AACN CCRN-Neonatal Acute/Critical Care Nursing

Critical Care Nursing Neonatal Certification Exam 

CCRN Neonatal is a specialty certification exam for nurses who provide direct care to critically ill neonatal patients. After completing this nursing certification they may work in departments such as NICUs, Cardiac Care Units, combined ICUs, surgical ICUs, and trauma units. The AACN-CCRN Neonatal nursing certification costs $250 for AACN members and $365 for nonmembers. Moreover, the CCRN Neonatal exam consists of 150 multiple choice questions, of which 125 are scored and the remaining 25 are not scored. The CCRN Neonatal exam is created by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. However, this nursing certification checks the ability and knowledge of these nurses. 

Exam Topics:

• Cardiovascular (10%)
• Endocrine (4%)
• Gastrointestinal (7%)
• Hematology and Immunology (4%)
• Multisystem (11%)
• Neurology (6%)
• Pulmonary (36%)
• Renal (2%)
• Advocacy and Moral Agency (2%)
• Caring Practices (4%)
• Collaboration (4%)
• Clinical Inquiry (2%)
• Facilitation of Learning (4%)
• Handling Diversity (2%)
• Systems Thinking (2%)

Candidates get 3 hours to complete the exam. They need to score 70% or 88 correct answers to pass the certification exam. 

Eligibility

• The candidate should have completed U.S. and Canadian Based critical care nurse practice facilities on U.S based standards. 
• An individual must be a registered nurse with no restrictions on their license of any type in order to take the CCRN Neonatal Exam. 
• The applicant must have completed at least 1,750 hours of prenatal care-related work in an acute care setting, 875 hours of which must have been accomplished in the year before the applicant's application.
• Candidates who worked as a manager, educators, preceptors, or APRNs are also allowed to take this certification exam.
• After completing the eligibility you can register yourself for this certification and take the exam on both online and onsite platforms. 
• These are able to be verified by your clinical supervisor or another expert (RN or physician). If you are chosen for an audit, your contact information must be submitted in order to verify your eligibility with regard to clinical hour
• Our website will help you to pass the exam on the first attempt. Our course has relevant exam topics in PDF formats. The practice exam will help you to understand better.