Table of Contents
Contents
Contributors
Content Reviewers
Foreword Sheila Drake Melander, PhD, APRN, ACNP-BC, FCCM, FAANP, FAAN, MSN, DNP
Preface
Acknowledgments
SECTION I: PREPARING FOR THE EXAMINATION
1. Introduction to National Certification Examinations
Dawn Carpenter, Carol Hartigan, and Diane Thompkins
2. Study Planning
Christine Merman Woolf and Dawn Carpenter
3. Test-Taking Strategies and Succeeding on Exam Day
Christine Merman Woolf and Dawn Carpenter
SECTION II: PRACTICE QUESTIONS—CLINICAL JUDGMENT/CLINICAL PRACTICE
4. Health Promotion, Disease Prevention, and Factors Influencing Health Status
Beth McLear, Stefanie La Manna, and Gail Lis
5. Geriatric
Gail Lis, Anthony McGuire, and Victoria Creedon
6. Cardiovascular
Kristine Anne Scordo, Joan E. King, Dana Mitchell, and Kathleen Ballman
7. Pulmonary
Donna Lynch-Smith, Traci M. Motes, and Helen Miley
8. Neurological
Hope Moser and Dawn Carpenter
9. Renal Genitourinary
Carla C. Turner
10. Gastrointestinal
Mary Anne McCoy, Stephanie Blackwell Pruitt, and Jennifer Adamski
11. Hematology, Oncology, and Immunology
Gail Lis and Kimberly Langer
12. Infectious Disease
Dawn Carpenter
13. Endocrine
Helen Miley
14. Musculoskeletal
Donna Gullette
15. Integumentary
Gail Lis
16. Psychosocial, Behavioral, and Cognitive Health
Anthony McGuire and Victoria Creedon
17. Multisystem
Audrey Snyder, Helen Miley, and Major Damon Toczylowski
SECTION III: PRACTICE QUESTIONS—ROLE, PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
18. Scope and Standards of Practice
Donna Gullette and Mary Anne McCoy
19. Research and Evidence-Based Practice
Hope Moser, Dawn Carpenter, and James Fain
20. Education and Facilitation of Learning
Leanne H. Fowler
21. AG-ACNP–Patient Relationship
Leanne H. Fowler
22. Diversity and Inclusion
Diane Fuller Switzer, Kenneth Peterson, Carla Carten, and Dawn Carpenter
23. Ethics, Advocacy, and Moral Agency
Mary Sullivan and Mary Anne McCoy
24. Health Policy
Mary Anne McCoy and Donna Gullette
25. Quality of Healthcare Practice
Alexander Menard
26. Coding, Billing, and Reimbursement
Nancy Munro
SECTION IV: COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE EXAM
27. Comprehensive Practice Exam: Questions
28. Comprehensive Practice Exam: Answers and Rationales
SECTION V: AFTER THE CERTIFICATION EXAM
29. When You Pass the Certification Exam
Dawn Carpenter, Alexander Menard, and Nikhil Raswant
30. Should You Fail the Certification Exam
Dawn Carpenter
31. Employment Search, Interview, and Negotiations
Anthony McGuire, Dawn Carpenter, Alexander Menard, and Nikhil Raswant
32. Progressing Into Practice
Dawn Carpenter
Index