Adult Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist Examination CCNS Test Preparation Study Guide

A clinical nurse specialist (CNS) is a master's degree in nursing certification. CNSs are clinical experts in a specialized area of nursing and in the delivery of evidence-based nursing interventions. CNSs work with other nurses to enhance their nursing practices, improve outcomes, and provide clinical expertise to improve programs of care. The Critical Care Nurse Specialist is a relatively new certification program that enables Clinical Nurse Specialists to care for critically ill patients. This certification shows that the candidate has received additional training and is certified in this field of care for both adult and pediatric patients.

Format Of Adult Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist Examination (CCNS):

The CCNS exam is broken down into two parts- 78% of the questions pertaining to patients of all ages, while 22% questions pertaining to either adult or pediatric patients. There are 175 questions in this examination. Of these, 150 are scored questions and 25 questions are not scored . Following content areas are covered in the examination:

Mental Health Science

37 questions from this this section are included in the examination, which constitutes 24.67% the whole exam.

Advanced Practice Nursing

This field constitutes 30% of the examination and has 45 questions in all.

Organization/Network/Health System

This section constitutes 11.33% of the examination and 17 questions are asked from this category.

Basic and Applied Science

23 questions from this this section are included in the examination, which constitutes 15.33% the whole exam

Application of Research

This section constitutes 6.67% of the examination and 10 questions are asked from this category

Education

This field constitutes 4.67% of the examination and has 7 questions in all

Professional Attributes

This section has a total constituency of 7.33% in the exam with a total of 11 questions included from this section.