Resources

From handbooks to live and online classes, discover all of the resources to help you prepare for the CMSRN exam. Click through the tabs below to get started.

CMSRN Certification Handbook

The all-encompassing guide to important CMSRN information.

View the CMSRN Certification Handbook

CMSRN Recertification Handbook

The all-encompassing guide to important recertification information.

View the CMSRN Recertification Handbook

Certification Policies

Policies all certificants and candidates need to know.

View MSNCB Certification Policies

Exam Blueprint

Use the latest CMSRN Exam Blueprint to guide your study for the CMSRN exam.

View the CMSRN Exam Blueprint

Exam References

See what sources the CMSRN exam was built upon to help you study.

View the CMSRN Exam References

Live CMSRN Certification Review Course

AMSN offers the Live Certification Review Course (CRC), an immersive two-day course led by an in-person CMSRN certification expert who will travel to your facility and present the full course on-site for your nurses. The course dives deep into patient symptoms and diseases, along with the corresponding assessments and interventions completed by medical-surgical nurses. The benefits of the Live CMSRN CRC include: 

  • The CMSRN certification expert comes to you.
  • Opportunity for nurses to ask questions to the expert and receive immediate feedback.
  • A chance to bring multiple nurses together to learn the same material at the same time.
  • Offers 14 NCPD upon completion of the course.

Cost: $6,500

Interested in purchasing in bulk for your hospital or unit? AMSN will provide a sliding discount for purchases of the Online CMSRN CRC, CMSRN Practice Exam, or a combination of both for the ultimate certification prep experience. Contact crc@amsn.org for more information.

Contact AMSN to Host a Live CRC

Online CMSRN Certification Review Course

The Online CMSRN Certification Review Course (CRC) is a self-paced and interactive review of the most common diseases, symptoms, and issues seen in patients by medical-surgical nurses, along with the respective nursing assessments and interventions required by the medical-surgical nurse. The nine modules also include practice questions that are similar to those found on the CMSRN exam and each module contains additional workbooks for further review.

Upon completion, you’ll earn 20.5 NCPD contact hours.

AMSN Member Cost: $149 | Non-Member Cost: $199

Interested in purchasing in bulk for your hospital or unit? AMSN will provide a sliding discount for purchases of the Online CMSRN CRC, CMSRN Practice Exam, or a combination of both for the ultimate certification prep experience. Contact crc@amsn.org for more information.

Purchase the Online CRC

CMSRN Practice Exam

The CMSRN Practice Exam includes 150 multiple-choice questions covering the following domains of medical-surgical nursing: Patient/Care Management, Holistic Patient Care, Elements of Interprofessional Concepts, Professional Concepts, and Nursing Teamwork and Collaboration. The practice exam is aligned with the current CMSRN Exam Blueprint. Just like test day, you have three hours to complete your attempt at the practice exam. Unlike test day, your attempts are unlimited! Learn as you practice and review the rationales for your answer choices after each attempt.

Upon completion, you will earn 3 NCPD contact hours. 

AMSN Member Cost: $99 | Non-Member Cost: $139

Interested in purchasing in bulk for your hospital or unit? AMSN will provide a sliding discount for purchases of the Online CMSRN CRC, CMSRN Practice Exam, or a combination of both for the ultimate certification prep experience. Contact crc@amsn.org for more information.

Purchase the Practice Exam

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