Exam Blueprint Overview

• Clinical Judgment (80 percent): Integrated assessment and management of high acuity cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, hematology, GI, renal, integumentary, neurologic, multisystem and psychosocial problems in adult ICU patients.
• Cardiovascular: ACS, cardiogenic shock, heart failure, dysrhythmias, invasive hemodynamics, valve disease, tamponade, aortic syndromes and post cardiac surgery complications.
• Respiratory: Ventilator modes, ARDS lung protective strategies, acute respiratory failure, COPD/asthma, pneumonia/VAP, PE, pleural emergencies and ABG interpretation.
• Endocrine/Heme/GI/Renal/Integumentary: DKA, HHS, thyroid and adrenal crisis, DIC, HIT, GI bleed, pancreatitis, hepatic failure, AKI, CRRT, electrolyte derangements, burns and wound complications.
• Neurologic & Multisystem: Stroke, TBI, seizures, delirium, sepsis, septic shock, SIRS/MODS, trauma, hypothermia, toxicologic emergencies and transplant complications.
• Professional Caring & Ethical Practice (20 percent): Ethics, advocacy, communication, collaboration, leadership, diversity, EBP, systems thinking and safety culture in the ICU.