Description
The CBN Certification Committee is dedicated to enhancing and promoting the specialty of bariatric nursing care by maintaining the CBN certification program.
Chair
- William F. Gourash, RN, CRNP, PhD
Co-Chair
- Jessie M. Moore, MSN, APRN
IHEC Liaison
- Christine Bauer, MSN, RN, CBN
Accreditation
- Vicky Blackard, RN, CBN (Leader)
- James D. Meyer BS, RN, CBN
- Sharon Hillgartner, APRN, WHNP-BC, CBN
- Payal Sharma, RN, CBN
Exam Development
- Ruth M. Davis, RN, BSN, MBA (Leader)
- Alice J. Jackson NP-C, CBN
- Cheryl L. Holsworth, RN, BSN, MSA, CBN
- Maureen T. Quigley, APRN
- Mara Berman, MBA, BSN, RN, CNOR
Examination Preparation
- Bobbie Lou Price, BSN, RN, CBN (Leader)
- Barbara L. Lawrence, RN, MEd
- Christine C. Bauer, MSN, RN, CBN
Financial
- William Gourash, RN, CRNP, PhD
- Tracy Martinez, BSN, RN, CBN
- Bobbie Lou Price, BSN, RN, CBN
- Jessie Moore, MSN, APRN
Marketing/Feasibility
- Narelle M. Story, RN, MSN, CBN
Policy and Procedure
- Ann Couch, RN, CBN, CPC (Leader)
- Tara Reed, RN, CBN
- Marcela Montemayor, RN, CBN
Practice Analysis
- Susan Dugan, RN, BSN (Leader)
- Teresa R. Fraker, RN, BSN, MS
Recertification
- Carrie Norcutt, MSN, RN, PHN, CBN
- Wanda Szymanski, BSN, RN, CBN
- Ron Permenter, RN, CBN
- Nicole Forryan, MS, RN
Other Discipline Credentialing
- William Gourash, RN, CRNP, PhD
- Jessie Moore, MSN, APRN
International (new)
Projects
Promotion of the CBN program to members and nonmembers
Continue recertifying existing CBN members
Work toward accreditation of the CBN Program