FNP Certification Intensive Review (2024)

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    True to her reputation for succinct coverage and practical test-taking advice, Maria Leik's FNP Certification Intensive Review, Fifth Edition is everything you would expect from the #1 selling FNP review book—and more. Bundled with 6months of free access to the companion course on ExamPrepConnect, this high-yield, guided review shows the same respect for the test-taker's time and mental energy as it does for the exam material it covers.

    Shaped by the experiences and feedback of thousands of FNPs who have used Leik's reviews to prepare for and pass their exams, the design of this must-have review focuses on organizing and highlighting key content to make it easy to navigate and review information the way you'll encounter it on the exam and in clinical practice.

    Updated and enriched to reflect the current AANPCB and ANCC blueprints and enhanced with 500 new end-of-chapter review questions, Leik's concise yet comprehensive coverage of each body system will reinforce your understanding and test your mastery of the exam topics while building your confidence along the way.

    Features and updates to this fifth edition:

    • Enriched Question Dissection and Analysis chapter to help you recognize correct and incorrect answers on the exam.
    • Restructured Pharmacology Review that moves from broad concepts to detailed dosing guidelines and prescription drugs categorized by diagnosis for quick reference.
    • More than 1,200 unique practice questions, all with detailed rationales explaining correct and incorrect answers.
    • 4 unique practice exams,2 in the book and 2 exclusively on ExamPrepConnect. Take all 4 as timed exams on EPC to simulate the exam-day experience, or in study mode to review rationales as you answer each question.
    • Full-color photographs, illustrations, and tables to help you visualize and retain complex information.
    • High-value features like Danger Signals, Exam Tips, and Clinical Pearls are encapsulated and highlighted to pull out critical information.
    • Enriched diabetes and COVID-19 coverage. Because the more you see it in family practice, the more likely you’ll see it on the exam.
    • An updated section on dating pregnancy inFemale Reproductive System Review.
    • NEW! Professional Roles and Reimbursem*nt Review covers need-to-know information on reimbursem*nt, medical coding, and updates to the ACA you may encounter on the exam.
    • Certification Exam Information updated and organized to differentiate between AANPCB and ANCC exams, with enhanced coverage of exam structure and strategies for exam time management.

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        The certifying bodies for the FNP exam are the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). AANPCB and ANCC do not sponsor or endorse this resource, nor do they have a proprietary relationship with Springer Publishing.

Contributors and Reviewers

Preface

Acknowledgments

SECTION I. CERTIFICATION AND EXAM INFORMATION

Chapter 1. Certification Exam Information

Chapter 2. Question Dissection and Analysis

SECTION II. PHARMACOLOGY AND HEALTH SCREENING OVERVIEW

Chapter 3. Pharmacology Review

Chapter 4. Health Promotion, Screening, and Disease Prevention Review

SECTION III. SYSTEMS REVIEW

Chapter 5. Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat Review

Chapter 6. Integumentary System Review

Chapter 7. Cardiovascular System Review

Chapter 8. Respiratory System Review

Chapter 9. Endocrine System Review

Chapter 10. Gastrointestinal System Review

Chapter 11. Genitourinary and Renal System Review

Chapter 12. Nervous System Review

Chapter 13. Hematopoietic System Review

Chapter 14. Musculoskeletal System Review

Chapter 15. Psychiatric–Mental Health Review

SECTION IV. REPRODUCTIVE REVIEW

Chapter 16. Male Reproductive System Review

Chapter 17. Female Reproductive System Review

Chapter 18. Female Reproductive System Review: Pregnancy and Childbirth

Chapter 19. Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Infections Review

SECTION V. PEDIATRICS AND ADOLESCENTS REVIEW

Chapter 20. Pediatrics Review: Newborns and Infants

Chapter 21. Pediatrics Review: Toddlers and Preschool-Aged Children (Age 15 to 48 Months)

Chapter 22. Pediatrics Review: School-Aged Children (Age 5 to 11 Years)

Chapter 23. Adolescents Review

SECTION VI. GERONTOLOGY REVIEW

Chapter 24. Body and Metabolic Changes in the Older Adult

Chapter 25. Common Disorders in Geriatrics

SECTION VII. PROFESSIONAL ROLE REVIEW

Chapter 26. Ethical Guidelines and Advanced Practice Law

Chapter 27. Professional Roles and Reimbursem*nt

Chapter 28. Nursing Research

Chapter 29. Evidence-Based Medicine and Epidemiology

SECTION VIII. PRACTICE TESTS

Chapter 30. Practice Test I

Chapter 31. Practice Test I: Answers

Chapter 32. Practice Test II

Chapter 33. Practice Test II: Answers

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Index

DIGITAL-ONLY PRACTICE TESTS

Practice Test III

Practice Test IV

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.

FNP Certification Intensive Review (1)

  • Release Date: January 5, 2024
  • Paperback / softback
  • 672 Pages
  • Trim Size: 8in x 10in
  • ISBN: 9780826170668
  • eBook ISBN: 9780826170675
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