AGACNP board prep questions with
correct answers
Normal WBC count - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-4-11 or 4,000-11,000
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Neutrophils ROLE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Destroy bacteria
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Lymphocytes ROLE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Destroy viruses
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Monocytes Role - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Clear cellular debris. They eat
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dead cells
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Eosinophils ROLE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Combat allergens/parasites
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Basophils ROLE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Undetermined. Have a role in
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anaphylaxis
BANDS on a WBC differential - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Immature
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neutrophils. They sneak out before they are fully developed. Increase in
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Bands means something bad is happening. Usually bacteria
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,Legal Authority: Certification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Does not provide
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legal authority to practice. it just shows that you have a knowledge base
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Legal authority: State licensure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Grants the NP
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the authority to practice in a state. Defined by the individuals state's
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nurse practice act
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Legal authority: prescriptive authority - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Changes
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from state to state. Most need a license to prescribe. Most need a
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collaborative agreement. |
Legal authority: credentialing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Provide practice
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authority in a particular institution. Enables insurance reimbursement.
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Defines hospital privileges.
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Systematic review (meta analysis) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-#1 Highest
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form of research. A massive review of published research, in one place.
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Randomized controlled trial - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-#2 Evaluates the
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effectiveness of an intervention | | |
Cohort study - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-#3 prospective or retrospective
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study that evaluates variables and outcomes.
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,Case-Control Study - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-#4 a retrospective study
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which evaluates cases. Compares risk factors
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Case series - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-#5 Retrospective study examining
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the experiences of a group
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Case Report - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-#5 CLinical narrative of a single
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patient case |
Editorial - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-#6 An essay that addresses a specific
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topic from a qualified individual or group of individuals
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Expert opinion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-#6 Essay of a topic of concern
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from a qualified individual
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Null hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-What you are trying to
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DISPROVE
alternative hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-What you are trying to
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prove
P value >0.05 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Fail to reject the null hypothesis.
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The null hypothesis is true. You are unable to disprove what you wanted
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to disprove
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, P value < 0.05 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-reject the null hypothesis. The
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alternative hypothesis is true. You are able to disprove what you wanted
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to disprove. This result is statistically significant
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Quantitative studies - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Used to establish a | | | | | | | |
correlation by evaluating the null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis.
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Relies on numerical and measurable data
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Qualitative studies - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Rely on personal accounts
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or details in how people think and respond. You want data saturation
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with no new ideas emerging. NO STATISTICS
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What three things need to happen for an issue to be malpractice? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1) there needs to be a duty to the patient
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2) Violation in standard of care
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3) injury or death resulted due to that violation of care
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Beneficence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Obligation to help people in need| | | | | | | |
Best thing to do for the patient
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Autonomy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Patients right to make decisions
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correct answers
Normal WBC count - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-4-11 or 4,000-11,000
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Neutrophils ROLE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Destroy bacteria
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Lymphocytes ROLE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Destroy viruses
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Monocytes Role - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Clear cellular debris. They eat
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dead cells
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Eosinophils ROLE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Combat allergens/parasites
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Basophils ROLE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Undetermined. Have a role in
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anaphylaxis
BANDS on a WBC differential - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Immature
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neutrophils. They sneak out before they are fully developed. Increase in
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Bands means something bad is happening. Usually bacteria
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,Legal Authority: Certification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Does not provide
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legal authority to practice. it just shows that you have a knowledge base
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Legal authority: State licensure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Grants the NP
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the authority to practice in a state. Defined by the individuals state's
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nurse practice act
| |
Legal authority: prescriptive authority - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Changes
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from state to state. Most need a license to prescribe. Most need a
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collaborative agreement. |
Legal authority: credentialing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Provide practice
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authority in a particular institution. Enables insurance reimbursement.
| | | | | | | |
Defines hospital privileges.
| |
Systematic review (meta analysis) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-#1 Highest
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form of research. A massive review of published research, in one place.
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Randomized controlled trial - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-#2 Evaluates the
| | | | | | | |
effectiveness of an intervention | | |
Cohort study - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-#3 prospective or retrospective
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study that evaluates variables and outcomes.
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,Case-Control Study - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-#4 a retrospective study
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which evaluates cases. Compares risk factors
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Case series - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-#5 Retrospective study examining
| | | | | | | |
the experiences of a group
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Case Report - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-#5 CLinical narrative of a single
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patient case |
Editorial - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-#6 An essay that addresses a specific
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topic from a qualified individual or group of individuals
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Expert opinion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-#6 Essay of a topic of concern
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from a qualified individual
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Null hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-What you are trying to
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DISPROVE
alternative hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-What you are trying to
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prove
P value >0.05 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Fail to reject the null hypothesis.
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The null hypothesis is true. You are unable to disprove what you wanted
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to disprove
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, P value < 0.05 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-reject the null hypothesis. The
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alternative hypothesis is true. You are able to disprove what you wanted
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to disprove. This result is statistically significant
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Quantitative studies - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Used to establish a | | | | | | | |
correlation by evaluating the null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis.
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|
Relies on numerical and measurable data
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Qualitative studies - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Rely on personal accounts
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or details in how people think and respond. You want data saturation
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with no new ideas emerging. NO STATISTICS
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What three things need to happen for an issue to be malpractice? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1) there needs to be a duty to the patient
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2) Violation in standard of care
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3) injury or death resulted due to that violation of care
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Beneficence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Obligation to help people in need| | | | | | | |
Best thing to do for the patient
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Autonomy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Patients right to make decisions
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