AGACNP Review Questions and
Answers Updated 2026
You want to get more funding for your hospital's Rapid Response Team. How should you present this
issues to the committee?
A. Stress the importance of a team
B. Describe how to improve and expand the team - AnswerA. Stress the importance of a team
What is the best way for the AGACNP to get involved in policy making?
A. Attend legislative days at the state capitol
B. Join a hospital committee
C. Write to your local congressman
D. Review literature and give more in-services - AnswerB. 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 - AnswerC. Bill for independent services
Which of the following is considered a high acuity role for the AGACNP?
A. Primary care clinic
B. Cardiology office
C. Community health department
D. Minute Clinic - AnswerB. Cardiology office
What is the best way to advocate for gay and lesbian population in your area?
,A. Participate at a high state or national level
B. Join a nonprofit advocacy group
C. Consider lobbying the government
D. Start at your facility - AnswerD. Start at your facility
Which of the following is most important to evaluate statistical significance when reviewing the
literature?
A. Consider the sample size
B. Make sure the confident and interval is tight
C. See if the p-value is less than the a-coefficient
D. Determine the error rate - AnswerA. Consider the sample size
When closing a practice, the NP is required to do all of the following except:
A. Give the patient adequate time to find another provider
B. Keep all of the patient's records for a minimum of five years
C. Send a certified letter with a return receipt requested
D. Provide names of other providers for future care - AnswerC. Send a certified letter with a return
receipt requested
Which of the following components of an evidence based research process is the most important for
the NP to participate in?
A. Specifying methods of data collection
B. Formulating the hypothesis
C. Carefully reviewing the literature
D. Formulating the research problem - AnswerD. Formulating the research problem
A former patient of an NP is writing blog post, sending emails, distributing false, accusatory
statements about the NP's practice. Which of the following forms of defamation is this?
,A. Libel
B. Slander - AnswerA. Libel- written
(slander- oral)
Tell the patient's wife, for her protection, that her husband has HIV? - AnswerNo, not without his
permission
How can the ANCP prepare to get involved in future mass casualty event? - AnswerPre-enroll in
disaster volunteer program
An 80 year old male patient with dementia requires long-term care placement. To which funding
agency does the patient apply after "spending down" to qualify? - AnswerMedicaid
Your patient is worried about insurance coverage and asks for advice on Medicaid. You instruct the
patient that Medicaid: - AnswerPays after insurance and third-party payers have paid
You are giving 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 works. What ethical principles does this
challenge? - AnswerVeracity and Fidelity
Health literacy education level - Answer8th grade
What is quality assurance? - Answerprocess for evaluating the care of patients using established
stands of care to ensure quality
CPI measures what three measures to improve nursing? - AnswerStructure, processes, and
outcomes
But cause analysis of a crisis situation in the ICU identified a lack of clinician family communication as
the basis for the resulting adverse outcome. As part of the performance improvement plan, the NP is
asked to develop evidence-based policies to establish clinician family communication standards in
the unit. These policies should include: - AnswerGuidelines 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? - AnswerAn
increased incidence of postoperative sternal wound infections
Goals set forth and healthy people 2020 by the united states department of health and human
services include: - AnswerElimination of health disparities
Based on the individuals culture, ethnicity, and personal choices, the NP can optimize the
therapeutic partnership with the patient by: - AnswerTailoring his or her communication style to the
patient's preference
A 70 year old patient with a history of DM, HTN, OAs, and a new diagnosis of coronary artery
disease, is being discharged. The adult gerontology acute care nurse practitioner teaches the patient
at the first point of contact for health care needs is the - AnswerPrimary care provider and
cardiologist
The NP is asked to provide evidence to the hospital administration about the safety of NP placing
central lines. Which resource provides the strongest level of evidence? - AnswerA systemic review
What legislation allowed nurse practitioners to be recognized Medicare providers in all geographical
areas with their own provider number? - AnswerBalanced budget act
True/False: restraining an unwilling patient is grounds for malpractice? - AnswerFalse, if they are a
danger you can restrain
Patient presents to the clinic for routine follow-up and passes out. You revive the patient and admit
overnight. Which of the following would qualify as incident-to-billing? - AnswerTemperature and
weight recording
The NP program initiated, primarily, because of what issue in healthcare at the time? -
AnswerPediatric physician shortage
Elderly female patient takes a turn for the worse. The husband is crying when you enter the room
and begins telling you what end-of-life care he prefers. What do you do? - AnswerAsk for advance
directives
Answers Updated 2026
You want to get more funding for your hospital's Rapid Response Team. How should you present this
issues to the committee?
