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BCEN Celebrates "RN-credible" Nurses and Launches Virtual Emergency Nursing Review Course This Certified Nurses Day

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024
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OAK BROOK, Ill., March 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As the internationally recognized Certified Nurses Day (March 19) approaches, the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) is proudly celebrating its more than 50,000 " RN-credible " specialty certified emergency, trauma, transport and burn nurses, as well as nationally certified nurses in every specialty.

Key Points: 
  • OAK BROOK, Ill., March 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As the internationally recognized Certified Nurses Day (March 19) approaches, the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) is proudly celebrating its more than 50,000 " RN-credible " specialty certified emergency, trauma, transport and burn nurses, as well as nationally certified nurses in every specialty.
  • According to BCEN's 2023 Annual Report , there are over 60,000 BCEN credentials held by nurses practicing in 28 countries, including over 40,000 RNs who hold the Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) .
  • On March 19, BCEN will introduce the highly interactive virtual CEN Review Course: Essentials of Emergency Nursing .
  • BCEN's March 19-only introductory purchase offer includes a free CEN practice exam in honor of Certified Nurses Day.

World's First Burn Nursing Specialty Certification Launched by BCEN

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023
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OAK BROOK, Ill., Oct. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN), the benchmark for specialty certification across the emergency nursing spectrum, today announced the worldwide launch of the Certified Burn Registered Nurse (CBRN) burn nursing specialty certification. To earn the CBRN credential, eligible RNs and APRNs must pass a rigorous national exam spanning the burn nursing continuum including prehospital care and initial management, acute and critical care, post-acute rehabilitation, outpatient and community care, and aftercare and reintegration, as well as injury prevention, education, and psychosocial patient and family support.

Key Points: 
  • OAK BROOK, Ill., Oct. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) , the benchmark for specialty certification across the emergency nursing spectrum, today announced the worldwide launch of the Certified Burn Registered Nurse (CBRN) burn nursing specialty certification.
  • In a new burn nursing video (at https://youtu.be/qonuCqH3k5Q ), burn nurse experts and American Burn Association (ABA) leadership comment on the development and future impact of BCEN's CBRN certification program.
  • Learn more about burn injuries, burn care and burn nursing in Burn Nursing Excellence: The CBRN .
  • Development of the CBRN certification program by BCEN began in summer 2021 in collaboration with the ABA and leading burn nursing experts, following the August 2020 American Nurses Association recognition of burn nursing as a nursing specialty and years of advocacy and efforts by the ABA and the burn nursing community.

2023 National Certification Champion Award Winners Announced by BCEN

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Thursday, September 28, 2023
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OAK BROOK, Ill., Sept. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN), the benchmark for nursing specialty certification across the emergency spectrum, today announced the 2023 winners of its annual BCEN National Certification Champion Award. One winner in each category was selected based on their commitment to emergency, trauma, and transport nursing clinical excellence and professionalism through national nursing specialty certification.

Key Points: 
  • OAK BROOK, Ill., Sept. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) , the benchmark for nursing specialty certification across the emergency spectrum, today announced the 2023 winners of its annual BCEN National Certification Champion Award .
  • "The 2023 BCEN National Certification Champions are national models for supporting emergency, trauma and transport nursing excellence by championing their nurses' success," said BCEN CEO Janie Schumaker.
  • "The 2023 BCEN National Certification Champions are national models for supporting emergency, trauma and transport nursing excellence by championing their nurses' success," said BCEN CEO Janie Schumaker, MBA, BSN, RN, CEN, CENP, CPHQ, FABC.
  • "RWJBarnabas Health is honored to be named the BCEN National Certification Champion.

BCEN's Critical Care Ground Transport Nursing Certification Earns Accreditation

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Thursday, August 10, 2023
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OAK BROOK, Ill., Aug. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing, the benchmark for specialty excellence across the emergency nursing spectrum, today announced that its Certified Transport Registered Nurse (CTRN) national board certification program for critical care ground transport nurses has been accredited by the Accreditation Board for Specialty Nursing Certification (ABSNC). Accreditation by ABSNC means that the CTRN certification program has met or exceeds the nursing certification industry's most rigorous standards based on an independent, peer-reviewed process.

