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Nursing Certifications

This guide supports nurses pursuing nationally recognized board certification in various specialties by linking to library holdings or websites that help nurses prepare for certification exams.

Review Books for CEN

Certified Emergency Nurse

Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN)
Certifying Body: Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing 

(CENĀ®) Certification Exam Resource List (2023)

AACN Procedure Manual for High Acuity, Progressive and Critical Care, 7th Ed. (2017) by American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) Publisher: Elsevier Saunders

AACN Core Curriculum for Progressive and Critical Care Nursing, 8th Ed. (2023) by American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) Publisher: Elsevier Saunders

AACN Core Curriculum for Pediatric High Acuity, Progressive and Critical Care Nursing, 3rd Ed. (2018) by American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

Advanced Burn Life Support Course Provider Manual (2018) by American Burn Association. Publisher: American Burn Association. To purchase the manual, contact The American Burn Association: Phone: 312.642.9260 Email: info@ameriburn.org

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider Manual (2020) by The American Heart Association (AHA) Publisher: AHA

Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses Student Manual (2018) by Society for Trauma Nurses (STN) Publisher: STN

Advanced Trauma Life Support Student Course Manual, 10th Ed. (2018) by American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma Publisher: American College of Surgeons (ACS)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov

Core Curriculum for Pediatric Emergency Nursing, 2nd Ed. (2009) by Emergency Nurses Association (ENA). Publisher: ENA

Critical Care Nursing: Diagnosis & Management, 9th Ed. (2022) By Linda Urden, Kathleen Stacy & Mary Lough. Publisher: Elsevier Mosby

Emergency Nursing Core Curriculum, 7th Ed. (2018) by Emergency Nurses Association (ENA). Publisher: Elsevier Saunders

Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course Provider Manual, 5th Ed. (2018) by Emergency Nurses Association (ENA). Publisher: ENA. To purchase this manual, please contact ENA Course Operations directly: Phone: 1-800-942-0011 Email: courseops@ena.org

Emergency Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice, 2nd Ed. (2017) by Emergency Nurses Association (ENA). Publisher: ENA

Lippincott Nursing Procedures, 8th Ed. (2019) by Lippincott. Publisher: Wolters Kluwer

Marino’s The Little ICU Book, 2nd Ed. (2016) by Paul Marino. Publisher: Wolters Kluwer

Mosby’s 2023 Nursing Drug Reference, 36th Ed. (2023) by Linda Skidmore-Roth. Publisher: Elsevier Mosby

Mosby’s Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference, 15th Ed. (2020) by Kathleen Pagana, Timothy Pagana, Theresa Pagana. Publisher: Elsevier Mosby

Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider Manual (2020) by American Heart Association (AHA). Publisher: AHA.

Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts & Clinical Practice, 10th Ed. (2022) by John Marx, Robert Hockberger & Ron Walls. Publisher: Elsevier Saunders

Sheehy’s Emergency Nursing: Principles and Practice, 7th Ed. (2019) by Emergency Nurses Association (ENA). Publisher: Elsevier Mosby

Sheehy’s Manual of Emergency Care, 7th Ed. (2013) by Emergency Nurses Association (ENA). Publisher: Elsevier Mosby

Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC) Provider Manual, 8th Ed. (2020) by Emergency Nurses Association (ENA). Publisher: ENA To purchase this manual, please contact ENA Course Operations directly: Phone: 1-800-942-0011 Email: courseops@ena.org