Program overview
Why is certification important?
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Validates the highest level of professional competency
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Demonstrates clinical excellence to all entrusted to our care
- Inspires peers and others to achieve their personal best through certification
- Expresses an ethical-moral commitment to lifelong learning
- Offers a sense of professional pride and achievement
- Supports professionalism and career mobility
- Enhances safe and highly reliable care
- Advances personal growth through membership and engagement in professional organizations
- Assistant Nurse Managers
- Associate CNEs
- Clinical Nurses
- CNEs
- Nurse Directors
- Nurse Managers
Program details
Certification Review Courses
Elevate your nursing career with national board certification! Kaiser Permanente Scholars Academy, in collaboration with Springer, proudly supports KP nurses in this pursuit by offering exclusive discounts on certification preparation resources.
Available BCEN Certification Voucher Program
The Permanente Medical Group is pleased to announce that BCEN certification exam vouchers are available to eligible Emergency Department nurses in support of their professional growth and certification success.
Learn more and apply today! Link to flyer.
For questions regarding the BCEN certification exam vouchers, please reach out to Jennifer Quevedo at Jennifer.M.Quevedo@kp.org
Financial assistance
- Represented nurses in Northern California are eligible to have approved national certifications (and recertifications) reimbursed. Nurses are able to submit eligible exam expenses related to certification for reimbursement per the collective bargaining agreement between Kaiser Permanente and the California Nurses Association through the Reimbursement for National Certification Toolkit. For questions about the toolkit please contact Earvin Ledi (earvin.ledi@kp.org).
- In addition, nurses may use their National Tuition Reimbursement benefit to take certification preparation courses that provide continuing education units. This includes up to $500 in travel related to attending the preparation course. The Northern California National Tuition Reimbursement Policy was updated in 2019 to cover eligible professional certification and re-certification fees for national certifications not required by your position. This benefit enables all Northern California employees to seek professional certification and request reimbursement upon successful passing of a national certification exam. For questions, contact national-tra@kp.org.
