Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing RNC-NIC Study Guide 2026–2027 | 200 Practice Questions

Prepare for the Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse (NIC) certification exam from the National Certification Corporation (RNC-NIC®) with a complete study guide organized around the current NCC content outline. Every section follows the outline, from General Management (39%) and the eight pathophysiologic systems (44%) to Psychosocial Support and Professional Issues, and every chapter ends with an Exam Focus summary of the facts most often tested.

This 253-page digital guide pairs an in-depth content review with two 100-question practice tests of scenario-based, exam-level questions written in the real exam's three-option format and weighted like the content outline, so you practice the resuscitation, blood gas, glucose, bilirubin, and priority-setting judgment the exam rewards.

What's Inside

• An overview of the current exam: 175 questions (150 scored, 25 pretest) in 3 hours, three answer options per question, the full content outline with weights, eligibility (24 months and 2,000 hours), fee, criterion-referenced scoring, retest rules, and maintenance
• General Assessment: maternal risk factors, prenatal screening, fetal heart rate categories, delivery events, Apgar, New Ballard, growth classification, and the full newborn physical exam
• General Management: neonatal resuscitation and stabilization, fluids, electrolytes and glucose (with GIR math), nutrition and parenteral nutrition, oxygenation, ventilation and blood gases, thermoregulation and skin care, neonatal pharmacology and NOWS, and neuroprotective developmental care and pain
• Cardiovascular and Respiratory: fetal circulation, CCHD screening, congenital heart defects, PDA, shock, RDS, surfactant, MAS, PPHN, air leaks, apnea of prematurity, BPD, and CDH
• GI/GU, Hematopoietic, Neurologic, Genetic/Metabolic/Endocrine, HEENT, and Infection: NEC, obstructions, abdominal wall defects, AKI, hyperbilirubinemia, transfusion, isoimmunization, coagulopathies, HIE and cooling, IVH, seizures, IDM, newborn screening, inborn errors, trisomies, ROP, airway anomalies, sepsis, GBS, and congenital infections
• Psychosocial Support and Professional Issues: discharge teaching, family-centered care, grief and palliative care, ethics, legal issues, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and patient safety
• 10 labeled diagrams (newborn skull, heat loss, fetal circulation, pre- and postductal sites, alveolus, EA/TEF types, preterm brain, inheritance, scalp layers, ROP zones), 200+ quick-reference tables, and charts
• 6- and 12-week study schedules, FAQs, test-taking strategies, and recommended resources
• 2 practice tests (200 questions) with a separate answer key explaining every answer

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.

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