ANCC AGPCNP NON-CLINICAL TERMS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Democratic Leadership Correct Answer • Leader may like to have
more frequent meetings because he or she values staff members'
input and feedback
• Team shares in decision making process, which may be slow
due to desire to include all
• Leader values relationships and staff opinions
Servant Leadership Correct Answer • Leader likes to work along
with staff on the unit, treats staff as individuals
• May assume many roles
• Develops relationships with staff members and treats staff as
individuals, which result in high job satisfaction for staff
• This type of leader may not like to make decisions that can
anger staff members
Telehealth Correct Answer • A collection of means or methods for
enhancing health care, public health, and health education
delivery and support using telecommunications technologies
,• Requirement: NP to hold active licenses in each state where
his/her patients are receiving care. The NPs scope of practice is
determined by the state in which the patient receives care.
Hospice Correct Answer • Care provided in the home or in a
hospice house for terminally ill patients.
• Requirements: under Medicare the patient must be deemed
terminally ill by a provider in the next 6 months.
• Need written order for hospice care.
• Certifies that patient has a life expectancy of less than 6 months.
• Patient gives consent to be admitted to a hospice program.
• Patient agrees no to use life-sustaining equipment if a life.
P-value Correct Answer • Represents the probability of error
involved in accepting the observed results as a valid
representative of the population.
• Think of P-value as statistical significance of a hypothesis.
Standard Deviation Correct Answer • The measure of the spread
or dispersion of a set of data from the average.
Confidence Interval Correct Answer • Measures the reliability of
an estimate. With defined limits at each end, this specifies the
probability of including the parameter being estimated.
,The Nurse Practice Act is enacted by: Correct Answer • State's
legislature
Primary Source Correct Answer • Where original research came
from, seminal work
Secondary Source Correct Answer • Secondary sources are
created when the original data (primary data) are interpreted or
analyzed by another person (not the original researcher).
Randomized Controlled Trial Correct Answer • Best design to
determine the benefits/risks of an intervention
Experimental Research Correct Answer • In experimental
research, the researcher manipulates one or more variables and
controls and measures any change in other variables.
Cohort Study Correct Answer • Follows individuals with a
particular condition over a period of time.
• Best design to obtain valid information about the prognosis of a
condition.
• Study of a group of individuals with one or more common
characteristics.
, Cross-Sectional Study Correct Answer • Best designs to evaluate
a diagnostic test.
• Describes and measures the interrelationships among the
study's variables between two groups or more.
Qualitative Research Correct Answer • Explores phenomena
through descriptions or people and events.
• Subjective data
• Includes: case studies, field studies, participant observation, and
ethnographic studies.
• The researcher uses observation and detailed interviews to
gather data. Qualitative research is inductive. Identifies
phenomena and concepts. Asks broad questions.
Non-Experimental Research Correct Answer • In non-
experimental research the researcher cannot control, manipulate,
or alter the predictor variable or subjects.
• Relies on interpretation, observation, or interactions to arrive to
a conclusion.
• Includes: Descriptive and ex-post facto/correlational research.
Quasi-Experimental Correct Answer • Similar to traditional
experimental design but lacks the comparison group as well as
randomization.
• This is not randomized (controlled but not random).
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Democratic Leadership Correct Answer • Leader may like to have
more frequent meetings because he or she values staff members'
input and feedback
• Team shares in decision making process, which may be slow
due to desire to include all
• Leader values relationships and staff opinions
Servant Leadership Correct Answer • Leader likes to work along
with staff on the unit, treats staff as individuals
• May assume many roles
• Develops relationships with staff members and treats staff as
individuals, which result in high job satisfaction for staff
• This type of leader may not like to make decisions that can
anger staff members
Telehealth Correct Answer • A collection of means or methods for
enhancing health care, public health, and health education
delivery and support using telecommunications technologies
,• Requirement: NP to hold active licenses in each state where
his/her patients are receiving care. The NPs scope of practice is
determined by the state in which the patient receives care.
Hospice Correct Answer • Care provided in the home or in a
hospice house for terminally ill patients.
• Requirements: under Medicare the patient must be deemed
terminally ill by a provider in the next 6 months.
• Need written order for hospice care.
• Certifies that patient has a life expectancy of less than 6 months.
• Patient gives consent to be admitted to a hospice program.
• Patient agrees no to use life-sustaining equipment if a life.
P-value Correct Answer • Represents the probability of error
involved in accepting the observed results as a valid
representative of the population.
• Think of P-value as statistical significance of a hypothesis.
Standard Deviation Correct Answer • The measure of the spread
or dispersion of a set of data from the average.
Confidence Interval Correct Answer • Measures the reliability of
an estimate. With defined limits at each end, this specifies the
probability of including the parameter being estimated.
,The Nurse Practice Act is enacted by: Correct Answer • State's
legislature
Primary Source Correct Answer • Where original research came
from, seminal work
Secondary Source Correct Answer • Secondary sources are
created when the original data (primary data) are interpreted or
analyzed by another person (not the original researcher).
Randomized Controlled Trial Correct Answer • Best design to
determine the benefits/risks of an intervention
Experimental Research Correct Answer • In experimental
research, the researcher manipulates one or more variables and
controls and measures any change in other variables.
Cohort Study Correct Answer • Follows individuals with a
particular condition over a period of time.
• Best design to obtain valid information about the prognosis of a
condition.
• Study of a group of individuals with one or more common
characteristics.
, Cross-Sectional Study Correct Answer • Best designs to evaluate
a diagnostic test.
• Describes and measures the interrelationships among the
study's variables between two groups or more.
Qualitative Research Correct Answer • Explores phenomena
through descriptions or people and events.
• Subjective data
• Includes: case studies, field studies, participant observation, and
ethnographic studies.
• The researcher uses observation and detailed interviews to
gather data. Qualitative research is inductive. Identifies
phenomena and concepts. Asks broad questions.
Non-Experimental Research Correct Answer • In non-
experimental research the researcher cannot control, manipulate,
or alter the predictor variable or subjects.
• Relies on interpretation, observation, or interactions to arrive to
a conclusion.
• Includes: Descriptive and ex-post facto/correlational research.
Quasi-Experimental Correct Answer • Similar to traditional
experimental design but lacks the comparison group as well as
randomization.
• This is not randomized (controlled but not random).
