The CEN certification is the certification specific to emergency nursing and measures the attainment of a defined body of nursing knowledge pertinent to that particular specialty. A role delineation study is conducted approximately every five years to assure the examination reflects current emergency nursing practice. Although there are CENs throughout the world, the CEN exam is based on emergency nursing practice in the .
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The purpose of the certification examinations is to provide a mechanism to regularly measure the attainment and application of a defined body of emergency and flight nursing knowledge. The examinations are a valid and reliable measure of a nurse’s emergency or flight nursing knowledge.
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Continuing education has an important place in the professional development of emergency and flight nurses, to augment their knowledge with the intention of improving patient care outcomes. That knowledge is then measured through the CEN and CFRN examination. Ongoing participation in continuing education activities, rather than an attempt to assimilate several years of emergency/flight nursing knowledge into a month or two before an examination, may enhance performance on the examination. |
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