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UT Medical Center Nurses Earn Certification Through American Board of Neuroscience Nursing

Published: Friday, August 10, 2007

       

Several nurses at The University of Tennessee Medical Center recently earned Certified Neuroscience Registered Nurse (CNRN) certification through the American Board of Neuroscience Nursing. The group includes stroke coordinator Jennifer Henry, RN, CNRN; radiology coordinator Joel Snyder, RN, BSN, CNRN, as well as Kathy Arnold, RN, CNRN; Edwina Jackson, RN, CNRN; Ada Lindsay, RN, CNRN, CCRN; Jeannie Myers, RN, CNRN; and Stephanie Weber, RN, CNRN, all with the surgical critical care units at the medical center.

“Achieving CNRN certification is an outstanding accomplishment by our nurses who will provide care for patients withneurological disorders,” said Ann Giffin, vice president of the Brain and Spine Institute at UT Medical Center. “Jennifer, Joel, Kathy, Edwina, Jeannie, Ada and Stephanie have all proven their skills and dedication to patient care at the medical center, and this is another step toward showing just how valuable they are to our staff and patients at the medical center.”

Joel Snyder, RN, BSN, CNRN

Ada Lindsay, RN, CNRN, CCRN

Jeannie Myers, RN, CNRN

Stephanie Weber, RN, CNRN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About Neuroscience Nursing and the American Board of Neuroscience Nursing

The University of Tennessee Medical Center is a 581-bed, not-for-profit academic medical center, which serves as a referral center for Eastern Tennessee, Southeast Kentucky and Western North Carolina. The medical center, the region’s only Level I Trauma Center, is one of the largest employers in Knoxville. For more information about the University of Tennessee Medical Center, visit online at www.utmedicalcenter.org.

Neuroscience nursing practice includes clinical practice, consultation, research, administration or nursing in the neuroscience field. Certification is an important credential that attests to the achievement of specialty knowledge beyond basic nursing preparation. It is evidence of clinical expertise and leadership in neuroscience nursing practice. CNRN status is granted for five years and is renewed through validation of continuing education or re-examination.

The American Board of Neuroscience Nursing (ABNN) is the independent, not-for-profit corporation established to design, implement and evaluate a certification program for professional nurses involved in the specialty practice of neuroscience nursing. ABNN is solely responsible for the development, administration and evaluation of the certification program. Neuroscience nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of actual or potential patient and family responses to nervous system function and dysfunction across the healthcare continuum. ABNN promotes the practice and the contributions made by neuroscience nurses to the health of the nation through the certification of registered nurses.