- Test-taking and Study Strategies for Success
- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- Epidemiology/risk analysis (environmental
exposures, substance use, violence, etc.)
- Genetics
- Risk reduction
- Health behavior guidelines (nutritional
recommendations, exercise, vitamin supplements, stress reduction,
ultraviolet exposure, sexually transmitted diseases)
- Anatomy and physiology
- Growth and development
- Screening tests
- Wellness assessment (neglect and abuse,
substance use, nutrition, exercise, smoking, domestic violence, use
of medications including OTC, prescription, herbal, complimentary
therapies)
- Assessment of Acute and Chronic Illnesses
- Epidemiology/disease control (infections,
communicable diseases, bioterrorism)
- Pathophysiology and psychopathology
- Diagnostic reasoning
- Comprehensive health assessment
- Clinical Management
- Standards of practice
- Clinical guidelines
- Pharmacotherpeutics
- Clinical therapeutics (nutrition,
occupational/physical therapy, complimentary/alternative therapies,
counseling service, etc.)
- Clinical decision-making (advanced directives,
coordination of care, cultural competence, communication, etc.)
- Documentation (treatment plan, management
plan, SOAP, document pertinent negatives, document improvement in
physical exam, plan of care, findings that support differential
diagnosis)
- Safety (restraints, environmental/chemical,
reporting abuse/neglect, patient supervision, etc.)
- Theory application (provider-patient
relationship, evidence-based practice, etc.)
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- The Nurse Practitioner and Patient Relationship
- Cultural and linguistic competence (perception
of health, illness, death, impact of spiritual beliefs, therapeutic
regimens, complimentary alternative medicines, etc.)
- Therapeutic communication (cultural
sensitivity, communication theory, communication techniques, patient
education, patient advocacy)
- Professional Role and Policy
- Health care/public policy (reimbursement, laws
and regulations, coding, HIPPA, healthcare disparities, autonomy)
- Ethics
- Standards and scope of advanced practice
nursing
- Access to care (treatment cost-effectiveness,
drug costs, healthcare disparities, uninsured/third-party
reimbursement, transportation, availability of specialized
providers, cultural barriers)
- Research
- Research utilization/evidence-based practice
- Outcomes evaluation (continuous process
improvement, quality improvement, quality assurance, total quality
management)
- Extensive Review of System-Specific Health Problems
- HEENT
- Respiratory
- Cardiovascular
- Gastrointestinal
- Renal/genitourinary/reproductive
- Men’s health
- Women’s health
- Musculoskeletal
- Neurological
- Endocrine
- Hematopoietic/genetics/immunology
- Integumentary
- Lymphatic
- Allergies
- Psychosocial/behavioral/cultural
- Communicable/infectious diseases
- Emergencies
- Functional/mobility issues
- Developmental changes
- Learning disabilities
- Pain management
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