Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE BOARD OF CERTIFICATION FOR EMERGENCY NURSING DEVELOPS ROBUST CERTIFICATION EXAMS FOSTERING EMPOWERED NURSES ACROSS THE EMERGENCY SPECTRUM, WHO CONTRIBUTE NOTICEABLY TO PATIENT CARE, SAFETY AND OUTCOMES.
BCEN'S CERTIFICATION EXAMS ARE DEVELOPED BY AN EXAM COMMITTEE OF NURSES WHO PRACTICE IN THE SPECIFIC EXAM'S SPECIALTY AREA AND REPRESENT DIVERSE GEOGRAPHY. BCEN PARTNERS WITH A TEST DEVELOPMENT COMPANY TO ENSURE THE EXAM IS PSYCHOMETRICALLY SOUND AND QUESTIONS ARE WRITTEN IN BEST PRACTICE FORMAT. EARNING A BCEN CERTIFICATION IS A NATIONAL RECOGNITION AND ALLOWS THE HOLDER TO DISPLAY THE CREDENTIAL AS PART OF THEIR SIGNATURE.BCEN EXAMS ARE BASED ON SPECIALTY NURSING ROLE DELINEATION STUDIES (RDS). THESE RESEARCH STUDIES ALSO KNOWN AS A PRACTICE ANALYSIS OR JOB ANALYSIS ARE CONDUCTED BY EXAM COMMITTEES OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.AS PART OF THE RDS, SURVEY INSTRUMENTS ARE DISTRIBUTED TO NURSES PRACTICING IN EACH SPECIALTY AREA THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. THE SURVEY RESPONSES GUIDE THE EXAM COMMITTEE IN DETERMINING KNOWLEDGE RELEVANT TO PRACTICE. THE INTEGRATED CONCEPTS, COGNITIVE LEVEL DISTRIBUTION, AND THE NUMBER OF ITEMS (QUESTIONS) SPECIFIED WITHIN EACH CONTENT AREA ARE DEVELOPED BY AN ITERATIVE PROCESS RESULTING IN UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT FROM THE EXAM COMMITTEE.NEXT, ITEM WRITERS CREATE EXAM QUESTIONS AND THE ITEMS ARE REVIEWED, REVISED, AND APPROVED BY THE EXAM CONSTRUCTION AND REVIEW COMMITTEE. THE ITEMS ARE ALSO REPEATEDLY REVIEWED THROUGHOUT THE EXAM DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.FINALLY, EXAMINATIONS ARE DELIVERED BY COMPUTER AT PEARSON VUE TESTING CENTERS. THE EXAMINATIONS ARE ADMINISTERED DAILY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AT THE TEST TAKER'S CONVENIENCE.THE CERTIFIED EMERGENCY NURSE (CEN) EXAM IS OUR LARGEST PROGRAM. THE CEN EXAM IS A BOARD CERTIFICATION FOR REGISTERED NURSES WHO WORK IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SETTING. IN 2018 BCEN CERTIFIED AND RECERTIFIED A TOTAL OF 2,734 CANDIDATES IN THIS PROGRAM.
THE CERTIFIED PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY NURSE (CPEN) EXAM IS OUR SECOND LARGEST PROGRAM. THE CPEN EXAM IS A BOARD CERTIFICATION FOR REGISTERED NURSES WHO WORK IN A PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY SETTING. IN 2018 BCEN CERTIFIED AND RECERTIFIED A TOTAL OF 467 CANDIDATES IN THIS PROGRAM.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
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| Janie Schumaker | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $180,503 |
| Brigid Flood | DIR OF STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS | 40 | $146,411 |
| Amy Grand | DIR OF CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION | 40 | $111,609 |
| Lorie Ledford | CHAIR | 4 | $12,353 |
| Mary Whelan | IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR | 2.5 | $1,090 |
| Kathleen Albert | MEMBER-AT-LARGE | 2 | $0 |
| Sean Elwell | STN REPRESENTATIVE | 2 | $0 |
| Karen Wiley | ENA REPRESENTATIVE | 2 | $0 |
| Allen Wolfe | ASTNA REPRESENTATIVE | 2 | $0 |
| Robert Corrao | PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVE | 2.5 | $0 |
| Andrew Veitch | MEMBER-AT-LARGE | 2 | $0 |
| Kyle Madigan | CHAIR-ELECT | 2.5 | $0 |
| Rebecca Steinmann | SEC/TREASURER | 2.5 | $0 |
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