BCEN's 2020 Distinguished CEN Award winner Jude Lark discusses how certified nurses have innovated during the pandemic and how hospital and nurse leaders can help them succeed.
Monday, October 12, 2020

"[Certified nurses] utilized their knowledge of best practices and skills to help us facilitate and drive new, innovative ways to care for our COVID patients and each other," says Jude Lark, BSN, RN, CEN, CCRN, emergency services clinical nurse educator at Atlantic Health System’s Overlook Medical Center in Summit, New Jersey.

In this week's feature story, Jude Lark, BSN, RN, CEN, CCRN, emergency services clinical nurse educator at Atlantic Health System’s Overlook Medical Center in Summit, New Jersey, discusses how certified nurses have innovated during the pandemic and how hospital and nurse leaders can help them succeed.

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BCEN's 2020 Distinguished CEN Award winner Jude Lark discusses how certified nurses have innovated during the pandemic and how hospital and nurse leaders can help them succeed.
 
 
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Son Hoang
Editor, Nursing