Adult Critical Care Specialty SAE (Form 2018)

You cannot retake the test after completion.

This is a 150-item online self-assessment examination (SAE) that mirrors content and complexity specifications for the NBRC's Adult Critical Care Specialist Examination. Developed by the examination committee, the SAE helps prepare examination candidates, credentialed practitioners, and students who want to measure and improve test performance.

The actual Adult Critical Care Specialist Examination contains a total of 170 items (150 scored items and 20 pretest items). The self-assessment examination does not contain any pretest items.

When you finish this self-assessment examination, you will receive a report that provides the text of each item from the examination along with an explanation for each option. The explanation for each option starts with a code that defines the intent behind the option. Option codes are defined below and will be included in the post-test Feedback Report.

h = a response that could harm the patient
u = a response that is not correct
a = a response that could be acceptable, but is not the best among the four options
c = the response that is the best among the four options and credited as correct
e = a response that engages thinking about ethics

ATTENTION: By accessing this examination, you agree not to reproduce, distribute, disclose, offer for sale, or sell any portion of these copyrighted National Board for Respiratory Care, Inc. materials in any format. Failure to comply with these terms may result in disciplinary action by the National Board for Respiratory Care, Inc. including loss of your credential, losing your ability to retake an examination, and/or legal action related to copyright infringement.

To take this test on the web you must have the following:

• A compatible internet browser such as the current version of Edge, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Other browsers may or may not work.
• Cookies and scripting must be enabled.
• Pop-up blocking must be disabled.

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