Maria T Codina LeikFnp Certification Intensive Review
Plus 1,200 Questions with Detailed Rationales
Maria T. Codina Leik, MSN, ARNP, FNP-C, AGPCNP-BC, is the president and principal lecturer at National ARNP Services, Inc. (npreview.com). Well known for her ability to simplify complex concepts for her students, she is a popular speaker and educator. Ms. Leik taught previously in the nurse practitioner (NP) program at Florida International University Graduate School of Nursing. She is board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB) in two specialties: family NP and adult-gerontology primary care NP. She is an experienced NP with more than two decades of clinical practice. In addition to her two NP certification review books published by Springer Publishing Company, Ms. Leik is the author of chapters in two NP textbooks and is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.
Contributors and Reviewers
Preface
Acknowledgments
SECTION I. CERTIFICATION AND EXAM INFORMATION
Chapter 1. Certification Exam Information
Chapter 2. Question Dissection and Analysis
SECTION II. PHARMACOLOGY AND HEALTH SCREENING OVERVIEW
Chapter 3. Pharmacology Review
Chapter 4. Health Promotion, Screening, and Disease Prevention Review
SECTION III. SYSTEMS REVIEW
Chapter 5. Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat Review
Chapter 6. Integumentary System Review
Chapter 7. Cardiovascular System Review
Chapter 8. Respiratory System Review
Chapter 9. Endocrine System Review
Chapter 10. Gastrointestinal System Review
Chapter 11. Genitourinary and Renal System Review
Chapter 12. Nervous System Review
Chapter 13. Hematopoietic System Review
Chapter 14. Musculoskeletal System Review
Chapter 15. Psychiatric-Mental Health Review
SECTION IV. REPRODUCTIVE REVIEW
Chapter 16. Male Reproductive System Review
Chapter 17. Female Reproductive System Review
Chapter 18. Female Reproductive System Review: Pregnancy and Childbirth
Chapter 19. Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Infections Review
SECTION V. PEDIATRICS AND ADOLESCENTS REVIEW
Chapter 20. Pediatrics Review: Newborns and Infants
Chapter 21. Pediatrics Review: Toddlers and Preschool-Aged Children (Age 15
to 48 Months)
Chapter 22. Pediatrics Review: School-Aged Children (Age 5 to 11 Years)
Chapter 23. Adolescents Review
SECTION VI. GERONTOLOGY REVIEW
Chapter 24. Body and Metabolic Changes in the Older Adult
Chapter 25. Common Disorders in Geriatrics
SECTION VII. PROFESSIONAL ROLE REVIEW
Chapter 26. Ethical Guidelines and Advanced Practice Law
Chapter 27. Professional Roles and Reimbursement
Chapter 28. Nursing Research
Chapter 29. Evidence-Based Medicine and Epidemiology
SECTION VIII. PRACTICE TESTS
Chapter 30. Practice Test I
Chapter 31. Practice Test I: Answers
Chapter 32. Practice Test II
Chapter 33. Practice Test II: Answers
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Index
DIGITAL-ONLY PRACTICE TESTS
Practice Test III
Practice Test IV
