Independent CRRN Study Guide for Rehab Nurses

• ▸ Mapping the CRRN Content Outline to the Chapters of This Book
• ▸ Building a Weekly Study Schedule That Survives Shift Rotations
• ▸ Using Practice-Test Analytics and Answer Rationales to Focus Your Study
• ▸ Integrating Audiobooks, Flashcards, and Self-Assessment Into a Coherent Plan

• ▸ Roy Adaptation Model, Working with Stimuli, Adaptation Levels, and the Four Adaptive Modes
• ▸ Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory, Titrating Nurse and Patient Effort in ADL Training
• ▸ Comparing Neuman, King, and Roper-Logan-Tierney for Rehabilitation Settings
• ▸ Turning Theoretical Constructs Into Nursing Interventions and Outcome Criteria

• ▸ A Complete Walkthrough of the Functional Health Patterns Framework
• ▸ Gathering Data in the Health Perception, Health Management, and Values-Belief Patterns
• ▸ Choosing Standardized Functional Measures, FIM, Barthel Index, and WeeFIM
• ▸ Interpreting Functional Scores to Build a Rehabilitation Problem List
• ▸ Writing Functional, Measureable Goals That Align with the Care Plan

• ▸ Step-by-Step Transfer Techniques, Bed to Chair, Squat-Pivot, Sliding Board, and Mechanical Lift
• ▸ Gait Retraining with Assistive Devices, Sequencing, Weight Bearing, and Device Selection
• ▸ One-Handed ADL Retraining and Energy Conservation Techniques
• ▸ Wheelchair Setup, Mobility Training, and Pressure Relief Strategies
• ▸ Using Fall Risk Scores and Environmental Rounds to Prevent Falls
• ▸ Training with Orthoses and Prostheses, Fitting, Skin Checks, and Functional Use
• ▸ Home Assessment and Adaptive Equipment Prescription for Safe Discharge

• ▸ Classifying Pressure Injuries, NPUAP Staging and Differential Features
• ▸ Pressure Injury Risk Assessment, Braden Scale and Norton Scale in Practice
• ▸ Building a 24-Hour Turning, Repositioning, and Support Surface Plan
• ▸ Wound Bed Preparation, Cleansing, Debridement, and Infection Management
• ▸ Aligning Nutrition, Hydration, and Skin Care in Pressure Injury Healing
• ▸ Selecting Dressings and Support Surfaces by Wound Stage and Exudate Level

• ▸ Upper Versus Lower Motor Neuron Bowel Syndrome, Mechanisms and Implications
• ▸ Creating a Bladder Retraining and Timed Voiding Program
• ▸ The Bowel Management Routine, Stimulation, Suppositories, and Food Timing
• ▸ Clean Intermittent Catheterization, Technique, Schedules, and Troubleshooting
• ▸ Recognizing and Managing Autonomic Dysreflexia During Elimination Procedures
• ▸ Teaching Patients and Families to Run Continence Routines Independently

• ▸ Stroke Rehabilitation Priorities, Motor Recovery, Neglect, and Spasticity
• ▸ Traumatic Brain Injury, Cognitive Retraining and Managing Challenging Behaviors
• ▸ Spinal Cord Injury by Level, Setting Functional Expectations and Training Goals
• ▸ Rehabilitating Progressive Conditions, Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson Disease
• ▸ Selecting and Interpreting Cognitive Assessment Tests, MMSE, MoCA, and Functional Measures
• ▸ Managing Spasticity, Positioning, Splinting, Stretching, and Pharmacologic Options
• ▸ Neurological Safety Protocols, Seizure Precautions, Aspiration Risk, and Skin Checks

• ▸ Dysphagia Screening at the Bedside, Indicators, Tools, and Referral Triggers
• ▸ Implementing Compensatory Swallowing Strategies and Diet Texture Modifications
• ▸ Nutritional Assessment and Support, Oral Intake, Supplements, and Enteral Feeding
• ▸ Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Breathing Retraining, Secretion Clearance, and Inspiratory Muscle Training
• ▸ Ventilator Weaning and Progressive Mobility for the Chronically Ventilated Patient
• ▸ Coordinating Feeding, Oral Care, and Aspiration Prevention Across the Team

• ▸ Cardiac Rehabilitation Phases and Exercise Progression After MI
• ▸ Postoperative Cardiac Surgery Rehab, Precautions, Recovery, and Education
• ▸ Assessing Pain in the Rehabilitation Patient, Tools and Functional Implications
• ▸ Pharmacologic Pain Management, Opioids, Adjuvants, and Rehab-Specific Risks
• ▸ Nonpharmacologic Pain Interventions, Positioning, Modalities, CBT, and Acupuncture
• ▸ Differentiating Neuropathic, Nociceptive, and Central Pain Syndromes

• ▸ Core Rehabilitation Team Members, Roles, Contributions, and Communication Pathways
• ▸ Planning and Running the Interdisciplinary Team Conference
• ▸ Discharge Planning from Admission, A Step-by-Step Process
• ▸ Home Transitions, Equipment Needs, Home Health Referrals, and Outpatient Therapy
• ▸ Transitions to Post-Acute Facilities and Community-Based Programs
• ▸ Structured Family and Caregiver Training for the Next Setting

• ▸ Applying Principlism and the Four-Box Method to Rehabilitation Ethics Cases
• ▸ Assessing Decision-Making Capacity and Securing Informed Consent
• ▸ Advance Directives, Goals of Care, and DNR Orders in Rehab
• ▸ Safeguarding Confidentiality Under HIPAA in Rehab Settings
• ▸ Alternatives to Restraints, Policies, Devices, and Least-Restrictive Care
• ▸ Advocacy in Suspected Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Situations

• ▸ ADA and Accessibility Law, Patient Rights and Facility Obligations
• ▸ Medicare and Medicaid Reimbursement for Rehab Services, A Practical Map
• ▸ Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment and Compliance Rules
• ▸ Preauthorization, Medical Necessity, and Utilization Review in Rehab
• ▸ Using Outcome Data and Quality Scores for Program Improvement
• ▸ Workers' Compensation and Vocational Rehabilitation, Funding and Nurse's Role

• ▸ The CRRN Exam Structure, 175 Questions, Three Hours, and What to Expect at the Testing Center
• ▸ Answering Application-Level Questions with Clinical Reasoning
• ▸ Pacing Techniques for the Three-Hour Exam
• ▸ Practical Preparation, Documents, Logistics, and the Night Before

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