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This document covers AGACNP 106 content focused on acute care nurse practitioner concepts and advanced clinical practice. It includes foundational topics in adult-gerontology acute care assessment, diagnosis, and management principles. The material is designed to support certification and graduate-level exam preparation in acute care nursing.

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1. What disease -("spider veins") dilated or broken blood vessels located near the surface of the
conditions do skin or mucous membranes.
you see Telang-
iectasia in? -Rosasea
Differential? -Liver dx
Physical Exam? -Scleroderma
-Lupus
-Corticosteriod use
-Raynauds
-Basal cell Skin CA

-Differential: PVD
-PE: Hemosiderans deposition (staining)

2. Type 1 Error -False positive
-Incorrectly rejecting the true null hypothesis (occurs if the null hypothesis is
rejected when it is true)
-Rejection of the null hypothesis when it is actually true.

3. Type 2 Error -False negative
-Failing to reject a null hypothesis which is false (occurs if the null hypothesis is
not rejected when it is false)

4. National man- Elevate the HOB
date to prevent
VAP?

5. Credentials 1. Encompass required education, licensure and certification
2. Establish minimal levels of acceptable performance
3. Necessary to: ensure the safe healthcare is provided by qualified individuals
and comply with federal and state laws relating to advanced practice nursing
4. Scope of practice



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5. Mandates accountability
6. Enforces professional standards of practice

6. What is creden- -Process by which a NP is granted permission to practice in an inpatient setting
tialing or privilig- -Credentialing with hospital privileges is granted by a Hospital Credentialing
ing? Committee comprised of MDs who hold privileges at the given hospital where
the NP has made request
-Privileges may be granted in part or full; stipulations regarding the allowance of
future privileges may be made by the Credentialing Committee

7. Licensure -Establishes that a person is qualified to perform in a particular profession.
-Granted as defined by rules and regulations set forth by a governmental regu-
latory body

8. Who gives licen- State board of nursing
sure?

9. What is sensitivi- -True positives
ty? -The degree to which those who have a disease screen/test positive

10. What is specifici- -True negatives
ty? -The degree to which those who do not have a disease screen/test negative

11. What is null hy- -There is no significant relation between the variables of the study
pothesis? -Results are due to chance and are not significant in terms of supporting the idea
What if the null being investigated. Thus, the null hypothesis assumes that whatever you are trying
hypothesis is re- to prove did not happen
jected? -It means the results of the study are not due to chance

12. What is p-value? -Number describing how likely it is that your data would have occurred by random
chance (i.e. that the null hypothesis is true).
-0.05 as the standard level of significance




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-The smaller the p-value, the stronger the evidence that you should reject the null
hypothesis

13. if P<0.05 it? -Rejects null hypothesis
-Statistically significant
-A significant result and this would have only arose 5/100 times through chance
-Experimental and control groups are considered to be significantly different

14. if p>0.05? -Fail to reject the null hypothesis
-Not statistically significant and indicates strong evidence for the null hypothesis

15. What is treat- Cover MRSA+ Double antipseudomonal coverage
ment for VAP? -Abs with MRSA activity = vanc or linezolid
-Gram neg with antipseudomonal coverage: beta lactam-based agents = Zosyn or
cefepime/ceftazidine or imipenem/meropenem or aztreonam
-Gram neg with antipseudomonal coverage: non-beta lactam-based agents =
levofloxacin/cipro or amikacin/gentamicin/tobramycin or colistin/polymyxin B

16. Right flank pain Pancreatitis
radiating to the
back could indi-
cate?

17. What is treat- Pericardiocentesis to remove the blood and fluid from around the heart
ment for cardiac
tamponade?

18. Scope of Practice -Based on legal allowances in each state
NP -According to and delineated by individual State Nurse Practice Acts
-Provides guidelines for nursing practice; varies from state to state

19. Vaccines af- -Meningococcal: conjugate (MenACWY) and serogroup B (MenB) and pneumo-
ter splenectomy coccal conjugate (PCV13) and polysaccharide (PPSV23)

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