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CEN Review Course: Essentials of Emergency Nursing

Whether you’re studying for your Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) exam, you’re new to emergency nursing and want to build your foundation of clinical knowledge, or you’re looking to earn CEs for recertification, BCEN’s online CEN review course provides a robust and well-rounded guide to emergency nursing.

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Comprehensive CEN review, made just for you.

BCEN’s CEN Review Course is your comprehensive guide to emergency care. Course modules follow the CEN exam content outline, providing a holistic and highly interactive overview of anatomy and physiology, patient assessment, treatments, interventions, education and more. This self-guided, online CEN review course can be taken any time, on any device, providing a personalized study plan perfect for your busy schedule.

What makes BCEN’s CEN Review Course different?

  • 21 CEs
  • Over 175 practice questions throughout the course
  • Any device, any time
  • $250

Prepare with Precision

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Interactive Learning

Microlearning modules break down the CEN content outline into easily digestible segments, featuring interactive graphics, photographs and videos. Follow along using the included printable CEN study guide.

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References & Rationales

Supporting rationale and references help connect the dots to your real-life practice, explaining how each piece of clinical content applies to patients you’ll see in the ED.

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Knowledge Checks

Regular knowledge checks through 175+ new CEN exam-style practice questions help track your progress and identify strengths and weaknesses to guide your studies.

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Review Course Vouchers

Purchase as few as three BCEN review courses for a bulk discount, now available through the BCEN Voucher Program.

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Award-Winning Educational Content

BCEN’s CEN Review Course received a 2025 Brandon Hall Group™ Bronze Excellence Award® Winner in the Learning & Development Category. 

About the Award

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This course increased my knowledge of emergency nursing, especially of conditions not commonly seen every day.

– Charles Hillman, MSN, RN, CEN (Passed 10/30/2024)

FAQs

BCEN’s CEN review is a flexible, self-directed course that can be completed at your own pace.

The course can be completed in an average of 20-30 hours, however, you may take up to one year to complete the course before it expires.

This course is designed with microlearning in mind, with the option to complete modules and lessons in any order you like (with the exception of the Introduction module).

BCEN’s CEN Review Course: Essentials of Emergency Nursing was created independently of anyone developing the CEN certification exam, which means this course does not provide any unfair advantage in passing the exam because there is no proprietary information shared within these lessons.

Note: BCEN does not endorse any certification exam review resources. BCEN’s CEN Review Course: Essentials of Emergency Nursing was created independently of anyone developing the CEN certification exam, which means the course does not provide any unfair advantage in passing the exam because there is no proprietary information shared within the course lessons.