Support safe practice
ENA provides evidence-based emergency nursing resources to support our commitment to care.
ENA practice resourcesIllinois ENA QSIP Committee
Quality, Safety & Injury Prevention
The QSIP Committee focuses on expanding injury prevention in the state and community, from primary prevention to secondary prevention at the stretcher side. The goal is for every emergency nurse to integrate prevention into everyday practice with each patient and family encounter.
Our commitments
- Promote quality, safety, and injury prevention as part of everyday nursing practice.
- Make evidence-based injury prevention interventions available to every emergency department nurse in Illinois.
- Create, maintain, or expand quality, safety, and injury prevention efforts in the communities our emergency departments serve.
- Help emergency nurses become QSIP leaders within their institutions and communities.
Practice resources and hot topics
Child passenger safety
Illinois child passenger safety requirements
Illinois law requires children under age eight to be secured in an appropriate child safety restraint system.
Children under age two must be secured in a rear-facing child restraint unless they weigh 40 or more pounds or are 40 or more inches tall.
Illinois safety requirementsChoose and check a car seat
Find guidance on choosing the right seat and checking recalls.
Certification training
Child Passenger Safety certification
If you are interested in a certification class, contact Thelma Kuska, Chair, Injury Prevention Committee (QSIP).
Find current certification coursesThe 2025 Illinois training announcement remains available as an archived reference.
Teen driver safety
Illinois ENA has received grant funds from State Farm to support teen driver safety, including a driving simulator.
Contact the QSIP Committee for information about its injury prevention work.
Contact the QSIP Committee