South Dakota ENA

Our Mission

ENA is a professional member organization recognized internationally for promoting excellence in emergency nursing through leadership, research, education, and advocacy.

Be a 2025 Delegate for EN25 in New Orleans
Applications are open to be a delegate for the South Dakota ENA at EN25!
General Assembly is September 16th and 17th.
ENA Emergency Nursing 2025 is in New Orleans, LA, September 17 - September 20th, 2025.
General Assembly is ENA's annual business meeting during which hundreds of global delegates discuss, debate and vote on bylaw and resolution proposals that impact the association and the emergency nursing speciality.
SD ENA will send up to 3 delegates and 1 alternate.
Click the button below to apply! Applications are open and due by May 28th. Delegates will be announced by June 15th.

Apply here

ENA Day on the Hill 2025

Thank you to Alicia Kunz, Brooke Laycock and Milissa Podill for representing SD ENA at Day on the Hill. They met with Senator Rounds and Representative Johnson to discuss the bills ENA is supporting.

SD ENA 2025 Board of Directors

Congratulations to our 2025 SD ENA Board of Directors!
President: Teresa Farnsworth
Secretary: Brooke Laycock
Treasurer: Alicia Kunz
Director at Large: Kara Fonken

Quarterly Meetings

All meetings held at 1700 CST unless otherwise specified.
Zoom option will be available.

February 4
May 6
August 5
November 4
Annual Meeting TBD

2025 TNCC and ENPC upcoming courses.

TNCC

ENPC

SD ENA in Vegas for EN24

2025 SD ENA Officers

President : Teresa Farnsworth
Treasurer: Alicia Kunz
Secretary: Brooke Laycock

2025 Director at Large

Kara Fonken

Government Affairs

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Join the Challenge!

The EN Strong Challenge is the ENA Foundation’s largest fundraising campaign of the year for supporting scholarships, continuing education and research.

A donation to the ENA Foundation through the EN Strong Challenge is an investment in the advancement of patient care. Your gift will support scholarships and grants that are the fuel for emergency nurses to further their education and improve their practice, which ultimately benefits us all.

ENA Foundation

2025 Dates to Remember

January 29-31: ENA National Leadership Conference in Louisville, KY
February 10-11: South Dakota Nurses Day at the Legislature in Pierre, SD
April 26: Henry's Run
April 29-30: National Day on the Hill in Washington DC.
May 19: Deadline to submit Bylaw amendments and Resolutions for consideration at the 2025 GA. Proposals must be submitted by noon Central time.
May 31: ENA Foundation 2025 ENStrong Challenge ends.
May 31: Deadline for ENA Foundation Board of Trustees applications - noon Central time.
June 3: Virtual Town Hall with ENA President Ryan Oglesby.
July 1: ENA Foundation Research and Implementation Grants application period opens
July 3: Deadline to register GA delegate captains, delegates, and alternate delegates.
July 15: ENA Foundation Global Exchange Scholarship application closes
August 8: ENA Foundation Research and Implementation Grant program closes.
August 15: 2025 Delegate Competency available on the ENA website.
August 16: ENA Global Exchange in São Paolo, Brazil.
September 15: Deadline for delegates to compete the 2025 Delegate Competency
September 16-17: 2025 General Assembly - New Orleans
September 16-20: ENA Election voting
September 17-20: EN25 in New Orleans, LA
September 20: ENA Election Results Announced
October 5-11: Emergency Nurses Week
October 31: Deadline for 2026 officers to be entered in the chapter portal.
November 19: 2026 Lantern Award applications open
November 29: Launch of ENA Foundation Giving Season
December 10: Council Achievement Awards applications open
December 16: ENA Virtual Town Hall - noon Central time

SD ENA Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes are loaded on our website. Access all meeting minutes and reports under the "minutes/reports/bylaws" tab at the top. You will need to register with the SD ENA website to access this secure area.

2025 SD ENA Committee Chairpersons

The following individuals serve as your 2025 SD ENA Committee Chairpersons. In the coming weeks we will be updating our "Committees" page with contact information if you'd like to help on any committee. Any amount of time serving on a committee is appreciated.

Pediatrics: Karen Kaskie
Trauma: Karen Kaskie
Media: Kara Fonken
Government Affairs: Sandra Schindler
Injury Prevention: Teresa Farnsworth
Membership: Karla Nygren

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Vendors: Register HERE For Conference

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