PRACTITIONER
Certification Examination
and Practice Preparation
FIFTH EDITION
,
,NURSE
PRACTITIONER
Certification Examination
and Practice Preparation
FIFTH EDITION
Margaret A. Fitzgerald,
DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C, FAANP, CSP, FAAN, DCC, FNAP
President, Fitzgerald Health Education Associates, LLC
North Andover, Massachusetts
Family Nurse Practitioner
Greater Lawrence Family Health Center
Lawrence, Massachusetts
, F. A. Davis Company
1915 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Fitzgerald, Margaret A., author.
Title: Nurse practitioner certification examination and practice preparation
/ Margaret A. Fitzgerald.
Description: Fifth edition. | Philadelphia, PA : F.A. Davis Company, [2017] |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016053464 | ISBN 9780803660427
Subjects: | MESH: Nursing Care—methods | Family Nursing | Nurse
Practitioners | Certification | Examination Questions
Classification: LCC RT120.F34 | NLM WY 18.2 | DDC 610.73076—dc23
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