CMSRN Study Guide 2026–2027 — Redesigned Illustrated Edition | 200 Practice Questions

Prepare for the Certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse (CMSRN®) exam with a complete, illustrated study guide organized around the current MSNCB exam blueprint. It reviews all five domains the way the exam tests them: prioritizing, delegating, escalating, teaching, and managing care on a busy medical-surgical unit.

This 209-page digital guide combines concise explanations with about 200 quick-reference tables, clinical flows, and schematics, plus two 100-question practice tests of scenario-based questions, so you can learn the material and then practice it the way the CMSRN tests it.

What's Inside

• An overview of the current CMSRN exam: 150 multiple-choice questions (125 scored, 25 pretest) in 3 hours, the five blueprint domains with their weights, eligibility, fees, testing options, and the passing standard score of 95
• Patient/Care Management (32%): patient safety and risk reduction, pressure injury staging and wound care, infection prevention and stewardship, medication safety, drug–food interactions, pulmonary pharmacology, pain and sedation monitoring, perioperative care, radical nephrectomy, and nutrition support
• Holistic Patient Care (15%): patient-centered care and advocacy, culture and inclusion, patient and family education and health literacy, screening, support groups, and palliative and end-of-life care
• Elements of Interprofessional Care (17%): the nursing process and clinical judgment, health history and percussion, acute stroke care, collaboration, transitions of care and Medicare coverage, and documentation and informatics
• Professional Concepts (15%): SBAR and the chain of command, prioritization, the healthy practice environment, ethics and patient rights, quality management, and evidence-based practice
• Nursing Teamwork and Collaboration (21%): delegation and supervision, staffing and budgeting, leadership and change, conflict resolution, mentoring and precepting, peer review, and disaster management
• Illustrated schematics, including pressure injury stages, the chain of infection, the airway, kidney anatomy, the care continuum, the evidence pyramid, and hospital incident command
• A final review checklist, 12- and 8-week study schedules, FAQs, test-taking strategies, and recommended resources
• 2 practice tests (200 questions) in the blueprint's proportions, with answer keys that explain why each answer is right and why the tempting options are wrong

Format

• Instant digital download (PDF), 8.5 × 11 in
• Clickable table of contents
• Print it or study on a tablet, laptop, or phone

Please note: This is a digital product. No physical item will be shipped.

CMSRN® is a certification of the Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification Board (MSNCB). Test Treasure Publication is not affiliated with or endorsed by MSNCB, the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses, or any testing organization; all exam and organization names referenced are trademarks of their respective owners.