Awards & Scholarships

Distinguished CEN Award

• Honors a Certified Emergency Nurse
• Nominations accepted July 15 – August 10, 2019 (check back  in July for nomination link)
• Winner honored at BCEN’s Certification Recognition Breakfast at ENA’s Emergency Nursing 2019 on October 2

 

• 2018 Winner
  

  Wilmar Flores

  BSN, RN, CEN University of California, San Diego Health Systems, La Jolla ED

  About Wilmar
  Wilmar has been certified for 10 years. When he became an assistant nurse manager in the ED, he demonstrated support for certification that included securing financial assistance for nurses pursuing specialty certification, flexible scheduling, and a resource library of preparation materials along with review courses. In recognition of their success in achieving their certifications, Wilmar created a wall of distinction. With his efforts, 10 nurses have successfully passed the CEN exam with another 10+ anticipated to be testing in the near future.

  

• Previous Winners

  2017
  Kathy Ingersoll, BSN, RN, CEN
  Richmond, VA

  2016
  Kara Bauman, MN, RN, CEN, CPEN, TCRN
  Fairfax, VA

  2015
  Diane Branson, RN, CEN, OR-SANE-A
  Albany, OR

Distinguished CPEN Award

• Honors a Certified Pediatric Emergency Nurse
• Nominations accepted July 15 – August 10, 2019
• Check back in July for nomination link
• Winner honored at BCEN’s Certification Recognition Breakfast at ENA’s Emergency Nursing 2019 on October 2

• 2017 Winner
  

  Jodi Cregger

  RN, MICT, CEN, CFRN, CPEN Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, KS

  About Jodi
  Jodi Cregger is a champion for excellence in the care and transport of pediatric patients.  Outside of her exemplary skills as a caregiver, Jodi is persistent in her encouragement of her peers to attain certification in an emergency nursing field. Ms. Cregger works as both a flight nurse and educator for LifeTeam Critical Care Transport and is a champion for outstanding education services.

  She is insightful as to the process involved in preparing and taking certification exams, enthusiastically promoting certification as a means of professional development. She supports her colleagues not only through the preparation and test-taking stage of the certification process but also by promoting and acknowledging those with whom she works once they have attained their goals. Jodi has been instrumental in securing the support necessary from her employer to promote certification from within the organization for which she works.

  Ms. Jodi Cregger is an admirable role model for those who wish to attain certification and provide skilled pediatric care. Her dedication to education, promotion, and completion of becoming certified in pediatrics or any of the available fields of emergency nursing is unwavering.

• Previous Winners

  2016
  Brian Johnson, RN, CEN, CPEN
  Walnut Creek, CA

  2015
  Kristen Cline, BSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, SANE-A
  Sioux Falls, SD

Distinguished CFRN/CTRN Award

• Honors a Certified Flight Registered Nurse or a Certified Transport Registered Nurse
• Check back in February 2020 for nomination link
• Winner honored at the Critical Care Transport Medicine Conference (CCMTC) on April 16

• 2018 Winner
  

  Teresa Elder

  MEd, BSN, RN, CFRN Flight for Life Colorado

  About Teresa
  Theresa has served as a primary nurse in rotor wing, fixed wing and critical care ground vehicles caring for critically ill and injured patients for over 23 years. She is a long-standing advocate for the CFRN certification and has worked many hours to ensure that the flight nurses are well-prepared for the exam and recognized for passing it. Her extraordinary work in support of specialty certification, including designing a CFRN exam preparation program with a 100 percent pass rate, is elevating patient care and safety and empowering nurses who work in the dynamic environment of critical care transport.

  

• Previous Winners

  2017
  Bambi Pish-Derr, DNP, CFRN, CCRN
  Mesa, AZ

  2016
  Kimberly Lacina, MSN, ARNP-C, CTRN, CEN, EMT-P
  Palm Harbor, FL

  2015
  Mick McCallum, TNS, RN, CFRN, CCRN, EMT-P, FP-C, CMTE
  Topeka, KS

Distinguished TCRN Award

• Honors a Trauma Certified Registered Nurse
• Check back in February 2020 for nomination link
• Winner honored at the Society of Trauma Nurses’ annual conference, TraumaCon2019, on March 28, 2019

• 2018 Winner
  

  June Guadalupe

  MSN, BSN, RN, CEN, CCRN, CMC, CNRN, TCRN R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD

  About June
  June, who was among the first in the nation to earn the TCRN when it was launched by BCEN in 2016, used his success to create a path to TCRN certification for dozens of nurses in Shock Trauma and the Emergency Department at the University of Maryland Medical Center. In collaboration with administrators and nurse colleagues, he developed and helped deliver educational resources – including a comprehensive TCRN review course whose participants have a greater than 90 percent pass rate on the exam, and removed common barriers to certification by addressing typical test-taking fears and gaining administrative approval to offer the review course for free.

