The following bibliography lists the sources used by NBCRNA item writers to support questions on both the National Certification Examination (NCE) and Self-Evaluation Examination (SEE). Experts review this bibliography regularly and select sources to fit the content outline. Included in this list are links on the topic of professional issues in nurse anesthesia practice. Topics related to professional issues now appear on the NCE and SEE content outlines under General Principles of Anesthesia. See also the NCE Professional Practice Analysis (PPA) Executive Summary.
This bibliography represents sources currently used by NBCRNA's expert item writers. However, there have been other resources used in the past to write items that may still be active on the exam.
Note that in publishing this list we do not intend to endorse or promote the sale of any particular textbooks.
NCE and SEE FY 2026-2027 Bibliography
Bickley LS, Szilagyi PG, Hoffman RM, Soriano RP. Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking. 13th edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2023.
Coté CJ, Lerman J, Anderson BJ. Coté, Lerman, and Anderson’s A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and Children. 7th edition. Elsevier; 2024.
Cullen BF, Stock MC, Ortega R, Sharar SR, Holt NF, Connor CW, Nathan N, eds. Barash, Cullen, and Stoelting’s Clinical Anesthesia. 9th edition. Wolters Kluwer; 2024.
Ehrenwerth J, Eisenkraft J, Berry J, eds. Anesthesia Equipment: Principles and Applications. 3rd edition. Elsevier; 2020.
Flood P, Rathmell JP, Urman RD, eds. Stoelting's Pharmacology & Physiology in Anesthetic Practice. 6th edition. Wolters Kluwer; 2021.
Furstein J. Pediatric Anesthesia: A Comprehensive Approach to Safe and Effective Care. Springer; 2022.
Garcia TB. 12-Lead ECG: The Art of Interpretation. 2nd edition. Jones & Bartlett Learning; 2013.
Gropper MA, Cohen NH, Eriksson LI, Fleisher LA, Johnson-Akeju S, Leslie K, eds. Miller's Anesthesia. (Vols. 1-2). 10th edition. Elsevier; 2024.
Hadzic A. Hadzic’s Peripheral Nerve Blocks and Anatomy for Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia. 3rd edition. McGraw-Hill, 2021.
Hall JE, Hall ME. Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology. 15th edition. Elsevier; 2025.
Hines RL, Jones SB, eds. Stoelting's Anesthesia and Co-existing Disease. 8th edition. Elsevier; 2021.
Jaffe RA, Schmiesing CA, Golianu B. Anesthesiologist's Manual of Surgical Procedures. 6th edition. Wolters Kluwer; 2020.
Nagelhout JJ, Elisha S, Heiner JS, eds. Nurse Anesthesia. 7th edition. Elsevier; 2022.
Soni NJ, Arntfield R, Kory P. Point-of-Care Ultrasound. 2nd edition. Elsevier; 2019.
Vanderah TW. Katzung’s Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. 16th edition. McGraw-Hill Medical; 2023.
Wong CA, Ngan Kee WD, Tsen LC, Beilin Y, Mhyre JM, Bateman BT, Leffert, L, Chestnut DH, eds. Chestnut's Obstetric Anesthesia: Principles and Practice. 7th edition. Elsevier; 2025.
Additional Resources
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists. AANA Practice Documents website. https://www.aana.com/practice/practice-manual.
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA). Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines for Anesthesia Care. AANA; 2015. https://issuu.com/aanapublishing/docs/4_-infection_prevention_and_control_guidelines_for?fr=sOTEzMjU2NDAxMjU.
Apfelbaum JL, Hagberg CA, Connis RT, Abdelmalak BB, et al. 2022 American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway. Anesthesiology. 2022;136(1):31-81. https://pubs.asahq.org/anesthesiology/article/136/1/31/117915/2022-American-Society-of-Anesthesiologists.
Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States (MHAUS). MHAUS Recommendations. MHAUS; 2012-2018. https://www.mhaus.org/mhau001/assets/File/Recommendations/Recommendations%20with%20Table%20of%20Contents.pdf.
New York School of Regional Anesthesia. NYSORA Website. https://www.nysora.com/.
Stanford University. Stanford Medicine Emergency Manual. Stanford; 2022. https://web.stanford.edu/dept/anesthesia/em/epic-manual.pdf.
Thompson A, Fleischmann KE, Smilowitz NR, de las Fuentes L, Mukherjee D, Aggarwal NR, et al. 2024 AHA/ACC/ACS/ASNC/HRS/SCA/SCCT/SCMR/SVM guideline for perioperative cardiovascular management for noncardiac surgery: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation. 2024 Nov 5;150(19):e351-e442. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001285.