Key Points: 
  • OAK BROOK, Ill., Aug. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing , the benchmark for specialty excellence across the emergency nursing spectrum, today announced that its Certified Transport Registered Nurse (CTRN) national board certification program for critical care ground transport nurses has been accredited by the Accreditation Board for Specialty Nursing Certification (ABSNC).
  • Accreditation by ABSNC means that the CTRN certification program has met or exceeds the nursing certification industry's most rigorous standards based on an independent, peer-reviewed process.
  • "ABSNC accreditation of the CTRN ground transport specialty certification is an important signal to nurses, healthcare teams, institutions, and patients and their families alike."
  • For more on the CTRN and ground transport nursing, read " The Roles and Contributions of Certified Transport Registered Nurses in Critical Care Ground Transport Today " in the March 2022 Air Medical Journal and " Grounded in Excellence: The CTRN ".

Nominations Now Open for the BCEN 2023 National Certification Champion Award

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Thursday, June 1, 2023
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OAK BROOK, Ill., June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) invites hospitals, healthcare systems, emergency departments, trauma centers, and transport programs to apply for the 2023 BCEN National Certification Champion Award. This annual, national award recognizes healthcare organizations that support emergency, pediatric emergency, trauma, flight and critical care ground transport nursing excellence through nursing specialty certification.

Key Points: 
  • OAK BROOK, Ill., June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) invites hospitals, healthcare systems, emergency departments, trauma centers, and transport programs to apply for the 2023 BCEN National Certification Champion Award .
  • This annual, national award recognizes healthcare organizations that support emergency, pediatric emergency, trauma, flight and critical care ground transport nursing excellence through nursing specialty certification.
  • Nominations for the 2023 BCEN National Certification Champion Award are now being accepted for these three categories:
    One national winner in each category will be selected by a judging panel of emergency, trauma and transport nursing experts and industry leaders.
  • National Certification Champion winners are selected based on their commitment to specialty certification as demonstrated through innovative programs and effective practices that encourage, support, recognize and reward nurses who achieve and maintain BCEN emergency, trauma and/or transport specialty certification.

BCEN Announces 2023 Distinguished Emergency, Trauma and Critical Care Transport Nurse Award Winners

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Thursday, May 11, 2023
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OAK BROOK, Ill., May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN), the benchmark for specialty certification across the emergency spectrum, today announced the 2023 winners of the annual, national BCEN Distinguished Awards which recognize one top board certified RN in the following specialties: emergency, pediatric emergency, trauma, flight and critical care ground transport.

Key Points: 
  • Top board certified RNs in five emergency nursing, trauma and critical care transport specialties are recognized for their clinical excellence, professionalism and advocacy with the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing's annual, national Distinguished Awards.
  • OAK BROOK, Ill., May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) , the benchmark for specialty certification across the emergency spectrum, today announced the 2023 winners of the annual, national BCEN Distinguished Awards which recognize one top board certified RN in the following specialties: emergency, pediatric emergency, trauma, flight and critical care ground transport.
  • Nominations for the 2023 BCEN National Certification Champion Awards recognizing organizations committed to specialty nursing excellence will open June 1.
  • Hospital-based and freestanding emergency departments, trauma centers, health systems, and flight and ground transport programs may apply.

Survey on Value of Flight Nursing Certification Featured in New Air Medical Journal Research Article

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Thursday, May 4, 2023
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OAK BROOK, Ill., May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- According to a survey of nearly 1,000 registered nurses caring for critically ill or injured patients in the uniquely demanding, complex and high-stakes flight environment, flight nurses earn the Certified Flight Registered Nurse (CFRN) nursing specialty certification "to validate their clinical and patient care excellence, prepare themselves for the flight transport environment, for a competitive hiring advantage, and to lead by example."

Key Points: 
  • Air Medical Journal publisher Elsevier has made the original research article available for free access through 2023 in honor of the CFRN's 30th anniversary.
  • The 2022 Certified Flight Registered Nurse Pulse Survey , whose findings appear in a new, peer-reviewed Air Medical Journal original research article, is the first value of certification study of the CFRN flight nursing specialty credential.
  • Findings from BCEN's companion survey on certification in the ground transport setting, The 2022 Certified Transport Registered Nurse Survey , appeared in the January/February 2023 issue of Air Medical Journal (available via free access).
  • Stocking is a long-time editor of Air Medical Journal; her co-editor conducted the editorial process for this article.

