- July 26, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Portland nurse wins national award
Heidi Cote, clinical nurse III and clinical nurse coordinator at Maine Medical Center, was recognized for her excellence and advocacy with 2021 Distinguished CEN Award by The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing.
Cote
BCEN is the benchmark for board certification across the emergency nursing spectrum; the annual national award recognizes one top certified emergency nurse from among the nearly 42,000 CENs practicing across the U.S. and around the world.
“Heidi Cote represents the best of certified emergency nursing practice,” said BCEN CEO Janie Schumaker. “Every shift and every day, she raises the standard of care through her own bedside practice, her role as a nurse educator and her commitment to helping her colleagues achieve the highest levels of clinical and professional excellence through CEN certification.”
The CEN is one of the oldest and most widely held nursing specialty certifications….

