BCEN’s Pediatric Emergency Nursing Certification is Reaccredited by ABSNC

BCEN announces that the Certified Pediatric Emergency Nurse (CPEN) certification program has once again been reaccredited by the Accreditation Board for Specialty Nursing Certification (ABSNC). Held by over 5,600 RNs today, the CPEN was introduced in January 2009, has been Magnet-accepted since February 2009, and was initially accredited by ABSNC in May 2015.

Nominate Your Emergency, Trauma, Transport or Burn Facility or Health System for BCEN’s 2025 National Certification Champion Award

Nominations are open from May 2 – June 16 for BCEN’s 2025 National Certification Champion Award, with winners to be recognized in three categories. New this year, burn centers and burn center networks are eligible to apply, along with hospital-based and freestanding adult/mixed and pediatric EDs, trauma programs, flight and critical care ground transport programs, and health systems.

BCEN Names Top National Board Certified Emergency, Trauma, Transport and Burn Nurses

BCEN announces the 2025 Distinguished Award winners—including the first Distinguished CBRN—as follows: Distinguished CEN Marvin Delfin with the Marc and Laura Andreessen Adult and Pediatric Emergency Departments at Stanford Health Care, Distinguished CPEN Kasia Wolan with Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (an RWJBarnabas Health facility), Distinguished TCRN Kristi Bonny with Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano, Distinguished CFRN Michael D. Gooch with Vanderbilt LifeFlight at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Distinguished CTRN Justin Rodriguez with Inspira Health, and Distinguished CBRN Amanda Kumar with the UC San Diego Health Regional Burn Center.