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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
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.