This review article traces the path taken from the American Nurses Association recognition of burn nursing as a specialty to the collaboration between BCEN and the American Burn Association on the initial development of the Certified Burn Registered Nurse (CBRN). Research literature describing the value of specialty certification is outlined, “providing an overview for the impact of burn nursing certification on professional development, nurse satisfaction and patient outcomes.” BCEN’s inaugural CBRN Exam Construction and Review Committee Chair, and one of the world’s leading burn nursing experts, Gretchen Carrougher, is among the article’s co-authors.