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In-Person Seminar

CCRN® Exam Review (Adult)


Credit Available - See Contact Hours tab below.

Categories:
Certifications |  Critical Care
Speaker:
Kristen Luttenberger, MSN, RN, CCRN-CMC, PCCN, APN-C
Program Type:
Certification Exam Review
Duration:
2-Day Event
Location:
Northside Hospital - Atlanta, Georgia

Dates


Overview

Target Audience

RN, CNS, NP


Course Description

This 2-day course is designed to provide the critical-care nurse with a review of AACN’s core curriculum. Provided in a lecture format, the instructor will review anatomy and physiology, physical assessment (including utilization of non and invasive assessment tools), and pathophysiology in a systems approach. Topics that are discussed include cardiac, respiratory, neurological, renal, endocrine, hematological, gastrointestinal, psychological and legal aspects of care. This review is not an introduction to the environment of the critical-care area but a comprehensive update for the professional already in practice at the critical-care bedside and preparing for the CCRN Certification Exam.

Key Learning Outcome

  • After completing the program, 80% of participants will report an increase in knowledge and confidence necessary to pass the certification exam.

Program Objectives

This program prepares the learner to:

  • Discuss and practice test-taking skills.
  • Review critical anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology of each adult system.
  • List and discuss appropriate diagnostic tools for the identification of critical-care complications.
  • Analyze patient conditions and devise current evidence-based treatment protocols.

Contact Hours


ANCC Approved

ANCC Accredited Provider

 

Contact Hours: 14 (Includes 8 Pharmacology contact Hours)

 

MED-ED, Inc. is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

 

MED-ED, Inc. is an approved provider by the following State Boards of Nursing: Florida/FBN 50-1286 and California #CEP10453.



Course Materials

Speaker

Kristen Luttenberger, MSN, RN, CCRN-CMC, PCCN, APN-C's Profile

Kristen Luttenberger, MSN, RN, CCRN-CMC, PCCN, APN-C Related Seminars and Products

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Kristen’s professional experience includes working as an RN for nearly 25 years in the pediatrics, medical-surgical, telemetry, intensive and coronary care areas. She has served as a nurse educator for her entire career, currently works as a full-time cardiac nurse practitioner and has also been a collegiate adjunct professor. Kristen is currently triple certified with critical care clinical certifications, along with her nurse practitioner license, and prides herself in working with critical care and progressive care nurses at the bedside and sitting for those certification exams every 3 years.

Her entrepreneurial lectures on various evidence-based subject matters focus on a variety of topics, but mostly on the current guidelines and evidence for bedside nurses. She has been published three times on evidence-based improvement projects and was the lead writer for her unit’s Beacon Award, received four times from AACN. Kristen has spoken at the national level on targeted temperature management and on analyzing the laboratory data on infection.


Tuition Details

Please refer to the table below to determine your registration category.

 Registration Categories  Description
General Registrant If your hospital is not listed below please select this category.
Host Registrant
  • Northside Hospital Employees
  • (Northside Hospital Atlanta
  • Northside Hospital Cherokee
  • Northside Hospital Duluth
  • Northside Hospital Forsyth
  • Northside Hospital Gwinnett)

Pass Guarantee

MED-ED is so confident in the quality of our programs and presenters, that we guarantee you’ll pass your certification exam or you will receive a full tuition-refund.

 

We want you to pass! That’s why to qualify for a refund, the exam must be taken within 35 days of the seminar date or On-Demand eLearning, DVD-ROM or Audio CD course purchase date.

To be eligible for the refund, your request must be postmarked or received by our office within 30 days of receipt of your Exam Score Report.

 

*Our Pass Guarantee is not offered for Institutional eLearning orders.

General Information

Tuition Includes

Program Handout, Electronic PowerPoint Slides and CE Certificate.

The Day Of

Sign-in begins at 7:30 am. The day includes a one-hour lunch (on your own), as well as a morning and afternoon break of 15 minutes each. The order of lectures presented and break times may vary according to speaker preference.

Locations

Northside Hospital
5780 Peachtree-Dunwoody Rd.
Classroom 430 A/B
Atlanta, GA 30342

Walk-In Fee

As long as space is available, you can register the day of the seminar with an additional walk-in fee of $15. Please note that only cash, money orders, credit cards and hospital checks are accepted at the door. Personal checks are not accepted.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations received in writing or by phone up to 14 days prior to the seminar will receive a Full Refund. A 10% processing fee will be charged for refunds requested less than 14 days prior to the seminar. Cancellation fee will be waived for tuition transferred to another seminar or if applied to Self-Study products. In the rare event that MED-ED must cancel, MED-ED’s liability is limited to tuition.

Hosting Hospital

Hosting Hospital

Northside Hospital

Northside Hospital

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Location Map

Northside Hospital

5780 Peachtree-Dunwoody Rd., Atlanta, Georgia 30342, United States
www.northside.com

Agenda

Day 1
Date/Time: Thu, Mar 26, 2026 - 08:00 AM to 04:30 PM (EDT)

Contact Hours: 7

Topics Covered

  • Introduction, Test-Taking Strategies, Ethics & Professional Caring | Review of Exam Blueprint
  • Hematology
    Bleeding, Platelet Function and Laboratory Findings in DIC | Blood Replacement | Clotting and Coagulation
  • Cardiac
    Physiology | Anatomy | Coronary Artery Disease | Modalities of Systolic and Diastolic Heart Failure | Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection | Preload, Afterload and Contractility | Heart Rate and Rhythm
  • Endocrine
    DI | SIADH | DKA | HHS | Adrenal Insuffenciency | Thyroid Functioning
  • Gastrointestinal
    Bleeding | Types and Treatment Modalities | Hepatic Function and Liver Failure | Intestinal Ischemia and Infarction | Bowel Function and Nutrition in Critically-Ill Adult

Day 2
Date/Time: Fri, Mar 27, 2026 - 08:00 AM to 04:30 PM (EDT)

Contact Hours: 7

Topics Covered

  • Neurology
    Brain's Use of Oxygen and Glucose | Cerebral Profusion Pressure and Nursing Interventions | Complications of Flow and Hypoxemia in the Brain | Brain and Spinal Cord Injury
  • Renal
    Function and Acute Renal Injury | Mortality Rates | Electrolyte Dysfunction | Treatment Protocols
  • Respiratory
    Chronic Bronchitis | Emphysema | Severe Asthma | Pneumonia | Pulmonary Fibrosis | Pulmonary Hypertension | Trauma | Acid-Base Scale | ABG Differences | Ventilator Changes | Pathophysiology of ARDS vs. Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema | Ventricular Parameters
  • Multisystem and Muscular
    Critical Nursing Assessment | System Failure | Sepsis and Complications of Each Failing System