For the Rapids City Times

WISCONSIN RAPIDS – Rochelle Anderson-Tesch, BSN, RN, CEN, recently earned the designation of Certified Emergency Nurse. Anderson-Tesch is an emergency charge nurse at Aspirus Riverview Hospital in Wisconsin Rapids.

Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) is a specialized certification that is achieved by a registered nurse who has demonstrated expertise in emergency nursing by passing an examination by the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing. The CEN designation is a measure of a nurse’s knowledge, skills, and clinical judgment. It is a mark of excellence that distinguishes the nurse as being at the top of the emergency nursing profession. About 38,000 registered nurses in the United States hold the CEN certification.

Anderson-Tesch has been a registered nurse for 25 years. For the past 12 years, she has served as an emergency charge nurse at Aspirus Riverview Hospital. She also serves as coordinator of Aspirus Riverview’s Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program. Anderson-Tesch earned her bachelor of science in nursing degree from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire.