Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Intensive Review, Third Edition: Fast Facts and Practice Questions

by Maria T. Codina Leik MSN, ARNP, FNP-C, FNP-BC, AGPCNP-BC

Overview

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The third edition of this highly acclaimed review continues to promote efficient, time-saving study by synthesizing the complex knowledge needed to pass the exam into a concise, well-organized format. It is updated with key information about the new

ANCC and AANPCB certification exams,

including new test-format questions featuring photos of skin and eye conditions and EKGs, and more challenging drag and-drop and multiple-choice questions. Also new to the third edition is more detailed information about nonclinical topics on the exam, including research, ethics, medico-legal issues, advanced practice law, health practices of various cultures, and reimbursement guidelines. One hundred new review questions throughout the book and on the practice exam—including answer key and rationale—increase the total number of questions to more than 700.

Designed to help FNP students boost their confidence through intensive review and high-quality questions, the third edition features succinct, precisely targeted “need-to-know” details of diseases commonly seen in primary care. It covers the entire life span from pediatrics through geriatrics, and offers extensive test-taking techniques and question dissection and analysis sections that provide strategies for identifying the best clues during the problem-solving process. Organized by body system, sections are consistently formatted and encompass Danger Signals, Normal Findings, Lab Findings, Benign Variants, and individual Disease Review topics for each system. Additional outstanding features include Exam Tips and Clinical Pearls that help to focus system study on key information.

NEW TO THE THIRD EDITION
• Updated information reflecting the new FNP certification exam
• New test-format questions used by the ANCC, including photos of skin and eye conditions, EKGs, and more complex drag-and-drop and multiple-choice questions
• 100 new in-depth review questions for a total of more than 700
• Differential Diagnosis tables
• Additional information about nonclinical topics, including culture, spirituality, and health practices; evidence-based medicine; and more

KEY FEATURES
• Provides a succinct, precisely targeted review of diseases commonly seen in primary care
• Delineates strategic “question-dissection techniques” for study success
• Includes Exam Tips and Clinical Pearls to help prioritize and interpret test content
• Outlines Normal Findings and Benign Variants in physical assessment of each body system
• Offers intensive pharmacology review
• Content available digitally via ExamPrepConnect for study on the go

ExamPrepConnect Features:
• All the high-quality content from the book
• Personalized study plan based on exam date
• 700+ 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

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826134288
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	11/28/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	800
File size:	39 MB
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About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Contents

Contributors and Reviewers

Preface

Acknowledgments

SECTION I: EXAM AND HEALTH SCREENING OVERVIEW

1. Certification Exam Information

2. Question Dissection and Analysis

3. Pharmacology Review

SECTION II: SYSTEMS REVIEW

4. Health Screening and Health Promotion Review

5. Head, Ear, Eyes, Nose, and Throat Review

6. Skin and Integumentary System Review

7. Cardiovascular System Review

8. Pulmonary System Review

9. Endocrine System Review

10. Gastrointestinal System Review

11. Renal System Review

12. Nervous System Review

13. Hematological System Review

14. Musculoskeletal System Review

15. Psychosocial Mental Health Review

SECTION III: REPRODUCTIVE REVIEW

16. Men’s Health Review

17. Women’s Health Review

18. Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) or Infections (STIs) Review

19. Women’s Health: Pregnancy and Childbirth Review

SECTION IV: PEDIATRICS AND ADOLESCENTS REVIEW

20. Pediatrics Review: Newborns

21. Pediatrics Review: Toddlers (Ages 2 to 3 Years)

22. Pediatrics Review: School-Age Children (Including Preschool)

23. Adolescents Review

SECTION V: GERONTOLOGY REVIEW

24. Body and Metabolic Changes in the Older Adult

25. Common Disorders in Geriatrics

SECTION VI: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES REVIEW

26. Ethical Guidelines and Advanced Practice Law

27. Professional Roles and Reimbursement

28. Culture and Spiritually Related Health Beliefs

29. Nursing Research Review

30. Evidence-Based Medicine and Epidemiology

SECTION VII: PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

31. Practice Questions

32. Answers With Rationales

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Resources

Index