BCEN National Certification Champion Award Nominations

BCEN’s National Certification Champion Award recognizes healthcare 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 through data-based examples

.NEW in 2025: BCEN invites burn centers and burn center networks to apply. Nominations for the 2025 award cycle will be accepted May 2 – June 16, 2025.

Category Criteria

One winner will be recognized in each of the following categories:

Small Healthcare Facility: single hospital emergency department, trauma program or freestanding emergency center with less than 30,000 visits per year, OR a single flight and/or critical care ground transport base, OR a single burn center/burn unit
Large Healthcare 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 of the following: hospital emergency departments, trauma programs, freestanding emergency centers, critical care ground transport and/or flight bases, OR burn centers/burn units

Eligibility Requirements

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

Currently employ BCEN-certified emergency, trauma, transport and/or burn nurses
Be actively engaged in supporting their nurses in obtaining and maintaining one or more of BCEN’s specialty certifications, with data provided to demonstrate growth in the number of specialty certified nurses, plus practices and policies showing the facility’s or organization’s commitment to supporting specialty certification.
Serve as a model for advancing board certification for the nursing profession

*Please note that “organization” is a catch-all term covering facility, program, center, base, system, etc. throughout any references to this award.

Which award category are you applying for?*
Nominator's First Name*
Nominator's Last Name*
Nominator's Job Title*
Nominator's Organization*
Nominator's Phone*
Nominator's Email*
Name of organization you are nominating*
Organization's website URL*
What resources does this organization offer to encourage and support nurses earning and maintaining BCEN certification?*
This may include exam preparation resources you provide/support and funding or accommodations (e.g., time off) for exam prep, exam fees and continuing education. Please provide real examples and any data you can include to back up those examples.
Please describe how this organization recognizes and rewards nurses who earn and maintain BCEN board certification.*
For example, internal and external recognition and announcements, special projects, committees, or leadership opportunities, advancement/promotion, financial incentives, etc.
Describe this organization's plans to grow the number of BCEN certified emergency, transport, and/or trauma nurses.*
Please include the current number of BCEN board certified nurses and growth in certification rates as far back as possible.
Please describe positive outcomes linked to the organization’s commitment to advocating for and supporting BCEN board certification.*
This might include impacts on nurses, patients, the healthcare team, the unit/department and/or organizational outcomes. The strongest applications include data, statistics, case studies and other proof points.
Supporting Documents: Please upload up to 3 documents or images that support or help describe the above responses.*
Anything providing data and real examples will help the award committee understand the full story of certification at the organization.
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Letters of Recommendation: Please upload two (2) letters of recommendation from individuals with relevant professional positions or qualifications.*
Please be sure each letter includes the name, title, organization and contact information (email and phone) of the signer.
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OPTIONAL: Is there anything else you’d like to tell us about the organization you are nominating?
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