CCRN Adult Review Study Guide PDF | 100 Practice Questions | Hemodynamics, Synergy Model | Critical Care ICU Nurse Printable

Study for the CCRN the way the exam is weighted: hemodynamics, priorities, classic traps, and the Synergy Model that most guides skip.

This 71-page review guide is made for working ICU nurses preparing for the CCRN (Adult) certification exam. It follows the current AACN test plan (effective November 2025) and covers every blueprint domain, with the most space on the topics worth the most points. Every page has tables, priority boxes, exam traps and memory tricks, written in plain language. I'm Anna, RN, BSN, PHN, a nurse educator who has been helping nurses pass their exams through NurseStudy.Net since 2012.

What's Inside

• About the exam: format, eligibility in brief, blueprint table and what changed in the 2025 test plan
• 8-week study plan, test-day strategy, and how CCRN questions think
• Hemodynamics: PA catheter values and waveforms, CO/CI/SVR, leveling and damping, wedge safety
• Drug effects on preload, afterload and contractility, shock states side by side, and a profile drill
• IABP timing and complications, Impella, ECMO and LVAD basics
• ACS and lead territories, dysrhythmias, ACLS and post-ROSC care, heart failure, cardiomyopathy, tamponade, endocarditis, aortic dissection, cardiac surgery, valves
• ABGs, ventilator modes and alarms, ARDS and prone positioning, PE, chest tubes, chest trauma, COPD and asthma
• DKA vs HHS, DI vs SIADH vs cerebral salt wasting, adrenal crisis, thyroid storm, electrolytes
• DIC, HIT, TTP, transfusion reactions, massive transfusion, tumor lysis syndrome
• GI bleed and varices, pancreatitis, liver failure, abdominal compartment syndrome
• AKI, CRRT modes and citrate, pressure injury and skin failure
• ICP and CPP, EVDs, TBI, brain death, stroke, SAH and vasospasm, status epilepticus, spinal cord injury, GBS, myasthenic crisis
• Delirium, sedation, alcohol withdrawal, PICS and safety
• Sepsis and septic shock, trauma, burns, toxicology and antidotes, thermoregulation, end-of-life care
• The AACN Synergy Model made simple: patient characteristics, nurse competencies, ethics, and a scenario drill
• Must-know numbers page and all memory tricks on one page
• 100 original CCRN-style practice questions with rationales, grouped by domain
• Score-yourself page and a printable miss log
• Hyperlinked: clickable contents page and bookmarks

Good For

• ICU and critical care nurses preparing for the CCRN (Adult) exam
• Nurses renewing CCRN by exam
• Progressive care and ED nurses who want a deep critical care review
• Nurse educators and preceptors

Details

• Instant digital download
• One PDF, 71 pages
• US letter size, 8.5 x 11 in
• Print at home or use on your iPad or tablet in GoodNotes or Notability

Please Note

• This is a digital product. Nothing will be shipped.
• Due to the nature of digital files, all sales are final.
• For personal use only. Please do not share or resell.
• This guide is for exam study and is not medical advice. Always follow your facility's policies, protocols and provider orders.

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