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Nursing Specialty Certification: Celebrating and Investing in Excellence

  • March 3, 2026
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Centered around a video interview with BCEN CEO Janie Schumaker and highlighting BCEN’s 2025 Culture of Certification Support Survey, this Nurse.com blog post focuses on why nursing specialty certification matters and how organizations can support board certification for their RNs. Alice Kazekjian, MSN, RN, Administration Director of Nursing Emergency Trauma Center/Pediatric ED/Observation with Hackensack University Medical Center (a BCEN 2025 National Certification Champion Award winner), describes how her organization supports certification and measurable value it creates.  

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