HESI RN SPECIALTY CRITICAL

CARE EXAM BLUEPRINT

1.Critical Care/Fundamentals/Pathophysiology - Basic Nursing

Skills/Safety - Hypertension crisis

2. Critical Care/Professional Issues - Nursing Process - ICP monitoring

3.Critical Care/Fundamentals/Professional Issues - Basic

Nursing Skills/Safety/Nursing Process - IV access

4.Critical Care/Fundamentals/Professional Issues/Pharmacology -

Med Administration/Basic Nursing Skills/Math/Intravenous meds/Safe

administration/IV calculations/Safety/IV calculations/Nursing

Process/Cardiac Drugs/Administration and Dosing - IV-mg/min to

ml/hour-bretylium (or lidocaine or amiodarone)

5. Critical Care - Cardiovascular – PAWP (wedge) - dampened waveform

6.Critical Care/Fundamentals/Pathophysiology/Professional

Issues - Basic Nursing Skills/ Safety/ Nursing Process - Aortic

aneurysm repair

7.Critical Care/Fundamentals/Pathophysiology/Professional Issues

- Basic Nursing Skills/

Hygiene/Safety/Legal/Ethical/Leadership/Research/Theory -

ARDS-VAP

8.Critical Care/Pathophysiology/Professional Issues/Medical Surgical -

Nursing Process - Cardiac tamponade-Beck's triad

9.Critical Care/Fundamentals/Pathophysiology - Basic Nursing

Skills/Safety - Encephalitis-ICP monitoring

10.Critical Care/Fundamentals - Basic Nursing Skills/Safety -

Endotracheal tube

11.Critical Care/Fundamentals/Pathophysiology/Professional

Issues/Medical Surgical - Basic Nursing

Skills/Nutrition/Safety/Nursing Process - Esophageal varices

12.Critical Care/Fundamentals/Professional Issues/Medical

Surgical/Pharmacology - Med Administration/Basic Nursing

Skills/Math/Intravenous meds/Safe administration/IV

calculations/Safety/IV calculations/Nursing Process/Cardiac

Drugs/Administration and Dosing - IV-ml/hr-Lidocaine

13.Critical

Care/Fundamentals/Geriatrics/Pathophysiology/Professional Issues/

Medical Surgical/ Pharmacology - Basic Nursing Skills/Safety/Nursing

Process/Respiratory Drugs/Nursing action - Mechanical ventilationextubation

14.Critical Care/Fundamentals/Pathophysiology/Professional

Issues/Pharmacology - Basic Nursing Skills/Safety/Leadership/Cardiac

Drugs/Endocrine Drugs/Administration and Dosing/ Nursing

action/Administration and Dosing/Nursing action - MODS-

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hyperglycemia

15.Critical Care/Fundamentals/Pathophysiology/Professional

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