PCCN Adult Review Study Guide PDF | 100 Practice Questions | Rhythm Strips, Synergy Model | Progressive Care Step Down Nurse Printable

Study for the PCCN the way the exam is weighted: rhythms, early warning signs, the drugs to hold, and the Synergy Model that most guides skip.

This 71-page review guide is made for working progressive care, step-down and telemetry nurses preparing for the PCCN (Adult) certification exam. It follows the current AACN test plan 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, with a focus on what progressive care nurses do best: catching problems early and knowing when to escalate. 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, and the current blueprint table
• 8-week study plan, test-day strategy, and how PCCN questions think
• Spot it early, escalate fast: warning signs, rapid response triggers, SBAR
• Telemetry basics: measuring intervals, QTc, choosing the right monitoring lead
• 18 labeled rhythm strips from sinus to lethal, plus an 8-strip rhythm drill
• ACLS summary, atrial fibrillation, antiarrhythmics and QT-prolonging drugs
• ACS and lead territories, care after MI, cardiac cath and PCI complications
• Pacemakers, ICDs and wearable defibrillators, with malfunction strips
• Hemodynamic monitoring and shock, heart failure and GDMT, cardiomyopathy and Takotsubo, tamponade, valves, TAVR, LVAD, post-cardiac surgery care
• Hypertensive crisis, aortic dissection, PAD and acute limb ischemia
• ABGs, oxygen devices, BiPAP and CPAP, trachs, COPD, asthma, pneumonia, PE, pulmonary hypertension, OSA, chest tubes
• DKA vs HHS, insulin, DI vs SIADH, thyroid storm, adrenal crisis
• Anticoagulant reversal, HIT, transfusion reactions, Guillain-Barré
• Stroke and lytic BP limits, seizures, TBI, delirium and encephalopathy
• GI bleed, cirrhosis, pancreatitis, C. diff, nutrition and refeeding syndrome
• AKI, dialysis and electrolytes
• Sepsis, anaphylaxis, HAIs and precautions, pain, palliative care, pressure injuries, overdose and withdrawal, behavioral health
• 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 PCCN-style practice questions with rationales, grouped by domain
• Score-yourself page and a printable miss log
• Hyperlinked: clickable contents page and bookmarks

Good For

• Progressive care, step-down, telemetry and intermediate care nurses preparing for the PCCN (Adult) exam
• Nurses renewing PCCN by exam
• Med-surg and cardiac nurses moving into progressive care
• 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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