2025 BCEN Distinguished Award Winners

They are dedicated to excel through clinical excellence and professionalism in their specialty practice and roles. They inspire, encourage, support, and mentor other nurses to achieve certified success. They lead and help advance their specialty.

Meet the 2025 recipients of the BCEN Distinguished Awards:

 

2025 Distinguished CEN 

Marvin Delfin, MSN, MAN, RN, CNRN, CPEN, CEN, CCRN, TCRN, CFRN, CTRN, CBRN

Clinical Nurse IV/Unit Educator

The Marc and Laura Andreessen Adult and Pediatric Emergency Departments

Stanford, California

Read our Meet the Winner interview with Marvin.

 

 

2025 Distinguished CPEN

Katarzyna “Kasia” Wolan, MSN, RN, CEN, CCRN, CPEN, CTRN, EMT

Clinical Nurse Educator

The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, an RWJBarnabas Health facility

New Brunswick, New Jersey

Read our Meet the Winner interview with Kasia.

 

2025 Distinguished TCRN

Kristi Bonny, BSN, RN, CPHQ, TCRN, EMT-P

Trauma Clinician

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano

Plano, Texas

Read our Meet the Winner interview with Kristi.   

 

 

2025 Distinguished CFRN 

Michael D. Gooch, DNP, APRN, CCP, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC, ENP-C, CEN, CFRN, CTRN, TCRN, NRP, FAASTN, FAANP, FAEN

Flight Nurse Practitioner for Vanderbilt LifeFlight at Vanderbilt University Medical Center & Assistant Professor of Nursing at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing

Nashville, Tennessee

Read our Meet the Winner interview with Michael.   

 

2025 Distinguished CTRN 

Justin Rodriguez, RN, CEN, CCRN, CFRN, CTRN, CPEN, TCRN, MICN

Specialty Care Transport Unit (SCTU) Coordinator

Inspira Health

Millville, New Jersey

Read our Meet the Winner interview with Justin.   

 

2025 Distinguished CBRN 

Amanda Kumar, BSN, RN, CBRN

Clinical Nurse III

UC San Diego Health Regional Burn Center

San Diego, California

Read our Meet the Winner interview with Amanda.   

For more information about BCEN’s Distinguished Awards for nurses and National Certification Champion Awards for organizations, please visit the BCEN Awards page.