The Emergency Nurses Association recently announced the 2012 inductees to the Academy of Emergency Nursing. The AEN fellowship recognizes emergency nurses for their contributions to patient care in and out of the ED. The fellows were honored Sept. 15 at ENA’s annual convention in San Diego.

"Each year, we honor outstanding emergency nurses by inducting them into the Academy of Emergency Nursing," Gail Lenehan, RN, EdD, MSN, FAEN, FAAN, 2012 president of the Emergency Nurses Association, said in a press release. "Fellows in the Academy represent the best of the best and have provided invaluable groundbreaking leadership in emergency nursing. Their dedication to their patients and their colleagues is inspirational."

The 2012 Academy of Emergency Nursing inductees include Gwyn Parris-Atwell, RN, MSN, FNP-BC, CS, CEN, FAEN with the 514th Aerospace Medicine Squadron at Joint Base McGuire Dix in Lakehurst, N.J., and a nurse practitioner at South Jersey Healthcare, Occupational Medicine Combatant Sports Division, in Bridgeton, N.J.