BCEN marks 30 years of flight nurse certification
The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) is celebrating 30 years of its Certified Flight Registered Nurse (CFRN) certification program
Held by over 5,800 registered nurses (RNs) worldwide, the CFRN certification validates a nurse’s ‘mastery of flight nursing clinical knowledge and professional issues, as well as safety, survival, disaster preparedness, scene operations management, communications, equipment, and aircraft knowledge’, BCEN explained.
“Since 1993, the CFRN has stood as the hallmark of exceptional flight nursing patient care and safety,” said BCEN CEO Janie Schumaker. “BCEN salutes the thousands of CFRN-certified RNs, past and present, for their commitment to their patients, flight nursing excellence, and advancing flight care worldwide.”
Throughout July, CFRN 30th anniversary celebrations will include:
• Commemoration on the cover and inside the July/August 2023 Air Medical Journal
• CFRN tributes from medical transport leaders and flight nursing pioneers
• The 30 Years of Flight Nursing Excellence visual timeline
• A CFRN 30th Anniversary special edition of BCEN’s InformED newsletter
• #ThrowbackThursday and #CFRNTributeFriday social posts celebrating the #CFRN30th
• CFRN Turns 30 commemoration on 24 July, the day RNs sat the first CFRN exam.
BCEN also plans to launch a new Certified Burn Registered Nurse (CBRN) certification program this summer.
Oliver Cuenca
Oliver Cuenca is a Junior Editor at AirMed&Rescue. He was previously a News and Features Journalist for the rail magazine IRJ until 2021, and studied MA Magazine Journalism at Cardiff University. His favourite helicopter is the AW169 – the workhorse of the UK air ambulance sector! He also led the creation of Waypoint: The AirMed&Rescue podcast, serving as its Production Editor and co-host.