CNRN Exam Information and Outline
Certified Neuroscience Registered Nurse
Syllabus Update Checked on: November 12, 2026
CNRN Exam Syllabus & Study Guide
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The information below reflects the 2026 syllabus defined by
ABNN.
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- Exam Format
- 220 multiple-choice questions (200 scored, 20 unscored)
- Duration: 4 hours
- Cerebrovascular (26%)
- Transient ischemic attack
- Ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke
- Aneurysm and arteriovenous malformation
- Trauma (18%)
- Traumatic brain injury
- Spinal cord injury
- Chronic Neurological (15%)
- Headache and pain
- Dementia
- Movement disorders
- Tumors (13%)
- Brain tumors
- Spinal cord tumors
- Immune / Infection (11%)
- Abscesses, meningitis and encephalitis
- ALS, multiple sclerosis, Guillain-Barré, myasthenia gravis
- Bells palsy
- Seizures (9%)
- Partial and generalized seizures
- Status epilepticus and nonepileptic seizures
- Pediatric and Developmental (8%)
- Chiari malformation, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, hydrocephalus