Acute and Critical Care Nursing Adult (CCRN-A)
Certifying Body:  American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN)

CCRN Exam Handbook:
CCRN Exam Bibliography, October 2022 - Page 28
 

A Nurse’s Guide to Professional Boundaries (brochure). National Council of State Boards of Nursing website. 2018.

AACN Practice Alert: Assessment and management of delirium across the life span. Crit Care Nurse. 2017;37(2):112.

AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

 AACN Standards for Establishing and Sustaining Healthy Work Environments: A Journey to Excellence. 2nd ed. Aliso Viejo, CA: AACN; 2016.

American Heart Association. 2015 AHA Guidelines. Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. Circulation. 2015;132(suppl 2): S315–S367.

Baird MS. Manual of Critical Care Nursing: Nursing Interventions and Collaborative Management. 7th ed. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier; 2016. (Request newest edition through Document Delivery.)

Banasik JL, Copstead L. Pathophysiology. 6th ed. St. Louis, MO: Saunders/Elsevier; 2019.

Bryant R, Nix D. Acute and Chronic Wounds: Current Management Concepts. 5th ed. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier; 2016. (Request newest edition through Document Delivery.)

Burns SM, Delgado SA. AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing. 4th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2019.

Burns SM, Delgado SA. AACN Essentials of Progressive Care Nursing. 4th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2019.

Cavanaugh T, Hopwood R, Gonzalez A, Thompson J. The Medical Care of Transgender Persons. Boston, MA: Fenway Health; 2015. 

Czarnecki ML, Turner HN, eds. Core Curriculum for Pain Management Nursing. 3rd ed. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier; 2018. (Request newest edition through Document Delivery.)

Dossey BM, Keegan L. Holistic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice. 7th ed. Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett; 2016. (Request through Document Delivery.)

Edmonson C, Bolick B, Lee J. A moral imperative for nurse leaders: Addressing incivility and bullying in health care. Nurse Leader. Feb. 2017;15(1):40-44.

Fowler M. Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses: With Interpretive Statements: Development, Interpretation, and Application. 2nd ed. Silver Spring, MD: American Nurses Association; 2015.

Good VS, Kirkwood PL, eds. AACN Advanced Critical Care Nursing. 2nd ed. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier; 2018.

Gorski LA, Hadaway L, Hagle M, McGoldrick M, Orr M, Doellman D. Infusion therapy standards of practice. J Infus Nurs. 2016;39(suppl 1):S1-S159.

Hagstrom S. Evaluating application of research findings to new settings and populations. AACN Adv Crit Care. Winter 2017;28(4):377-383. DOI: 10.4037/aacnacc2017100

Hardin SR, Kaplow R. Cardiac Surgery Essentials for Critical Care Nursing. 3rd ed. Burlington MA: Jones & Bartlett; 2020.

Hardin SR. Kaplow R. Synergy for Clinical Excellence: The AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care. 2nd ed. Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett; 2017. (Please request through Document Delivery.)

Hartjes TM, ed. Core Curriculum for High Acuity, Progressive, and Critical Care Nursing. 7th ed. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier; 2018.

Hickey JV, Strayer AL. The Clinical Practice of Neurological and Neurosurgical Nursing. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2020.

Hiler CS, Hickman RL, Reimer AP, Wilson K. Predictors of moral distress in a US sample of critical care nurses. Am J Crit Care. 2018 Jan;27(1):59-66.

LaSala CA, Bjarnason D. Creating workplace environments that support moral courage. OJIN. 2010;15(3):Manuscript 4.

Lough ME. Hemodynamic Monitoring: Evolving Technologies and Clinical Practice. St. Louis, MO: Mosby/Elsevier; 2016. (Request through Document Delivery.)

Maher LLM. Care of the Obese in Advanced Practice Nursing: Communication, Assessment, and Treatment.
New York, NY: Springer; 2016.

Marino P. The ICU Book. 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2014.

Mehta LS, Beckie TM, DeVon HA, et al. Acute Myocardial Infarction in Women: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2016;133:916-947.

Meiner SE, Yeager JJ. Gerontological Nursing. 6th ed. St. Louis, MO: Mosby/Elsevier; 2019. (This link is to an older edition - please request through Document Delivery.)

Morton PG, Fontaine DK. Critical Care Nursing: A Holistic Approach. 11th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2018. (Please request through Document Delivery.)

Pagana KD, Pagana TJ, Pagana TN. Mosby’s Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference. 14th ed. St. Louis, MO: Mosby/Elsevier; 2019.

Parrillo JE, Dellinger RP. Critical Care Medicine: Principles of Diagnosis and Management in the Adult. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2019.

Skidmore-Roth L. Mosby’s 2020 Nursing Drug Reference. 33rd ed. St. Louis, MO: Mosby/Elsevier; 2020.

Smith EM. Andragogy – Adult Learning Theory (Knowles). Learning Theories website. 

Sole ML, Klein DG, Moseley M. Introduction to Critical Care Nursing. 7th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders; 2017.

Sweet V, Foley A, eds. Sheehy’s Emergency Nursing: Principles and Practice. 7th ed. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier; 2020.

Sweigart E. Compassion fatigue, burnout, and neonatal abstinence syndrome. Neonatal Network. 2017;36(1):7-11.

Tamburri LM. Creating healthy work environments for second victims of adverse events. AACN Adv Crit Care. Winter 2017;28(4):366-374.

TeamSTEPPS Fundamentals Course: Module 6. Mutual Support. Content last reviewed July 2018. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Rockville, MD. 

Urden LD, Stacy KM, Lough, ME. Critical Care Nursing: Diagnosis and Management. 8th ed. St. Louis, MO: Mosby/Elsevier; 2018.

Wiegand DJ, ed. AACN Procedure Manual for High Acuity, Progressive, and Critical Care. 7th ed. St. Louis, MO: Saunders/Elsevier; 2017.