BCEN Celebrates Certified Emergency, Transport and Trauma Nurses This Certified Nurses Day

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Thursday, March 9, 2023
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OAK BROOK, Ill., March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As the internationally celebrated Certified Nurses Day approaches (March 19), the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) has launched a Certified Nurses Day web page with nurse recognition resources plus basic information about specialty certification for patients, families and healthcare consumers. The page also features a new YouTube video with interviews with three of the more than 40,000 RNs worldwide who hold the Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) credential—one of the oldest and most widely held nursing specialty credentials.

Key Points: 
  • "As BCEN celebrates the leadership, dedication to excellence, professionalism, and service of board certified nurses delivering truly exceptional care in every specialty," said BCEN CEO Janie Schumaker, MBA, BSN, RN, CEN, CENP, CPHQ, FABC, "we wanted to share why nurses working across the emergency spectrum choose to get board certified."
  • Here is what several board certified emergency, transport and trauma nurses said about the importance of nursing specialty certification:
    "Any specialty certification, by definition, improves patient care.
  • There are over 40,000 Certified Emergency Nurses (CENs), 5,400 Certified Pediatric Emergency Nurses (CPENs), 5,600 Certified Flight Registered Nurses (CFRNs), 450 Certified Transport Registered Nurses (CTRNs), and 7,200 Trauma Certified Registered Nurses (TCRNs).
  • BCEN will also be introducing the world's first burn nursing certification, the Certified Burn Registered Nurse (CBRN), later this year.

Specialty Certified Critical Care Ground Transport Nurses are Highly Experienced and Value CTRN Certification, According to Original Research in Air Medical Journal

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Wednesday, February 15, 2023
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OAK BROOK, Ill., Feb. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- According to a peer-reviewed original research article in the January/February 2023 issue of Air Medical Journal, nurses who hold the Certified Transport Registered Nurse (CTRN) credential are "highly experienced and perceive multiple intrinsic and extrinsic benefits of CTRN certification, many of which are essential to safe, evidence-based nursing practice in the highly autonomous, complex and dynamic ground transport environment."

Key Points: 
  • OAK BROOK, Ill., Feb. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- According to a peer-reviewed original research article in the January/February 2023 issue of Air Medical Journal, nurses who hold the Certified Transport Registered Nurse (CTRN) credential are "highly experienced and perceive multiple intrinsic and extrinsic benefits of CTRN certification, many of which are essential to safe, evidence-based nursing practice in the highly autonomous, complex and dynamic ground transport environment."
  • " The 2022 Certified Transport Registered Nurse Pulse Survey " highlights findings from the first value of certification survey of nurses who hold the CTRN credential, a national specialty certification for critical care ground transport RNs offered by the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) .
  • As the article's authors write, this makes the CTRN "one of the most complex and multifaceted nursing specialty certification programs."
  • Stocking is co-editor of Air Medical Journal, and another editor conducted the editorial process for this article.

LEVRX IS THE PREFERRED PRESCRIPTION SAVINGS APP FOR CAPSTONE HEALTH ALLIANCE

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Thursday, February 2, 2023
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"Capstone Health Alliance continues to address the ongoing operational and patient care delivery challenges faced by our members, especially as they address and build out non-acute pharmacy services.

Key Points: 
  • "Capstone Health Alliance continues to address the ongoing operational and patient care delivery challenges faced by our members, especially as they address and build out non-acute pharmacy services.
  • Adding Levrx to the Capstone Pharmacy Services Portfolio, offers our members an opportunity to address and maximize the patient experience and retail pharmacy operations."
  • Ph., FASHP, FABC, Director of Pharmacy Services at Capstone Health Alliance.
  • "By embracing our technology, Capstone Health Alliance members can combat the skyrocketing costs of drugs," adds Vikash Agrawal, Executive Chairman of Levrx Technology.