CCI certification covering perioperative nursing practice across the surgical continuum of care.
Who it's for
Registered nurses with clinical experience in the operating room and perioperative settings — CCI designed CNOR specifically around intraoperative competency, requiring more intraoperative hours than any other perioperative pathway to sit for it.
What's covered
- Patient care and safety — 25%
- Infection prevention and control of environment/instrumentation/supplies — 16%
- Pre/postoperative assessment and diagnosis — 15%
- Communication and documentation — 11%
- Emergency situations — 10%
- Management of personnel, services, and materials — 9%
- Individualized plan of care development — 8%
- Professional accountability — 6%
What to expect
Scoring is pass/no-pass (not a numeric score you see), and questions are written around real OR scenarios spanning all eight content domains — patient safety and infection prevention/instrumentation together make up over 40% of the exam, so expect heavy coverage there.
How to prepare
AORN (Association of periOperative Registered Nurses) is CCI's closest professional-society partner and offers the primary official CNOR review course and practice questions; CCI's own "CNOR Take 2" program offers a reduced-cost, faster retake path if needed.