ANP 650 WEEK 1 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2024/2025
Principles of diagnostic testing
Gold Standard: patients who have a disease and a negative test results out the
disease.
New test: must include appropriate population, and applying Gold Standard test to all
subjects
Sensitivity or True-positive: proportion of patients with disease who have positive test
False-negative: proportion of patients with disease who have a negative test
Specificity or True-negative: proportion of patients without the disease who have a
negative test
False-positive: proportion of patients without disease without disease who have a
positive test
Sensitivity or True-positive: proportion of patients with disease who have positive test
False-negative: proportion of patients with disease who have a negative test
Gold Standard summarized in four estimates:
Sensitivity or True-positive: proportion of patients with disease who have positive test
False-negative: proportion of patients with disease who have a negative test
Specificity or True-negative: proportion of patients without the disease who have a
negative test
False-positive: proportion of patients without disease who have a positive test
, Problems/Issues with ACNP
Inconsistent training & education
Inconsistent authority across states
Significant variability in clinical exposure
Scope varies by state regulatory bodies
The board of nursing exist to protect the public from YOU
NP Scope
Determined by individual state board of nursing
MUST HAVE Didactic and clinical experience
MUST SEE "ADULT PT's w/ ACUTE CONDITIONS", NO pediatric patient
Outpatient and inpatient modalities
Pt's >18 y/o
Licensure granted holds you accountable for your practice
Need Privileges to perform procedures, admissions
Varies with facility
All treatments need to be EVIDENCED-Based practices w/ goal to improve patient
outcomes
DEA license via some facilities but not required to be a medicare provider
Roles of the NP
Clinical expert
Collaborator
Leader
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2024/2025
Principles of diagnostic testing
Gold Standard: patients who have a disease and a negative test results out the
disease.
New test: must include appropriate population, and applying Gold Standard test to all
subjects
Sensitivity or True-positive: proportion of patients with disease who have positive test
False-negative: proportion of patients with disease who have a negative test
Specificity or True-negative: proportion of patients without the disease who have a
negative test
False-positive: proportion of patients without disease without disease who have a
positive test
Sensitivity or True-positive: proportion of patients with disease who have positive test
False-negative: proportion of patients with disease who have a negative test
Gold Standard summarized in four estimates:
Sensitivity or True-positive: proportion of patients with disease who have positive test
False-negative: proportion of patients with disease who have a negative test
Specificity or True-negative: proportion of patients without the disease who have a
negative test
False-positive: proportion of patients without disease who have a positive test
, Problems/Issues with ACNP
Inconsistent training & education
Inconsistent authority across states
Significant variability in clinical exposure
Scope varies by state regulatory bodies
The board of nursing exist to protect the public from YOU
NP Scope
Determined by individual state board of nursing
MUST HAVE Didactic and clinical experience
MUST SEE "ADULT PT's w/ ACUTE CONDITIONS", NO pediatric patient
Outpatient and inpatient modalities
Pt's >18 y/o
Licensure granted holds you accountable for your practice
Need Privileges to perform procedures, admissions
Varies with facility
All treatments need to be EVIDENCED-Based practices w/ goal to improve patient
outcomes
DEA license via some facilities but not required to be a medicare provider
Roles of the NP
Clinical expert
Collaborator
Leader
