National Certification Corporation (NCC) · NCC 2026 Candidate Guide: Neonatal Neuro-Intensive Care (C-NNIC), examination content and competencies on pages 7–9, supplemented by study-guide topics on pages 10–15. Verified on 2026-10-11. The guide identifies its edition as 2026 but does not state a separate blueprint effective date. The workbook label matches the official examination name; 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.

• NCC: Neonatal Neuro-Intensive Care (C-NNIC)
• 2026 Candidate Guide: Neonatal Neuro-Intensive Care (C-NNIC)
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• CAHS: Subgaleal Haemorrhage Detection and Management in the Newborn
• Canadian Paediatric Society: Imaging the term neonatal brain
• Canadian Paediatric Society: Routine imaging of the preterm neonatal brain
• ILAE Task Force: Treatment of seizures in the neonate—2023 guidelines and consensus-based recommendations
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• Nationwide Children's Hospital: Neonatal Seizures Evaluation and Management Clinical Pathway
• AAP: Guidance on Therapeutic Hypothermia Treatment for HIE Updated
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• Canadian Paediatric Society: Neuroprotection from acute brain injury in preterm infants
• Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne: Apnoea (neonatal)
• Canadian Paediatric Society: Managing pain in newborns—A multidimensional approach
• Canadian Paediatric Society: Skin-to-skin care for term and preterm infants
• Canadian Paediatric Society: Follow-up care of the extremely preterm infant after discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit
• Canadian Paediatric Society: Goals of care conversations and advance care planning for paediatric patients living with serious illness
• AAP: How to Keep Your Sleeping Baby Safe—AAP Policy Explained
• Cochrane Handbook, Chapter 6: Choosing effect measures and computing estimates of effect
• The generation of vertebral segmental patterning in the chick embryo
• FDA: MRI Benefits and Risks
• Canadian Paediatric Society: The screening and management of newborns at risk for low blood glucose
• 2025 AHA/AAP Guidelines: Part 5—Neonatal Resuscitation
• Cochrane Handbook, Chapter 15: Interpreting results and drawing conclusions
• Tsuchida-ACNSStandardizedEEGTerminologyforthedescriptionofcEEGinneonates2013.pdf
• Exam Detail - National Certification Corporation
• Guideline-16.pdf
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