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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 Screening and Promotion Review: Adolescents and Adults Chapter 5. Health Screening and Promotion Review: Older Adults and Frail Elderly SECTION III. SYSTEMS REVIEW Chapter 6. Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat Review Chapter 7. Integumentary System Review Chapter 8. Cardiovascular System Review Chapter 9. Respiratory System Review Chapter 10. Endocrine System Review Chapter 11. Gastrointestinal System Review Chapter 12. Genitourinary and Renal System Review Chapter 13. Nervous System Review Chapter 14. Hematopoietic System Review Chapter 15. Musculoskeletal System Review Chapter 16. Psychiatric-Mental Health Review SECTION IV. REPRODUCTIVE REVIEW Chapter 17. Male Reproductive System Review Chapter 18. Female Reproductive System Review Chapter 19. Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Infections Review Chapter 20. Adolescents Review SECTION V. GERONTOLOGY REVIEW Chapter 21. Theory and Conceptual Models Applied to Gerontology Chapter 22. Body and Metabolic Changes in the Older Adult Chapter 23. Common Disorders in Geriatrics Chapter 24. Pressure Injuries, Wounds, and Advanced Practice Procedures SECTION VI. PROFESSIONAL ROLE REVIEW Chapter 25. Hospice and Support Services Chapter 26. Gerontology and Long-Term Care Chapter 27. Ethical Guidelines and Advanced Practice Law Chapter 28. Professional Roles and Reimbursement Review Chapter 29. Nursing Research Chapter 30. Evidence-Based Medicine and Epidemiology SECTION VII. PRACTICE TESTS Chapter 31. Practice Test I Chapter 32. Practice Test I: Answers Chapter 33. Practice Test II Chapter 34. 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.