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Test-taking and Study
Strategies for Success
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Health
Promotion and Disease Prevention
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Epidemiology/risk
analysis (substance use, health habits, environmental
influences)
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Genetics (syndromes,
cancer, dementias)
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Health behavior
guidelines/risk reduction (nutrition, exercise, health habits,
immunizations)
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Growth and development
(physiological aging, psychosocial aging),
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Diagnostic tests
(screening, diagnosis, monitoring)
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Wellness assessment
(health-promoting behaviors, nutrition, exercise,
immunizations)
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Assessment of Acute and
Chronic Illnesses
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Epidemiology/disease
control (infections, disease progression, public health issues)
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Pathophysiology
(comorbidity, disease states), physiological aging vs. disease states,
anatomy deviations from normal in the aged, implications for
functional status, microbiology (laboratory analyses, diagnostic
testing)
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Psychopathology
(depression, anxiety disorders, substance abuse disorders, family
dysfunction, delirium, dementia, psychosis, behavioral
assessment)
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Diagnostic reasoning
(differential diagnosis, prioritizing, comorbidity)
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Health assessment (exam
techniques)
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Clinical Management
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Standards of practice
(professional recommendations)
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Clinical guidelines
(pathways, protocols)
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Pharmacotherapeutics
(drug interactions, pharmacogenetics, pharmacokinetics,
pharmacodynamics)
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Clinical therapeutics
(nutrition, rehabilitation therapies, complementary/alternative
therapy, exercise, procedures (cerumen removal, wound debridement,
tube insertion, nail care, joint injections, biopsy, casts, splints,
suturing)
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Clinical decision-making
(applied ethics, advanced directives, end of life, quality of life,
autonomy), coordination of care (culturally/age-appropriate
individualized care, coordination across settings/transitions in
care), diagnostic reasoning (triage, prioritizing)
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Safety
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Theory (application of
frameworks) |
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The
Nurse Practitioner and Patient Relationship
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Cultural competence
(health beliefs, practices, ethnic considerations, family systems,
spirituality)
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Therapeutic
communication (educational level, caregiver, culturally and
linguistically appropriate)
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Teaching/coaching
(anticipatory guidance, teaching strategies, learning styles,
self-care/caregiver care
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Patient advocacy
(empowerment, quality of life, end of life care)
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Professional Role and
Policy
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Healthcare/public policy
(laws, regulations, poverty levels, autonomy)
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Ethics (advocacy,
decision-making capacity, health status continuum/degree of
wellness)
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Scope of practice
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Access to care
(treatment cost-effectiveness, poverty, transportation, health
disparity)
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Coordination of care
(case management, drug costs, multidisciplinary teams, community
resources, care continuum)
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Documentation
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Research
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Research process and
utilization
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Continuous process
improvement (quality improvement, quality assurance, total quality
management, peer review)
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Outcomes
evaluation
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Extensive Review of
System-Specific Health Problems
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Syndromes
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Nutrition (failure to
thrive, obesity), functional/mobility limitations, falls, pain,
incontinence, sleep disorders, relocation, delirium, sensory loss,
dementia, abuse/neglect, multiple loss syndrome, end of
life/palliative care, constipation |
