ANCC AGACNP - Frances Guide Review Exam
Questions And Verified Detailed Answers ||
Updated 2025/2026 A+ Graded
What is the best way for the AGACNP to become involved in policy making?
a. attend legislative days at the state capitol
b. join a hospital committee
c. write your local congressman
d. review literature and give more in-services - ANSWER b. join a hospital committee
What is the best way for the AGACNP to demonstrate and advocate for full scope of practice?
a. join a hospital committee
b. petition the government
c. bill for independent services
d. start your own practice - ANSWER c. bill for independent services
You want more funding for having a Rapid Response Team at your hospital. How do you bring this
issue in front of the committee?
a. Stress importance of the team-find evidence about how team affects outcomes
b. Describe how to improve and expand the team -ANSWER a. stress importance of
team
,Which of the following is an example of a high acuity role for the AGACNP? a.
primary care clinic
b. cardiology office
c. community health department
d. minute clinic - ANSWER b. cardiology office
Which of the following is most significant when considering statistical significance while reading the
literature?
a. concern for sample size
b. confidence interval is not wide
c. p-value is less than alpha-coefficient
d. error rate-ANSWER a. concern for sample size
When a practice is closed, an NP must do everything EXCEPT
a. provide time for the patient to find another provder
b. keep the patient's records for a minimum of five years
c. send a letter, certified, with return receipt requested
d. provide names of other providers for future care - The correct answer is c. The NP must provide
a time for the patient to get another provider; however, there is no legal requirement to send a
letter by certified return receipt requested, although a certified letter may be considered a good
business practice.
Which of the following components of an evidenced based research process is most important for NP
to participate in?
a. specifying methods of data collection
b. formulating the hypothesis
c. carefully reviewing the literature
d. formulating the research problem - ANSWER d. formulating the research problem
,A former pt of an NP writes blog posts, sends emails and distributes false, accusatory statements
about the NP's practice. Which of the following forms of defamation is this? a. libel
b. slander - ANSWER a. libel
Can you tell the patient's wife, for her protection that her husband has HIV? - ANSWER No, not
without his permission
What is the best way to advocate for gay and lesbian population?
a. participate in a high state or national level
b. join a non-profit advocacy group
c. consider lobbying the government
d. start at your facility - ANSWER d. start at your facility
Answers are written in a different style. "decrease bias in healthcare" "create in-servises in
healthcare" "acquire funding to increase access"
How can the ANCP prepare to get involved in future mass casualty event? - ANSWER Pre enroll in
disaster volunteer program
An 80 year old male patient with dementia needs long-term care placement. To what funding agency
does the patient apply after "spending down" to qualify? - ANSWER Medicaid
Your patient is worried about insurance coverage and would like you to give him some advice
regarding Medicaid. You tell the patient that Medicaid: - ANSWER Pays after insurance and 3rd
party payers have paid
You are going to give a dinner presentation to a group. The pharmaceutical rep calls you the night
before and wants you to say that their drug is the only one that workds. What ethical principles does
this challenge? - ANSWER Veracity and fidelity
Health literacy - ANSWER Average american: 8th grade level
, The root cause analysis of a crisis situation in the ICU determined that a lack of clinician-family
communication was the root of the resulting adverse outcome. The performance improvement plan
charges the NP to develop evidence-based policies which will establish standards for clinician-family
communication in the unit. These should include: - ANSWER Guidelines for having discussions with
family members that are geared toward establishing treatment goals
Which clinical scenario does the NP evaluate for a quality improvement process change? - ANSR An
increased incidence of postoperative sternal wound infections
Goals set forth in healthy people 2020 by the US department of Health and Human services include:
- ANSR elimination of health disparities (and increased QOL/LOL)
Depending on patient culture, ethnicity, or personal preference, the NP can build a stronger
therapeutic relationship with the patient by: - ANSWER Adapting his or her communication style to
that preferred by the patient
A 70-year-old client is being discharged to home after a new diagnosis of CAD on top of his previous
diagnoses of DM, HTN, and OAs. The adultgerontology acute care NP educates the client that if he
needs health care, his first point of contact should be the:
-ANSWER PCP
Quality assurance - ANSWER A process for evaluating the care of patients using established
standards of care to ensure quality
CPI-RESPONSE Measures structure, processes, and outcomes
The NP is asked to provide evidence to the hospital administration that central lines placed by an NP
are safe. Which of the following resource identifies the strongest level of evidence? ANSWER A
systematic review (meta analysis)
What is the name of the legislation that allowed NPs to become recognized Medicare providers in all
geographical locations and to be assigned their own provider number? ANSWER Balanced Budget
act
Questions And Verified Detailed Answers ||
Updated 2025/2026 A+ Graded
What is the best way for the AGACNP to become involved in policy making?
