Certified Emergency Nurses Research Articles

Knowledge assessment and preparation for the certified emergency nurses examination

With the current emphasis on credentialing in nursing, many nurses have committed to taking the CEN examination. The following questions have been developed to assist in emergency nursing knowledge assessment and in preparation for the CEN examination. Questions, rationale for the correct answers, and references are provided here for your self-evaluation. ENA has developed educational materials that can be used as further resources for CEN preparation: Emergency Nursing Core Curriculum, CEN Review Software, and CEN Review Manual. For further information on educational review materials, please contact the ENA Association Services Team at (800) 243-8362.

Knowledge assessment and preparation for the certified emergency nurses examination

J Emerg Nurs 2001;27:476-7.

Knowledge assessment and preparation for the Certified Emergency Nurses examination

J Emerg Nurs 2001;27:347-9.

Knowledge assessment and preparation for the certified emergency nurses examination

Knowledge assessment and preparation for the certified emergency nurses examination

Knowledge assessment and preparation for the Certified Emergency Nurses examination

Knowledge assessment and preparation for the Certified Emergency Nurses examination

Emergency nurses' perceived knowledge and comfort levels regarding pediatric patients.

To assess emergency nurses' levels of preparation and education regarding pediatric patients, their levels of knowledge and comfort with specific medical conditions of these patients, and the need they perceive for special policies for pediatric patients. Surveys were mailed to nurse managers and emergency nurses in six diverse counties, including Los Angeles and vicinity. Fifty-one nurse managers and 362 emergency nurses from 51 hospitals responded to the questionnaires. More than half of the emergency nurses had 6 or more years of experience; many had certificates, professional designations, and pediatric nursing education. Those with more pediatric education and those designated Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Certified Emergency Nurse, and Mobile Intensive Care Nurse reported the greatest comfort and knowledge with pediatric patients. The greatest discomfort and least knowledge were associated with neonatal emergencies, major trauma, child abuse or sexual abuse, sudden infant death syndrome, envenomation, psychiatric emergencies, meningococcemia, near-drowning, respiratory arrest, and cardiac arrest. Opinions regarding the need for special pediatric policies differed in some cases from current practice. Pediatric medical conditions associated with high nurse discomfort and low knowledge point to areas of need for specific education.

Reasons Why Emergency Nurses Take or Do Not Take the Certification Examination in Emergency Nursing

The purpose of this descriptive, exploratory study was to identify reasons that motivate the emergency nurse to take the Certification Exam for Emergency Nursing (CEN exam); reasons certified emergency nurses (CEN) give concerning their decisions to recertify; and a comparison of demographic characteristics in relation to these reasons. A random sample of 500 registered nurses who are currently members of the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) and who are working in the emergency department was obtained from the ENA. These nurses received a questionnaire packet containing a cover letter explaining the purpose of the study, a combined Educational Participation Scale (EPS) and Deterrents to Participation Scale (DPS), a personal data questionnaire, and a return envelope.

Factors influencing renewal of certification among certified emergency nurses

Factors influencing renewal of certification among certified emergency nurses

Law and the ED nurse. Emergency nursing: standards of care.

A s emergency nursing continues to gain increasing recognition as a nursing specialty with certification examinations, emergency nurses can expect that there will be increasing pressure on hospitals to staff their emergency departments with nurses who have the skills and credentials to practice this demanding specialty. With the advent of emergency nursing certification, nurses who practice emergency nursing are concerned with the effect that certification may have in the context of emergency nursing malpractice suits. What legal standards are used to determine whether nursing care rendered by an emergency nurse is or is not negligent? In any nursing malpractice case, a critical question is whether the defendant nurse deviated from accepted standards of care and, if so, whether the patient suffered harm as a result. Generally, the law requires a nurse to exercise that degree of knowledge, care, and skill ordinarily possessed and exercised in similar situations by the average member of the nursing profession. Nurses who are certified in a specialty will be held to the accepted national standards of that specialty. Certified emergency nurses (CENs) can reasonably expect to be held accountable to the (CEN) standards of care promulgated by the Emergency Department Nurses Association. Those nurses who practice emergency nursing but who are not certified in emergency nursing will in all likelihood be increasingly held accountable to the standards of CENs. Courts are likely to reason that the nurse who exceeds the usual bounds of nursing practice, and who holds herself or himself out as capable of providing nursing services that fall within the realm of a specialty, should be held to the same standards of care as a nurse who has devoted full attention to that specialty.