Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse CRRN Exam Information, study tips, study guide and flash cards

To register, candidates will have to mail completed forms to Castle Worldwide INC. Attention: CRRN Examination, P O Box 570, Morrisville, NC 27560, 919/572-6880
Candidates whose applications were approved (application approval takes approximately 15 days), receive an email with a website link containing information about the exam schedule.
Scheduling the exam date will be based on availability of space at the exam test centers.
The exam is held twice a year in June and December.
The application deadline for exams held in June expires on April 15th and October 15th is the deadline for December registration.

Eligibility

• Candidates must posses a valid, current and unrestricted nursing license.
• Candidates must have successfully completed one of the following:
• Two years experience as a professional nurse in rehabilitation nursing setting within the past five years prior to applying for the exam.
Or, one year as a practice professional rehabilitation nurse and one year of advanced rehabilitation nursing study (beyond BA) within five years prior to applying for the exam.

Exam Fees

The CRRN exam fee is $235 for members of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses and $340 for non-members.

• The Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse exam is made up of 175 multiple-choice questions.
• 25 of these questions are pre-test questions not used to calculate the final score while 150 questions are actual exam questions.
• The total time allotted for the examination is 3 hours.

Exam Contents

Legislative, economic, ethical, and legal issues (21%)
Functional health patterns: Theories, physiology, assessment, standards of care, and interventions in individuals with injury, chronic illness, and disability (33%)
The function of the rehabilitation team and community re-entry (35%)
Rehabilitation nursing models and theories (11%)

Other Information

• The CRRN certification is valid for five years.
• During this time, holders of the certification are required to have accumulated 60 hours in continuing education in rehabilitation nursing and should work for at least 2 years as a rehabilitation nurse.
• Address questions and enquiries to RNCB at 800-229-7530.
• Groups of more than three candidates can qualify for group discount of $25 per candidate. Groups must mail in their applications in the same envelope to qualify.

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