Association-Certified Emergency Nurse System
Association-Certified Emergency Nurse System
Name
This system is called the Association-Certified Emergency Nurse System. Nurses who have been certified can be referred to as Association-Certified Emergency Nurses or ACENs.
Objectives of the system
The Japanese Association for Emergency Nursing (JAEN) will certify the capabilities of nurses who can provide speedy and appropriate nursing care to patients and their families requiring emergency treatment and nursing, as well as nursing care services that correspond to the JAEN-stipulated Clinical Ladder III for emergency nurses, on their own initiative. By establishing and disseminating this certification system, the JAEN aims to standardize emergency nursing and guarantee and enhance the quality of nursing care.
The path to becoming an Association-Certified Emergency Nurse
The steps to becoming an ACEN are described below.
Application for certification as an Association-Certified Emergency Nurse (document review)
*Updated September 27, 2024
- Document review
- Open application period: October 1–31, 2024
Document review- A headshot (updated September 13, 2024)
*A color photo; 4.0 cm x 3.0 cm in size
* Taken no more than six months before the examination day
* The applicant must face the camera and must not wear a hat. The background must be plain, and the photograph should show only the upper part of the body (down to the shoulders) and be clear enough to allow immediate identification of the individual. - A nurse’s license (submit a copy of the license)
- Membership of the Japanese Association for Emergency Nursing
- Two or more years of experience in emergency nursing (submit a Certificate of Nursing Practice Hours
) (updated September 13, 2024)
*A Certificate of Nursing Practice Hours may be submitted in any format that is used in the applicant’s affiliated facility.
*If there are multiple certificates, combine them into a single data file and upload it.
*Two or more years of emergency nursing experience within the past five years (October 1, 2019–September 30, 2024)
*Experience in emergency nursing: A track record of nursing care in emergency initial treatment, an emergency outpatient department, an emergency ward, an intensive care unit, etc., excluding the operating room and NICU (The applicant should ideally be working in these departments).
*Please note the following:
（1）The Certificate of Nursing Practice Hours must be certified by the head of the affiliated department (head nurse) or higher-ranked personnel and must have the certifier’s signature.
（2）Full-time nurses: Clearly show your affiliation with the emergency nursing field, and write down your hours of nursing practice (in yearly or monthly units).
（3）Part-time nurses (other than those working full-time): Clearly show your affiliation with the emergency nursing field, and enter your hours of nursing practice, ideally 3,840 hours or more. - You must have earned ten or more points by attending seminars hosted by the Japanese Association for Emergency Nursing. Additional points can be earned by serving as an instructor or lecturer.
* Seminar points: See separate sheet
(updated September 10, 2024).
* Seminar-attendance points: Since in-person courses were discontinued for three years due to COVID-19, as a remedial measure, points covering a period of five years + three years (from October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2024) will be added.
* The following nurses will be exempt from applying for seminar attendance points:
Certified emergency nurses, certified intensive care nurses, certified critical care nurses, certified pediatric emergency nurses, certified nurse specialists in acute and critical care nursing, certified nurse specialists in acute and critical care, those who have completed a specialized training program for specific medical procedures, and clinical nurse practitioners
- A headshot (updated September 13, 2024)
- Application form
- Log in to the portal site, go to the Association-Certified Emergency Nurse system, and apply through the ▷ Submit application form.
*URL for submission of the Association-Certified Emergency Nurse system, application form: https://www.jaen.or.jp/portal/ccen/regist
* An application form screen will be displayed after the open application period starts.
* Please see “Your guide to submitting your application for document review for the Association-Certified Emergency Nurse System.” - Examination grading fee
- 10,000 yen
- Grading results
- The results are planned to be announced by early November.
Written examination • Updated November 25, 2024
Fiscal year 2025 (implemented annually)
- Applicants who qualify to take the examination
- Individuals who have passed the document review
- Date of written examination
- Saturday, January 11, 2025, from 12:00 to 14:00
* Only applicants who have passed the document review will be able to take the written exam. - Examination venue
- Vision Center Shinagawa
Keikyu No. 7 Building, 2nd and 3rd floors, 4-10-8 Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0074, Japan
- Announcement of results
- Around March 2025
- Registration fee
- 2,000 yen
- Certificate issuance date
- April 1, 2025
Period of validity of the Association Certification and how to renew it
The period of validity of an Association-Certified Emergency Nurse is from the date of certification issuance to March 31 of the fiscal year corresponding to five years after the year of certification issuance.
- Renewal review fee: 4,000 yen
- Registration fee: None
- The duration of five years for certification renewal is under consideration
- Document review
- Clinical experience of 1,000 hours or more
- Clinical experience refers to nursing practice in emergency nursing departments such as emergency initial treatment, emergency outpatient departments, emergency wards, intensive care units, etc., excluding the operating room and NICU.
- Hours experienced in training, etc., will also be added as direct nursing practice.
- Ten or more self-improvement points earned through participation in training, academic meetings, etc
- Attendance at seminars hosted by the Japanese Association for Emergency Nursing
- Participation in seminars hosted by the Japanese Association for Emergency Nursing as a lecturer or instructor
- Attendance at scientific meetings
- Attending annual meetings held by the Japanese Association for Emergency Nursing (2 points)
- Attending annual meetings held by the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine, meetings held by the Japanese Society for Emergency Medicine, and regional meetings held by the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine (Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kinki, Chugoku/Shikoku, and Kyushu) (1 point)
Membership to the Association
Membership information change/withdraw