Description
Book SynopsisAwarded Third Place in the 2021 AJN Book of the Year Awards in Gerontologic NursingThis invaluable review text offers board-style Q&A for every area covered by AGACNP exams, so that you can handle both exam-taking and real-life patient care with knowledge and self-assurance. Written by expert adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioners, it is tailor-made for AGACNP certification preparation—the ideal practice run for mastering the components of the AGACNP board exams.
Be guided to exam-taking success with this expert review text:
- Over 750 comprehensive, board-style exam questions – with rationales offered for both correct and incorrect answers
- Questions organized by body systems – neurology, cardiology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, genitourinary, nephrology, endocrinology, vascular, and hematology
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Designed to supplement class materials and to instill test-taking readiness for the AGACNP certification exam
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Assists exam takers in reducing pre-test anxiety
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Supports students and graduates in attaining certification by strengthening preparation, knowledge base, and readiness to apply learning
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Offers helpful techniques for handling challenging questions
- Chapters offer expert guidance on areas including: test-taking strategies, professional roles and ethics, oncology, multisystem trauma and acute care surgery, critical care, palliative care and pain management, nutrition, prevention and screening
- Chapters also offer clinical pearls to assist in applying material to on-the-job patient care
- Offers comprehensive online Q&A practice test
- Expert guidance for retaining the crucial areas addressed by the AGACNP board exams presented by the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center (ANCC) and the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) – explains and demonstrates overall exam structure, question structure, scoring methods and pass requirements
- Assists in imprinting critical concepts and information on reader’s memory, so that information can be applied later in practice, as well as during exam
- Ideal method for students and graduates to realize their weak spots – an active support for those referencing their own materials to reinforce learning
About the Clinical EditorElizabeth Tomaszewski, DNP, CCRN, CRNP, ACNP-BC, ACNPC, is Track Director of the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program and Assistant Clinical Professor at the College of Nursing and Health Professions, Department of Advanced Practice Nursing, Nurse Practitioner and Doctor of Nursing Practice Programs, at Drexel University in Philadelphia.
