Are any resources allowed during the examination?

Candidates taking the CCDS exam may bring the following with them into the test:

• DRG Expert, published by OPTUM, must be and ICD-10 edition. The current edition is published in two volumes and both are permitted for the exam.
• One of the following standard drug reference guides:
  
  • Nursing Drug Handbook/Lippincott’s
  • Mosby’s Nursing Drug Reference
  • Physicians’ Desk Reference (or PDR Nurse’s Drug Handbook)
  • Pearson’s Nurse’s Drug Guide
  • Saunders Nursing Drug Handbook
  • Davis’s Drug Guide

Books will be checked for additional pages or loose notes inserted or attached inside. These are not allowed to be brought into the testing room. Tabs are permitted in books as are handwritten notes previously written in the margins of books. Candidates may not write in their books during the exam.

For more information about your exam day, read the Exam Candidate Handbook.

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