award is to review the Handbook, Coaching Guide, and FAQs completely to determine whether you can provide the measures and stories of excellence that are required to become an award recipient.

The 2024 (Cycle 14) application is now open. The application submission deadline is Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.

Prior to beginning your application, please review the "Application Assistance" documents to ensure your emergency department is ready to apply.

Please contact LanternAward@ena.org with any questions.

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Application fee: $3,000 for all hospitals

Payment may be made prior to, during, or after completing the application.

Payment may be made via credit card, check or electronic transfer. Completed invoice (link below) must accompany check payments. All payments will be due by March 31, 2024.

ENA does not accept Purchase Orders.

Payment options

Payment - Credit Cards
Invoice for Checks - complete invoice and mail with check to address listed on invoice

2024 (Cycle 14) Application Assistance

Application questions (All questions are the same as the 2023 (Cycle 13) application)

FAQs

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ENA is pleased to announce the record-breaking 53 Lantern Award recipients for 2023!
Advocate Sherman Hospital Emergency Department – Elgin, Illinois Mount Sinai Hospital Emergency Department – New York, New York
Atrium Health Carolinas Adult Medical Center Emergency Department – Charlotte, North Carolina Nethercutt Emergency Center at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica – Santa Monica, California
Baptist Health Baptist Hospital ER – Miami, Florida Nicklaus Children's Hospital Emergency Department – Miami, Florida
Bayshore Medical Center, Dr. Robert H. Harris Emergency Care Center – Holmdel, New Jersey Northeast Georgia Medical Center - Barrow Emergency Department – Winder, Georgia
Bethesda Arrow Springs Emergency Department – Lebanon, Ohio Northeast Georgia Medical Center - Gainesville Emergency Department – Gainesville, Georgia
Cape Coral Hospital Emergency Department – Cape Coral, Florida Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Emergency Department – Winfield, Illinois
CentraState Medical Center Emergency Department – Freehold, New Jersey NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health Emergency Department – Brooklyn, New York
Children's Hospital & Medical Center Emergency Department – Omaha, Nebraska NYU Langone Hospital, Brooklyn Emergency Department – Brooklyn, New York
CHOC Children's Hospital - Julia and George Argyros Emergency Department – Orange, California NYU Langone Hospital, Long Island Emergency Department – Mineola, New York
ChristianaCare Wilmington Hospital Emergency Department – Wilmington, Delaware Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital Emergency Department – Longwood, Florida
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Emergency Department – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Overlook Medical Center Emergency Services, Union Campus, Atlantic Health System – Union, New Jersey
Cleveland Clinic Marymount Hospital Emergency Department – Garfield Heights, Ohio Palomar Medical Center Escondido Emergency Department – Escondido, California;
Cleveland Clinic Weston Emergency Department – Weston, Florida Piedmont Rockdale Hospital Emergency Department – Conyers, Georgia
El Camino Health, Mountain View Hospital Emergency Department – Mountain View, California Rose Medical Center Emergency Department – Denver, Colorado
Froedtert Hospital Emergency Department – Milwaukee, Wisconsin Rush University Medical Center Emergency Department – Chicago, Illinois
Glen Cove Hospital Emergency Department – Glen Cove, New York Sharp Grossmont Hospital Emergency Department – La Mesa, California
Good Samaritan Hospital, Western Ridge Emergency Department – Cincinnati, Ohio Sharp Memorial Hospital Emergency Department – San Diego, California
Gundersen Lutheran Emergency and Urgent Care – La Crosse, Wisconsin St. Elizabeth Healthcare Grant County Emergency Department – Williamstown, Kentucky
Hackensack Meridian Health Old Bridge Medical Center Emergency Department – Old Bridge, New Jersey Stanford Health Care - The Marc and Laura Andreessen Emergency Department – Stanford, California
Hackensack Meridian Health Raritan Bay Medical Center Emergency Department – Perth Amboy, New Jersey Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, Emergency Services – Sacramento, California
HCA Florida Capital Hospital Emergency Department - Main – Tallahassee, Florida The Children's Hospital of San Antonio Emergency Department – San Antonio, Texas
Intermountain Medical Center Emergency Department – Murray, Utah The Christ Hospital Medical Center Emergency Department - Liberty Township – Liberty Township, Ohio
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital Emergency Department – Cooperstown, New York The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Emergency Department - Penn Medicine – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital Emergency Department - Trihealth – Oxford, Ohio UPMC Hamot Emergency Department – Erie, Pennsylvania
MetroHealth Main Campus Medical Center Emergency Department – Cleveland, Ohio Vail Health Hospital Emergency Department – Vail, Colorado
Morristown Medical Center, Sameth Emergency Department – Morristown, New Jersey Washington Regional Medical Center Emergency Department – Fayetteville, Arkansas
White Plains Hospital Emergency Department – White Plains, New York

2022 Virtual Hall of Honor Gallery 2022 lantern award recipients

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2021 Lantern Award Recipients - Hall of Honor Reception

ENA recently celebrated its best and brightest during a special virtual reception. Check out the recording below to view the 2021 ENA Lantern Award recipients.

