07.07 Cerebral Perfusion Pressure for CCRN Review
Included In This Lesson
Outline
Nursing Points
General
- Cerebral Perfusion Pressure
- Pressure delivering oxygen to brain
- If it is too low = Can cause ischemia because not enough blood and oxygen are getting to the brain
- If it is too high=Can raise intracranial pressure because more blood flow is delivered into the brain
- Normal range is 70-95mmHg but can range 50-160mmHg
- Calculation = Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP) minus Intracranial Pressure (ICP)
- Pressure delivering oxygen to brain
CCRN Review (Critical Care Certification Review)
This course is a review for the CCRN exam. Experienced critical care nurses that meet the testing criteria can use this course to review key concepts for their CCRN exam, which is a certification for critical care nurses. Criteria to test includes having 1,750 hours in direct bedside care of acutely and/or critically ill patients during the last 2 years (prior to the exam). 875 hours need to be worked in the year prior to your application.