AGACNP BOARD EXAM REVIEW LATEST
UPDATE
( BASED ON FRANCES GUIDE REVIEW
MATERIALS)
What is the best way for the AGACNP to get involved in policy making?
a. attend legislative days at the state capitol
b. join a hospital committee
c. write your local congressman
d. review literature and give more in-services (correct answers)b. join a hospital committee
What is the best way for the AGACNP to demonstrate and advocate for full scope of practice?
a. join a hospital committee
b. petition the government
c. bill for independent services
d. start your own practice (correct answers)c. bill for independent services
Which of the following is considered a high acuity role for the AGACNP?
a. primary care clinic
b. cardiology office
c. community health department
d. minute clinic (correct answers)b. cardiology office
,What is the best way to advocate for gay and lesbian population?
a. participate in a high state or national level
b. join a non-profit advocacy group
c. consider lobbying the government
d. start at your facility (correct answers)d. start at your facility
Answers are worded differently. "decrease bias in healthcare" "create in-servises in healthcare" "obtain
funding to increase access"
Which of the following is most important to evaluate statistical significance when reviewing the
literature?
a. consider the sample size
b. make sure the confidence interval is tight
c. see if the p-value is less than the alpha-coefficient
d. determine the error rate (correct answers)a. consider the sample size
When closing a practice, the NP is required to do all of the following except
a. give the patient adequate time to find another provder
b. keep all of the patient's records for a minimum of five years
c. send a certified letter with a return receipt requested
d. provide names of other providers for future care (correct answers)c. send a certified letter with a
return receipt requested
,Which of the following components of an evidenced based research process is the most important for
NP to participate in?
a. specifying methods of data collection
b. formulating the hypothesis
c. carefully reviewing the literature
d. formulating the research problem (correct answers)d. formulating the research problem
A former pt of an NP is writing blog posts, sending emails, and distributing false, accusatory statements
about the NP's practice. Which of the following forms of defamation is this?
a. libel
b. slander (correct answers)a. libel
You want to get more funding for your hospital's Rapid Response Team. How should you present this
issue to the committee?
a. Stress importance of the team (look up evidence about how team affects outcomes)
b. Describe how to improve and expand the team (correct answers)a. stress importance of team
Can you tell the patient's wife, for her protection, that her husband has HIV? (correct answers)No, not
without his permission
How can the ANCP prepare to get involved in future mass casualty event? (correct answers)Pre enroll in
disaster volunteer program
An 80 year old male patient with dementia requires long-term care placement. To which funding agency
does the patient apply after "spending down" to qualify? (correct answers)Medicaid
, Your patient is worried about insurance coverage and asks you for advice on Medicaid. You instruct the
patient that Medicaid: (correct answers)Pays after insurance and 3rd party payers have paid
You are giving a dinner presentation to a group. The pharmaceutical rep calls you the night before and
wants you to say that their drug is the only one that workds. What ethical principles does this challenge?
(correct answers)Veracity and fidelity
Health literacy (correct answers)Average american: 8th grade level
Quality assurance (correct answers)A process for evaluating the care of patients using established
standards of care to ensure quality
CPI (correct answers)Measures structure, processes, and outcomes
A root cause analysis of a crisis situation in the ICU identified a lack of clinician-family communication as
the basis for the resulting adverse outcome. As part of the performance improvement plan, the NP is
asked to develop evidence-based policies to establish clinician-family communication standards in the
unit. These policies should include: (correct answers)Guidelines for having discussions with family
members that are geared toward establishing treatment goals
UPDATE
( BASED ON FRANCES GUIDE REVIEW
MATERIALS)
What is the best way for the AGACNP to get involved in policy making?
a. attend legislative days at the state capitol
b. join a hospital committee
c. write your local congressman
d. review literature and give more in-services (correct answers)b. join a hospital committee
What is the best way for the AGACNP to demonstrate and advocate for full scope of practice?
a. join a hospital committee
b. petition the government
c. bill for independent services
d. start your own practice (correct answers)c. bill for independent services
Which of the following is considered a high acuity role for the AGACNP?
a. primary care clinic
b. cardiology office
c. community health department
d. minute clinic (correct answers)b. cardiology office
,What is the best way to advocate for gay and lesbian population?
a. participate in a high state or national level
b. join a non-profit advocacy group
c. consider lobbying the government
d. start at your facility (correct answers)d. start at your facility
Answers are worded differently. "decrease bias in healthcare" "create in-servises in healthcare" "obtain
funding to increase access"
Which of the following is most important to evaluate statistical significance when reviewing the
literature?
a. consider the sample size
b. make sure the confidence interval is tight
c. see if the p-value is less than the alpha-coefficient
d. determine the error rate (correct answers)a. consider the sample size
When closing a practice, the NP is required to do all of the following except
a. give the patient adequate time to find another provder
b. keep all of the patient's records for a minimum of five years
c. send a certified letter with a return receipt requested
d. provide names of other providers for future care (correct answers)c. send a certified letter with a
return receipt requested
,Which of the following components of an evidenced based research process is the most important for
NP to participate in?
a. specifying methods of data collection
b. formulating the hypothesis
c. carefully reviewing the literature
d. formulating the research problem (correct answers)d. formulating the research problem
A former pt of an NP is writing blog posts, sending emails, and distributing false, accusatory statements
about the NP's practice. Which of the following forms of defamation is this?
a. libel
b. slander (correct answers)a. libel
You want to get more funding for your hospital's Rapid Response Team. How should you present this
issue to the committee?
a. Stress importance of the team (look up evidence about how team affects outcomes)
b. Describe how to improve and expand the team (correct answers)a. stress importance of team
Can you tell the patient's wife, for her protection, that her husband has HIV? (correct answers)No, not
without his permission
How can the ANCP prepare to get involved in future mass casualty event? (correct answers)Pre enroll in
disaster volunteer program
An 80 year old male patient with dementia requires long-term care placement. To which funding agency
does the patient apply after "spending down" to qualify? (correct answers)Medicaid
, Your patient is worried about insurance coverage and asks you for advice on Medicaid. You instruct the
patient that Medicaid: (correct answers)Pays after insurance and 3rd party payers have paid
You are giving a dinner presentation to a group. The pharmaceutical rep calls you the night before and
wants you to say that their drug is the only one that workds. What ethical principles does this challenge?
(correct answers)Veracity and fidelity
Health literacy (correct answers)Average american: 8th grade level
Quality assurance (correct answers)A process for evaluating the care of patients using established
standards of care to ensure quality
CPI (correct answers)Measures structure, processes, and outcomes
A root cause analysis of a crisis situation in the ICU identified a lack of clinician-family communication as
the basis for the resulting adverse outcome. As part of the performance improvement plan, the NP is
asked to develop evidence-based policies to establish clinician-family communication standards in the
unit. These policies should include: (correct answers)Guidelines for having discussions with family
members that are geared toward establishing treatment goals