A. Stress the importance of a team
B. Describe how to improve and expand the team - AnswerA. Stress the importance of a team
What is the best way for the AGACNP to get involved in policy making?
A. Attend legislative days at the state capitol
B. Join a hospital committee
C. Write to your local congressman
D. Review literature and give more in-services - AnswerB. 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 - AnswerC. Bill for independent services
Which of the following is considered a high acuity role for the AGACNP?
A. Primary care clinic
B. Cardiology office
C. Community health department
D. Minute Clinic - AnswerB. Cardiology office
What is the best way to advocate for gay and lesbian population in your area?
,A. Participate at a high state or national level
B. Join a nonprofit advocacy group
C. Consider lobbying the government
D. Start at your facility - AnswerD. Start at your facility
Which of the following is most important to evaluate statistical significance when reviewing the
literature?
A. Consider the sample size
B. Make sure the confident and interval is tight
C. See if the p-value is less than the a-coefficient
D. Determine the error rate - AnswerA. Consider the sample size
When closing a practice, the NP is required to do all of the following except:
A. Give the patient adequate time to find another provider
B. Keep all of the patient's records for a minimum of five years
C. Send a certified letter with a return receipt requested
D. Provide names of other providers for future care - AnswerC. Send a certified letter with a return
receipt requested
Which of the following components of an evidence based research process is the most important for
the NP to participate in?
A. Specifying methods of data collection
B. Formulating the hypothesis
C. Carefully reviewing the literature
D. Formulating the research problem - AnswerD. Formulating the research problem
A former patient of an NP is writing blog post, sending emails, distributing false, accusatory
statements about the NP's practice. Which of the following forms of defamation is this?
,A. Libel
B. Slander - AnswerA. Libel- written
(slander- oral)
Tell the patient's wife, for her protection, that her husband has HIV? - AnswerNo, not without his
permission
How can the ANCP prepare to get involved in future mass casualty event? - AnswerPre-enroll in
disaster volunteer program
An 80 year old male patient with dementia requires long-term care placement. To which funding
agency does the patient apply after "spending down" to qualify? - AnswerMedicaid
Your patient is worried about insurance coverage and asks for advice on Medicaid. You instruct the
patient that Medicaid: - AnswerPays after insurance and third-party payers have paid
You are giving 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 works. What ethical principles does this
challenge? - AnswerVeracity and Fidelity
Health literacy education level - Answer8th grade
What is quality assurance? - Answerprocess for evaluating the care of patients using established
stands of care to ensure quality
CPI measures what three measures to improve nursing? - AnswerStructure, processes, and
outcomes
But cause analysis of a crisis situation in the ICU identified a lack of clinician family communication as
the basis for the resulting adverse outcome. As part of the performance improvement plan, the NP is
asked to develop evidence-based policies to establish clinician family communication standards in
the unit. These policies should include: - AnswerGuidelines 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? - AnswerAn
increased incidence of postoperative sternal wound infections
Goals set forth and healthy people 2020 by the united states department of health and human
services include: - AnswerElimination of health disparities
Based on the individuals culture, ethnicity, and personal choices, the NP can optimize the
therapeutic partnership with the patient by: - AnswerTailoring his or her communication style to the
patient's preference
A 70 year old patient with a history of DM, HTN, OAs, and a new diagnosis of coronary artery
disease, is being discharged. The adult gerontology acute care nurse practitioner teaches the patient
at the first point of contact for health care needs is the - AnswerPrimary care provider and
cardiologist
The NP is asked to provide evidence to the hospital administration about the safety of NP placing
central lines. Which resource provides the strongest level of evidence? - AnswerA systemic review
What legislation allowed nurse practitioners to be recognized Medicare providers in all geographical
areas with their own provider number? - AnswerBalanced budget act
True/False: restraining an unwilling patient is grounds for malpractice? - AnswerFalse, if they are a
danger you can restrain
Patient presents to the clinic for routine follow-up and passes out. You revive the patient and admit
overnight. Which of the following would qualify as incident-to-billing? - AnswerTemperature and
weight recording
The NP program initiated, primarily, because of what issue in healthcare at the time? -
AnswerPediatric physician shortage
Elderly female patient takes a turn for the worse. The husband is crying when you enter the room
and begins telling you what end-of-life care he prefers. What do you do? - AnswerAsk for advance
directives
