Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Certification Intensive Review, Fourth Edition - Maria T. Codina Leik

Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Certification Intensive Review, Fourth Edition

Buch | Softcover
952 Seiten
2020 | 4th New edition
Springer Publishing Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8261-6374-5 (ISBN)
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If you are studying for the adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner certification exam, the highly acclaimed Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Certification Intensive Review is a must-have resource, and with interactive digital prep included with purchase, it is easier than ever to study for the AGNP exam. Lauded for its concise, well-organized format, this fourth edition has been significantly revised and updated to feature key information about the new AANPCB and ANCC certification exams, all new end-of-chapter review questions, and new full-color images. The fourth edition also features four practice tests with hundreds of new questions and rationales—800 questions in total. Extensive test-taking techniques and question dissection and analysis chapters help you identify the best clues during the problem-solving process so that you can strategically master the certification exam.


Designed to help AGNP candidates boost their confidence through intensive review and high-quality questions, the fourth edition continues to provide succinct, precisely targeted “need-to-know” details of diseases and classic presentations you can expect to see in practice in patients across the life span. Organized by body system, chapters are consistently formatted to include Danger Signals, Normal Findings, Lab Findings, Benign Variants, and Disease Review topics. Each chapter features valuable Exam Tips and Clinical Pearls that highlight key considerations and information likely to be encountered on the exam, ideal for a last-minute refresher before test day. Ensure success by making this essential resource—praised by thousands for helping them pass their certification—a key part of your exam prep study regimen.


Key Features:





Includes updated information reflecting the new AANPCB and ANCC certification exams

Introduces new end-of-chapter review questions to help you assess knowledge application and retention

Features four practice tests with hundreds of new questions and rationales

Provides a succinct and highly targeted review of diseases commonly seen in primary care, updated clinical information, all new color photos, and Exam Tips and Clinical Pearls to highlight key exam content

Outlines Danger Signals, Normal Findings, Lab Findings, and Benign Variants in physical assessment of each body system

Delineates strategic question-dissection techniques to simplify the problem-solving process

Offers an intensive pharmacology review and review of professional issues—ethical guidelines, professional roles, reimbursement, research, evidence-based medicine and epidemiology, and cultural considerations



ExamPrepConnect Features:





All the high-quality content from the book

Personalized study plan based on exam date

800 questions and answers with rationales—study by topic to identify your strengths and weaknesses

Lessons and flashcards on key information and abbreviations

Discussion board to connect with FNP exam-prep community

Games to make studying fun

Maria T. Codina Leik, MSN, ARNP, FNP-C, AGPCNP-BC, is the president and principal lecturer at National ARNP Services, Inc. (npreview.com). Well known for her ability to simplify complex concepts for her students, she is a popular speaker and educator. Ms. Leik taught previously in the nurse practitioner (NP) program at Florida International University Graduate School of Nursing. She is board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB) in two specialties: family NP and adult-gerontology primary care NP. She is an experienced NP with more than two decades of clinical practice. In addition to her two NP certification review books published by Springer Publishing Company, Ms. Leik is the author of chapters in two NP textbooks and is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.

Contributors and Reviewers


Preface


Acknowledgments


PART I. CERTIFICATION AND EXAM INFORMATION


Chapter 1. Certification Exam Information


Chapter 2. Question Dissection and Analysis


PART II. PHARMACOLOGY AND HEALTH SCREENING REVIEW


Chapter 3. Pharmacology Review


Chapter 4. Health Promotion, Screening, and Disease Prevention Review: Adolescents and Adults


Chapter 5. Health Promotion, Screening, and Disease Prevention Review: Older Adults and Frail Elderly


PART III. SYSTEMS REVIEW


Chapter 6. Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat Review


Chapter 7. Integumentary System Review


Chapter 8. Cardiovascular System Review


Chapter 9. Respiratory System Review


Chapter 10. Endocrine System Review


Chapter 11. Gastrointestinal System Review


Chapter 12. Genitourinary and Renal System Review


Chapter 13. Nervous System Review


Chapter 14. Hematopoietic System Review


Chapter 15. Musculoskeletal System Review


Chapter 16. Psychosocial-Mental Health Review


PART IV. REPRODUCTIVE REVIEW


Chapter 17. Male Reproductive System Review


Chapter 18. Female Reproductive System Review


Chapter 19. Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Infections Review


Chapter 20. Adolescents Review


PART VI. GERONTOLOGY REVIEW


Chapter 21. Theory and Conceptual Models Applied to Gerontology


Chapter 22. Body and Metabolic Changes in the Older Adult


Chapter 23. Common Disorders in Geriatrics


Chapter 24. Pressure Injuries, Wounds, and Advanced Practice Procedures


PART VII. PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE REVIEW


Chapter 25. Hospice and Support Services


Chapter 26. Gerontology and Long-Term Care


Chapter 27. Ethical Guidelines, Advanced Practice Law, and Reimbursement


Chapter 28. Cultural and Spiritual Health Beliefs


Chapter 29. Nursing Research


Chapter 30. Evidence-Based Medicine and Epidemiology


PART VIII. PRACTICE EXAMS


Chapter 31. Practice Exam I


Chapter 32. Practice Exam I: Answers and Rationales


Chapter 33. Practice Exam II


Chapter 34. Practice Exam II: Answers and Rationales


Chapter 35. Practice Exam III


Chapter 36. Practice Exam III: Answers and Rationales


Chapter 37. Practice Exam IV


Chapter 38. Practice Exam IV: Answers and Rationales


Abbreviations and Acronyms


Resources


Index

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Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 178 x 254 mm
Gewicht 1338 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Pflege Altenpflege
ISBN-10 0-8261-6374-2 / 0826163742
ISBN-13 978-0-8261-6374-5 / 9780826163745
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