Ben Coe, DNP, PhD, MA, BS, RN, NRP, CEN, CPEN, TCRN, PCCN, NHDP-BC
Ben Coe is an active member of ENA on the State and National level. He has served as our Missouri State Secretary for the last four years. He has also spent the last three years as a member of the ENA Nominations and Elections Committee working to improve the integrity of our Association elections and provide the best candidates possible for our national elections.
Ben has been a part of Emergency Services since he was 15 years old and became a Fire Department Explorer Scout with Central Jackson County Fire Protection District in Blue Springs, MO. Since then, he has become an EMT and then Paramedic, and still works as a paramedic for University Ambulance in Columbia, MO. A 2011 graduate of the University of Missouri – Sinclair School of Nursing’s Accelerated BSN program, Ben has worked as a nurse for University Healthcare since graduation. He began his Emergency Department career in August of 2012 when he started floating to the department and joined the ED full time in October 2012. He is currently a weekend night charge nurse in the Emergency Department. As a lifelong learner, Ben finished his PhD in Nursing in 2020, and will finish his DNP-FNP in May 2024.
As a lifetime member of the ENA, Ben is devoted to advancing its mission and vision. His leadership has included being the Central Missouri Chapter Secretary and President prior to Missouri becoming a two-tier state. As the Missouri Secretary since 2019, Ben has managed the minutes for state council and board of director meetings and been essential at keeping the records for our state and keeping meetings on track. Ben has served on several National committees, including the Armed Services Working Group, the EMS Advisory Board, and the Nominations and Elections Committee a nationally elected position. He is an advocate for our profession at the state and national level, attending Government Affairs meetings and testifying on behalf of our nurses, as well as advocating for safer workspaces for nurses through interviews with news agencies about the risks we deal with from patient, and visitor violence in our hospitals.
Ben’s dedication to our association is what has led to his desire to lead our state into the future and run for President Elect for the state of Missouri. His leadership and dedication to our association and profession will continue to advance our state to meet the mission and vision of ENA and guide our state as we move into the future. A personal goal of Ben during his time in leadership will be striving toward Missouri being recognized again with annual State Achievement awards from ENA demonstrating our commitment to emergency nurses across our state. Additionally he will work to increase member engagement and interaction through outreach efforts to hospitals across the state working with the board of directors to meet with Emergency Departments across the state and encourage membership and activity increasing MOENA’s reach and services provided.
I attest that I have read the requirements for the office of MOENA President-elect and President.