Source-backedRule Based Annual

Emergency Nurses Day

The Emergency Nurses Association’s Emergency Nurses Week page identifies Emergency Nurses Day as the second Wednesday in October and gives the 2026 date as 14 October.

Date / ruleSecond Wednesday in October; 14 October in 2026

ScopeEmergency nursing / ENA

VerificationProfessional Association Current Verified

PortabilityRule Based Annual

Evidence statusSource-backed

Last authority check2026-09-07

Target-year policyCalculate Rule

Next date this engine can safely resolveWednesday, October 14, 2026See everything on October 14 →

Authority summary

What is Emergency Nurses Day?

The Emergency Nurses Association’s Emergency Nurses Week page identifies Emergency Nurses Day as the second Wednesday in October and gives the 2026 date as 14 October.

Date and recurrence

Second Wednesday in October; 14 October in 2026

This observance follows a reusable calendar rule rather than one fixed Gregorian date. The actual date can move from year to year. Rule: Second Wednesday in October

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is Emergency nursing / ENA. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Classification

Topic and context

Workplace, Professions & Appreciation →

Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.

Provenance

Sources

Source policy →

Emergency Nurses Association — Emergency Nurses WeekProfessional Association

Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Emergency Nurses Day?

Second Wednesday in October; 14 October in 2026 The stored recurrence guidance is: Second Wednesday in October.

Does Emergency Nurses Day fall on the same date every year?

It follows a recurring calendar rule, so the Gregorian date can change from year to year.

Is Emergency Nurses Day an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: Emergency nursing / ENA. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Emergency Nurses Day?

The stored designation basis is: The Emergency Nurses Association’s Emergency Nurses Week page identifies Emergency Nurses Day as the second Wednesday in October and gives the 2026 date as 14 October.. Supporting provenance includes Emergency Nurses Association — Emergency Nurses Week. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Emergency Nurses Day international or country-specific?

No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: Emergency nursing / ENA. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-07.

Same date