Media Resources

Learn about BCEN and connect with experts on specialty certification and emergency nursing for your next story.

About Our Certification Programs

Learn about our certification programs and the people and history behind why BCEN is the benchmark for emergency nursing specialty certification.

Connect with expert information and resources for your next story on the following topics:

  • Emergency nursing specialty certification
  • The value of board certification and how it impacts patients, nurses and institutions
  • Emergency nursing specialty areas: adult and pediatric emergency care, flight nursing, critical care ground transport, trauma and burn nursing

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For media inquiries, please contact:

Maris Hammons, Director of Marketing & Communications
[email protected] or 630-339-4530

News Releases

BCEN news releases are below and also available on PR Newswire (keyword: BCEN).

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Resources & Tools for Media Professionals

Find news releases, backgrounders, fact sheets and expert resources about BCEN, board certification for nurses, and how board certified nurses are making a big impact across the emergency spectrum.

Backgrounders, Fact Sheets & Expert Resources

BCEN-at-a-Glance (PDF)

BCEN History 

Janie Schumaker Bio (PDF)

Certification vs. Certificates: What’s the Difference? (PDF)

CBRN Milestones: The Path to the World’s First Burn Nurse Certification (Timeline)

Journalists may also be interested in BCEN research and journal articles, BCEN white papers and BCEN’s Commitment to Excellence series.

Multimedia

Life as a Board Certified Emergency Nurse (Video)

Meet the Experts Behind the Certified Burn Registered Nurse (CBRN) (Video)

BCEN Annual Report (Infographic)

BCEN Learn Turns One (Video)

For BCEN logos, wordmarks and certification seal images, please contact Maris Hammons at [email protected].