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FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER CERTIFICATION REVIEW
Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Review
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Second Edition

By
JoAnn Zerwekh, MSN, EdD, RN, MSN, EdD, RN. Executive Director, Nursing Education Consultants, Ingram, TX; Nursing Faculty - Online Campus, University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ
Jo Carol Claborn, MS, RN, MS, RN. Executive Director, Nursing Education Consultants, Ingram, TX

Description
This outstanding, comprehensive review resource provides the necessary tools to prepare for the Family Nurse Practitioner certification exams with over 1,300 multiple-choice review questions based on the actual exam content and format.

Review or test-taking strategies are included in Chapter 1. This book also includes chapters reviewing important concepts related to Growth & Development and Health Promotion& Maintenance, key areas of content for family nurse practitioners. These chapters provide questions that test information related to growth and development, general health supervision, and health maintenance. The clinical chapters are developed using a systems approach, i.e., cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, etc. In each of these chapters, the test questions are divided into three areas: Physical Examination and Diagnostic Tests, Disorders, and Pharmacology. The last three chapters in the text are on Research & Theory, Issues & Trends, and Legal & Ethical Issues of nurse practitioner practice. The test questions in these chapters focus on professional competencies inherent in the role and function of the FNP. Every chapter in the text contains an answers and rationales section. Rationales are given for correct answers.

A new CD-ROM contains all of the questions from the book to generate an unlimited number of 175-question sample exams designed to match the length and question distribution of the actual FNP certification exams.

Contents
1. Test-Taking Strategies
2. Growth & Development
3. Health Promotion & Maintenance
4. Cardiovascular
5. Respiratory
6. Immune & Allergy
7. Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, & Throat (HEENT)
8. Integumentary & Childhood Diseases
9. Endocrine
10. Musculoskeletal
11. Neurology
12. Gastrointestinal & Liver
13. Hematology
14. Urinary
15. Male Reproductive
16. Women's Health
17. Perinatal & Newborn
18. Mental Health
19. Research & Theory
20. Issues & Trends
21. Legal & Ethical Issues

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 368 pages, publication date: FEB-2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-7216-8249-5
ISBN-10: 0-7216-8249-9
Imprint: SAUNDERS


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Last update: 30 Nov 2009
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