  

• Previous Winners

  2017
  Andrea Wright, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN
  Roanoke, VA

National Certification Champion Award

Organizational Awards

BCEN’s National Certification Champion Award (formerly Honorary Certification Recognition Award) recognizes health care facilities and health systems that:

• Exemplify excellence in supporting emergency RNs who pursue BCEN certifications
• Show achievement in designing effective and innovative programs supporting emergency nursing specialty certification
• Demonstrate the impact of board certified emergency nurses on patient, nurse and organizational outcomes

Eligibility Requirements and Award Categories

To be eligible for the National Certification Champion Award, a facility or organization must:

• Currently employ BCEN-certified emergency, transport and/or trauma nurses
• Be actively engaged in supporting their nurses in obtaining and maintaining one or more of BCEN’s certifications
• Serve as a model for advancing board certification for the nursing profession

One winner will be selected in each of these categories:

Small Health Care Facility: single hospital emergency department, trauma program or freestanding emergency center with less than 30,000 visits per year

Large Health Care Facility: single hospital emergency department, trauma program or freestanding emergency center with more than 30,000 visits per year

Health System: a group or system of 2 or more hospital emergency departments, trauma programs or freestanding emergency centers

Nomination Requirements

Completed nominations should include specific examples of how the facility or health system supports, recognizes and advocates for certification, including program descriptions and outcomes data.

See below for nomination window, nomination form link, award presentation date and previous winners.  

National Certification Champion Award

• Awarded in three categories:
  • Small Health Care Facility
  • Large Health Care Facility
  • Health System
• Nominations accepted from July 17 – August 10 (Check back in July for nomination link)
• Winners honored at BCEN’s Certification Recognition Breakfast at Emergency Nursing 2019 on October 2

Health Systems

• 2018 Winner
  

  UCHealth Emergency Care

  Fort Collins, CO

  About UCHealth Emergency Care
  UCHealth is four emergency departments in the Fort Collins, CO region. UCHealth demonstrates support for specialty certification with financial support for up to 2 specialty certifications and renewals for nurses, a long list of review resources for preparation and recertification, and public and monetary recognition. Above all, each nurse receives a 24K gold stethoscope once they are certified!

  UCHealth is currently enjoying a 42% certification rate!

  

Large Health Care Facility

• 2018 Winner
  

  Chilton Medical Center

  Pompton Plains, NJ

  About Chilton Medical Center
  Chilton’s leadership believed that certified nurses enhance patient care and enjoy professional satisfaction and worked diligently to promote and increase certification in their facility. They identified perceived barriers to certification and sought to ease those barriers. Chilton demonstrates creative and amazing support for their certified nurses by seeking out grant funds to remove financial barriers, offering review courses and study materials, providing flexible scheduling and various forms of public and monetary recognition for the certified nurses. As a result, Chilton has increased their certification rate from 25% to  43% this year!

  

  

• Previous Winners

  2017
  Houston Methodist Hospital System 
  Houston, TX

  2016
  Avera McKennan Hospital Emergency Department
  Sioux Falls, SD

  2015
  Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital EMTC
  Indianapolis, IN

Small Health Care Facility

• 2018 Winner
  

  USC Verdugo Hills Hospital

  Glendale, CA

  About USC Verdugo Hills Hospital
  This 12-bed emergency department has increased their certified nurses from 2 to 8, with 4 more in the bullpen. Verdugo Hills demonstrates support of specialty certification by providing review courses and study materials, along with flexibility with scheduling. Group study is encouraged with a dedicated space to include the ability to video conference. Verdugo Hills participated in and won the Greater Los Angeles Chapter ENA, CEN Olympics! They round this out with public and monetary recognition for the certified nurses. Way to go Verdugo Hills!

  
  

• Previous Winners

  2017
  Bristol Hospital
  Bristol, CT

  2016
  Angel MedFlight
  Scottsdale, AZ

  2015
  IU Health Saxony Hospital Emergency Department
  Fishers, IN