Conquer the Pediatric CCRN Exam is a focused study guide for nurses preparing for pediatric critical care certification. The guide reviews clinical judgment and the assessment, monitoring, and management principles involved in caring for critically ill infants, children, and adolescents.
Coverage includes pediatric critical care assessment, hemodynamic monitoring and shock, congenital heart disease, heart failure and cardiomyopathy, dysrhythmias, pediatric airway management and respiratory failure, mechanical ventilation, pulmonary disorders, diabetes and endocrine emergencies, hematologic disorders, gastrointestinal and hepatic emergencies, renal disorders, and neurologic emergencies.
Additional chapters address trauma and burns, postoperative cardiac care, respiratory procedures and monitoring, ECMO and mechanical circulatory support, multisystem organ dysfunction, pediatric pharmacology, sedation and analgesia, nutrition, fluid and electrolyte management, infectious disease and sepsis, oncology and immunology, family-centered critical care, behavioral and psychosocial emergencies, quality and safety, and professional and ethical practice.
Published by Conquer Vocational Press®, this guide is independently authored and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any certification authority or testing organization. It is intended as a focused review resource to reinforce important concepts and supplement broader preparation, formal instruction, and clinical experience.