AACN Certification Corporation · Adult CCRN Test Plan effective for examinations taken on and after November 12, 2025, verified in the July 2026 CCRN Exam Handbook—Direct Care Eligibility Pathway. Reviewed for 2026-10-11, Asia/Hong_Kong. The workbook label 'Critical Care Registered Nurse' maps to the CCRN certification brand; AACN expressly states that CCRN is not an acronym for that phrase. This preview explicitly covers the verified adult examination, since the workbook label does not specify a patient population. The assigned slug is preserved.

This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.

• Frequently Asked Questions: CCRN Certification (Direct Care Pathway)
• CCRN (Adult) – Direct Care Eligibility Pathway
• CCRN Exam Handbook—Direct Care, July 2026
• Adult CCRN Test Plan
• Revised CCRN Certification Exams Launch Nov. 12, 2025
• 2025 Adult Tachyarrhythmia With a Pulse Algorithm
• Part 9: Adult Advanced Life Support—2025 AHA Guidelines
• 2025 ESC Guidelines for the Management of Myocarditis and Pericarditis
• An Update on Management of Adult Patients with ARDS: An Official ATS Clinical Practice Guideline, 2024
• ATS/ESICM/SCCM Guideline: Mechanical Ventilation in Adult Patients with ARDS, 2017
• Hyperglycemic Crises in Adults With Diabetes: A Consensus Report, 2024
• ASH Guidelines: Diagnosis and Management of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
• KDIGO Acute Kidney Injury and Acute Kidney Disease
• KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for Acute Kidney Injury, 2012
• ACG Guideline Highlights: Acute Pancreatitis, 2024
• Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines for the Management of Severe TBI, Fourth Edition
• SCCM PADIS Guidelines, 2018
• A Focused Update to SCCM PADIS Guidelines for Adult Patients, 2025
• AAOS Management of Acute Compartment Syndrome Clinical Practice Guideline, 2025
• 2022 AHA/ASA Guideline for Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
• Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock, 2026
• CDC Summary of Recommendations: Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections
• The AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care
• AHRQ: Use the Teach-Back Method—Tool 5
• ANA Position Statement: Nursing Care and Do-Not-Resuscitate Decisions, 2020
• Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) and Acute Kidney Disease (AKD) – KDIGO
• AHA Get With The Guidelines: Intracerebral Hemorrhage Measures
• niv-guidelines.pdf
• 16. Diabetes Care in the Hospital: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2026 - PMC
• Repositioning — International Guideline
• An Update on Management of Adult Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline - PMC
• patient-ventilator-assessment-aarc-cpg.pdf
• The_Berlin_ARDS_Definition_(JAMA_ARDS_Definition_Task_Force_2012).pdf
• Hyperglycaemic%20Crisis%20Global%20Consensus.pdf
• Management of suspected reactions | Australian Red Cross Lifeblood