a. attend legislative days at the state capitol
b. join a hospital committee
c. write your local congressman
d. review literature and give more in-services - ANSWER b. join a hospital committee
What is the best way for the AGACNP to demonstrate and advocate for full scope of practice?
a. join a hospital committee
b. petition the government
c. bill for independent services
d. start your own practice - ANSWER c. bill for independent services
You want more funding for having a Rapid Response Team at your hospital. How do you bring this
issue in front of the committee?
a. Stress importance of the team-find evidence about how team affects outcomes
b. Describe how to improve and expand the team -ANSWER a. stress importance of
team
,Which of the following is an example of a high acuity role for the AGACNP? a.
primary care clinic
b. cardiology office
c. community health department
d. minute clinic - ANSWER b. cardiology office
Which of the following is most significant when considering statistical significance while reading the
literature?
a. concern for sample size
b. confidence interval is not wide
c. p-value is less than alpha-coefficient
d. error rate-ANSWER a. concern for sample size
When a practice is closed, an NP must do everything EXCEPT
a. provide time for the patient to find another provder
b. keep the patient's records for a minimum of five years
c. send a letter, certified, with return receipt requested
d. provide names of other providers for future care - The correct answer is c. The NP must provide
a time for the patient to get another provider; however, there is no legal requirement to send a
letter by certified return receipt requested, although a certified letter may be considered a good
business practice.
Which of the following components of an evidenced based research process is most important for NP
to participate in?
a. specifying methods of data collection
b. formulating the hypothesis
c. carefully reviewing the literature
d. formulating the research problem - ANSWER d. formulating the research problem
,A former pt of an NP writes blog posts, sends emails and distributes false, accusatory statements
about the NP's practice. Which of the following forms of defamation is this? a. libel
b. slander - ANSWER a. libel
Can you tell the patient's wife, for her protection that her husband has HIV? - ANSWER No, not
without his permission
What is the best way to advocate for gay and lesbian population?
a. participate in a high state or national level
b. join a non-profit advocacy group
c. consider lobbying the government
d. start at your facility - ANSWER d. start at your facility
Answers are written in a different style. "decrease bias in healthcare" "create in-servises in
healthcare" "acquire funding to increase access"
How can the ANCP prepare to get involved in future mass casualty event? - ANSWER Pre enroll in
disaster volunteer program
An 80 year old male patient with dementia needs long-term care placement. To what funding agency
does the patient apply after "spending down" to qualify? - ANSWER Medicaid
Your patient is worried about insurance coverage and would like you to give him some advice
regarding Medicaid. You tell the patient that Medicaid: - ANSWER Pays after insurance and 3rd
party payers have paid
You are going to give a dinner presentation to a group. The pharmaceutical rep calls you the night
before and wants you to say that their drug is the only one that workds. What ethical principles does
this challenge? - ANSWER Veracity and fidelity
Health literacy - ANSWER Average american: 8th grade level
, The root cause analysis of a crisis situation in the ICU determined that a lack of clinician-family
communication was the root of the resulting adverse outcome. The performance improvement plan
charges the NP to develop evidence-based policies which will establish standards for clinician-family
communication in the unit. These should include: - ANSWER Guidelines for having discussions with
family members that are geared toward establishing treatment goals
Which clinical scenario does the NP evaluate for a quality improvement process change? - ANSR An
increased incidence of postoperative sternal wound infections
Goals set forth in healthy people 2020 by the US department of Health and Human services include:
- ANSR elimination of health disparities (and increased QOL/LOL)
Depending on patient culture, ethnicity, or personal preference, the NP can build a stronger
therapeutic relationship with the patient by: - ANSWER Adapting his or her communication style to
that preferred by the patient
A 70-year-old client is being discharged to home after a new diagnosis of CAD on top of his previous
diagnoses of DM, HTN, and OAs. The adultgerontology acute care NP educates the client that if he
needs health care, his first point of contact should be the:
-ANSWER PCP
Quality assurance - ANSWER A process for evaluating the care of patients using established
standards of care to ensure quality
CPI-RESPONSE Measures structure, processes, and outcomes
The NP is asked to provide evidence to the hospital administration that central lines placed by an NP
are safe. Which of the following resource identifies the strongest level of evidence? ANSWER A
systematic review (meta analysis)
What is the name of the legislation that allowed NPs to become recognized Medicare providers in all
geographical locations and to be assigned their own provider number? ANSWER Balanced Budget
act
