(WILMINGTON, Del. – October 2, 2024)

ChristianaCare has earned the 2024 BCEN National Certification Champion Award for health systems from the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN), a leading authority in nursing specialty certification across the emergency care spectrum. ChristianaCare was the only national winner in its category.

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This recognition highlights ChristianaCare’s exceptional commitment to clinical excellence and professionalism in emergency, trauma and transport nursing through national specialty certification.

“ChristianaCare is honored to be named the BCEN National Certification Champion,” said Danielle Weber, DNP, MSM, RN-BC, NEA-BC chief nurse executive at ChristianaCare. “This prestigious recognition speaks to the passion and dedication of our incredible nursing teams, guided by our values of love and excellence, who make the difference for patients during some of their worst moments, going above and beyond to deliver quality care.

“It’s a privilege to be a part of a team that is committed to nursing excellence, practicing at the top of their license through specialty certification,” she continued. “This award represents the culmination of years of focused attention by nursing leadership to promote and facilitate ED nurse certification coupled with a highly motivated and passionate nursing staff who are dedicated to their patients as well as their professional development. We are so proud of our certified nurses and their commitment to lifelong learning.”

According to BCEN, nursing specialty certification independently validates a registered nurse’s (RN) advanced knowledge, clinical judgment and professionalism across an entire nursing specialty. Specialty board certification of RNs helps assure patients and their families that they are receiving the highest level of nursing care. A growing body of research links nursing specialty certification to improved patient care, safety and outcomes.

“We congratulate ChristianaCare on its commitment to nursing excellence,” said BCEN CEO Janie Schumaker, MBA, BSN, RN, CEN, ICE-CCP, CENP, CPHQ, FABC. “The 2024 BCEN National Certification Champions show us how nursing specialty certification empowers RNs, elevates patient care and helps ensure communities of every size have access to advanced emergency and trauma care.”

BCEN is an independent not-for-profit organization that offers nursing specialty certification programs for nurses across the emergency care spectrum. Over 50,000 registered nurses (RNs) specializing in emergency, pediatric emergency, flight, critical care ground transport, trauma, and burn nursing hold one or more BCEN certification.

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About ChristianaCare

Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, ChristianaCare is one of the country’s most dynamic health care organizations, centered on improving health outcomes, and innovating to make high-quality care more accessible, equitable and affordable. ChristianaCare includes an extensive network of primary care and outpatient services, home health care, urgent care centers, three hospitals (1,430 beds), a freestanding emergency department, a Level I trauma center and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care and women’s health. It also includes the pioneering Gene Editing Institute.

ChristianaCare is nationally recognized as a great place to work, rated by Forbes as one of the nation’s best employers for diversity and inclusion. ChristianaCare is rated by Newsweek as one of the World’s Best Hospitals and is continually ranked among the best in the U.S. in national quality and safety ratings. ChristianaCare is a nonprofit teaching health system with more than 260 residents and fellows. With its groundbreaking Center for Virtual Health and a focus on population health and value-based care, ChristianaCare is shaping the future of health care.

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