A focused study guide and independent practice test for AACN’s pediatric acute/critical care nursing certification, organized around its current Direct Care blueprint. These are independent learning materials, not official exam questions or a pass prediction.
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AACN Certification Corporation · Pediatric CCRN Test Plan in AACN's CCRN Exam Handbook—Direct Care Eligibility Pathway, July 2026; pediatric section effective November 19, 2025. The workbook label 'Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Nurse (CCRN-Pediatric)' maps to the official CCRN (Pediatric) acute/critical care nursing certification. 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.
- CCRN (Pediatric)—Direct Care Eligibility Pathway
- CCRN Exam Handbook—Direct Care, July 2026
- CCRN Exam Handbook—Direct Care, July 2026, frozen retrieval
- Pediatric CCRN Test Plan
- Revised CCRN Certification Exams Launch Nov. 12, 2025
- AACN credential transition announcement
- 2025 AHA/AAP Guidelines: Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- Royal Children's Hospital: Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Cincinnati Children's: Ventricular Septal Defect
- Royal Children's Hospital: Acute Asthma
- Royal Children's Hospital: Bronchiolitis
- Royal Children's Hospital Trauma Service: Chest Injury
- Royal Children's Hospital: Diabetic Ketoacidosis
- Royal Children's Hospital: Hyperkalaemia
- Royal Children's Hospital: Adverse Effects of Transfusion
- eviQ: Prevention of Tumour Lysis Syndrome
- Royal Children's Hospital: Pressure Injury Prevention and Management
- Royal Children's Hospital Trauma Service: Head Injury
- Royal Children's Hospital: Seizures—Acute Management
- Royal Children's Hospital: Neurovascular Observations
- Surviving Sepsis Campaign: Sepsis and Septic Shock in Children, 2026
- Royal Children's Hospital: Burns—Acute Management
- Royal Children's Hospital: Anaphylaxis
- Royal Children's Hospital: Nasogastric and Orogastric Tube Insertion and Management
- AHRQ TeamSTEPPS: Teach-Back
- AHRQ: Delivering the Re-Engineered Discharge to Diverse Populations
- AHRQ TeamSTEPPS: SBAR
- AHRQ TeamSTEPPS: Check-Back
- The AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care
- AHRQ Health Literacy Toolkit, Third Edition: Include Family and Friends
CCRN (Pediatric)
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A 10-year-old develops a regular narrow-complex tachycardia at 210 beats/min with abrupt onset. P waves are not clearly identifiable. The child is alert, normotensive, and has strong pulses and normal capillary refill. Which initial management is most appropriate?
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