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Advocate Sherman Hospital Emergency Department – Elgin, Illinois	Mount Sinai Hospital Emergency Department – New York, New York
Atrium Health Carolinas Adult Medical Center Emergency Department – Charlotte, North Carolina	Nethercutt Emergency Center at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica – Santa Monica, California
Baptist Health Baptist Hospital ER – Miami, Florida	Nicklaus Children's Hospital Emergency Department – Miami, Florida
Bayshore Medical Center, Dr. Robert H. Harris Emergency Care Center – Holmdel, New Jersey	Northeast Georgia Medical Center - Barrow Emergency Department – Winder, Georgia
Bethesda Arrow Springs Emergency Department – Lebanon, Ohio	Northeast Georgia Medical Center - Gainesville Emergency Department – Gainesville, Georgia
Cape Coral Hospital Emergency Department – Cape Coral, Florida	Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Emergency Department – Winfield, Illinois
CentraState Medical Center Emergency Department – Freehold, New Jersey	NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health Emergency Department – Brooklyn, New York
Children's Hospital & Medical Center Emergency Department – Omaha, Nebraska	NYU Langone Hospital, Brooklyn Emergency Department – Brooklyn, New York
CHOC Children's Hospital - Julia and George Argyros Emergency Department – Orange, California	NYU Langone Hospital, Long Island Emergency Department – Mineola, New York
ChristianaCare Wilmington Hospital Emergency Department – Wilmington, Delaware	Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital Emergency Department – Longwood, Florida
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Emergency Department – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Overlook Medical Center Emergency Services, Union Campus, Atlantic Health System – Union, New Jersey
Cleveland Clinic Marymount Hospital Emergency Department – Garfield Heights, Ohio	Palomar Medical Center Escondido Emergency Department – Escondido, California;
Cleveland Clinic Weston Emergency Department – Weston, Florida	Piedmont Rockdale Hospital Emergency Department – Conyers, Georgia
El Camino Health, Mountain View Hospital Emergency Department – Mountain View, California	Rose Medical Center Emergency Department – Denver, Colorado
Froedtert Hospital Emergency Department – Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Rush University Medical Center Emergency Department – Chicago, Illinois
Glen Cove Hospital Emergency Department – Glen Cove, New York	Sharp Grossmont Hospital Emergency Department – La Mesa, California
Good Samaritan Hospital, Western Ridge Emergency Department – Cincinnati, Ohio	Sharp Memorial Hospital Emergency Department – San Diego, California
Gundersen Lutheran Emergency and Urgent Care – La Crosse, Wisconsin	St. Elizabeth Healthcare Grant County Emergency Department – Williamstown, Kentucky
Hackensack Meridian Health Old Bridge Medical Center Emergency Department – Old Bridge, New Jersey	Stanford Health Care - The Marc and Laura Andreessen Emergency Department – Stanford, California
Hackensack Meridian Health Raritan Bay Medical Center Emergency Department – Perth Amboy, New Jersey	Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, Emergency Services – Sacramento, California
HCA Florida Capital Hospital Emergency Department - Main – Tallahassee, Florida	The Children's Hospital of San Antonio Emergency Department – San Antonio, Texas
Intermountain Medical Center Emergency Department – Murray, Utah	The Christ Hospital Medical Center Emergency Department - Liberty Township – Liberty Township, Ohio
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital Emergency Department – Cooperstown, New York	The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Emergency Department - Penn Medicine – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital Emergency Department - Trihealth – Oxford, Ohio	UPMC Hamot Emergency Department – Erie, Pennsylvania
MetroHealth Main Campus Medical Center Emergency Department – Cleveland, Ohio	Vail Health Hospital Emergency Department – Vail, Colorado
Morristown Medical Center, Sameth Emergency Department – Morristown, New Jersey	Washington Regional Medical Center Emergency Department – Fayetteville, Arkansas
	White Plains Hospital Emergency Department – White Plains, New York