Washington, DC | March 7-8, 2025
Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Certification Review/Clinical Update Course

Washington, DC

March 7-8, 2025

Why Choose Audio Now?

Don’t miss this special one-time 15% discount on Audio Recordings when you add audio to your Live Course purchase!

Offer not available after checkout.

Get a head start

on mastering concepts as you finish your program.

Maximize your Live Course time

by making it a true review course.

Apply your knowledge

learned from the audio when interacting with our challenging Live Course Audience Response System questions.

The Live Course recordings are available in 3 different options to fit your unique preferences:

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MP3 Player

$119.95
$101.96

Looking to do your studying on the go? Look no further than our MP3 player!

The MP3 Player is a great option if you don’t want to rely on an internet connection to access our outstanding audio content. The MP3 Player is a physical unit that can be used with any 3.5 mm headphone cord.

With 4 GB of hard drive storage, you can also utilize it for additional data storage when plugged into a computer. Portable and versatile, it includes a protective case, earbuds, and a USB charging cable.

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Audio CDs

$79.95
$67.96

The Audio CDs are a great choice for anyone who wants physical CDs of our
outstanding audio content. With our Audio CDs, you can enjoy crystal clear sound that’s free of interruptions and buffering.

Simply pop them into your CD player, and you’re ready to go. And because they’re
physical media, you don’t have to worry about losing your favorite tracks if your phone or computer crashes.

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Audio Streaming

$64.95
$55.21

Looking to do your studying on the go? Look no further than our Audio Streams!

Online Audio Streams are a great option if you want to access the audio content from a mobile device or when at home studying on your computer! The Online Audio Streams are accessible through your Barkley & Associates account through any internet capable device (cell phone, tablet, computer, etc.) using Wi-Fi or a cellular network.

The Online Audio Streams are accessible from the purchase date up to 3 months after the last day of the course. Online Audio Streams are renewable at 3-month intervals at 50% off! Renewals can be purchased in your account from Your Account > Special Offers.

In stock

Please note: Audio CDs are currently in production and will be shipped in late January 2022.
To ensure timely audio access, you will receive complimentary Audio Streaming of the content until you receive the Audio CDs.

23.5 Contact Hours

Extensive Course Manual

Supplemental Videos

100-item DRT

The Live Course includes:

2.5 Contact Hours: You must fully participate in the remediation session following the First Assessment and must be completed before the first day of the Course, while the Final Assessment must be taken within 30 days of the last day of the Course with a score of 70% to receive the 2.5 contact hours.

(which includes up to 10 hours of pharmacology)

1.5 contact hours of continuing education (which includes 1.5 hours of pharmacology)

Course Schedule

  • Friday, March 7, 2025 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, March 8, 2025 7:30 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Important Information

Hotel does not offer discounted room rates for this course

Attendees are responsible for their own parking

Morning coffee/tea service and afternoon soda/snack breaks

Extensive course manual

Provided at the live course

What Makes our Live Courses Different and Exactly What You Need?

  • Live Review Course
  • Home Study
Live Review CourseHome Study
Exclusive practice questions – not found anywhere else – incorporated in each chapter using our popular interactive Audience Response System
A 100-item Pre-Course Diagnostic Readiness Test (DRT)
Bonus from our CE store: Review of Antibiotic Classes
1.5 contact hours of continuing education (which includes 1.5 hours of pharmacology)
Guarantee to Pass National Certification
Our latest comprehensive Course Manual (approximately 170 pages!)
Post-Course Online Video Chapters (OVCs)
Contact hours of continuing education (which includes hours of pharmacology)
Research and Evidence-based Practice
Practice Issues; Ethical and Legal Principles
Prepares for both ANCC and AACN Certification Exams
PriceStarting at
$499.00
+shipping
Starting at
$459.50
+shipping and tax
Course Guarantee

We guarantee that attendees will pass their initial national certification exam as long as the exam is taken no less than 3 weeks and no more than 3 months, following taking a Barkley & Associates Live Certification Review Course or graduation (whichever comes last).

Barkley & Associates must be notified by email within 3 weeks of receipt of the score report. Upon notification, the student may choose any Live Course for free within the next 6 months.

Interested in using a Home Study?

Audio Sample

Manual Sample

Course Overview: Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP)

Extensive Review of System-Specific Conditions Across the Adult – Older Adult Age Spectrum
Certification Review/Clinical Update Continuing Education Course



Clinical Assessment

  • Anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology
  • Comprehensive vs. problem-focused histories
  • Diagnostic tests
  • Differential diagnoses
  • Epidemiology
  • Health assessment
  • Laboratory analyses
  • Prioritization of care
  • Psychiatric evaluations
  • Referral/collaborative practice
  • Risk analysis
  • Screening methods



Common Problems in Acute Care

  • Fever
  • Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base imbalances
  • Immobility
  • Infections (community, hospital, opportunistic)
  • Nutritional imbalances
  • Pain (acute, chronic)
  • Palliative care (end-of-life, pain management)
  • Poisoning and drug toxicities
  • Shock
  • Transplantation
  • Wound management



Diagnosis and Clinical Management for Adults

  • Clinical guidelines
  • Documentation
  • Establishing plan of care
  • Evaluating treatment and outcomes
  • Health promotion
  • Integrating and applying evidence-based practice
  • Management of acute, chronic, and complex conditions
  • Patient teaching
  • Risk factor management
  • Service consultation and/or referral
  • Standards of care



Extensive Review of System-Specific Health Problems

  • Cardiovascular
  • Genitourinary
  • Dermatological
  • Endocrine
  • Gastrointestinal
  • Genitourinary
  • Hematological
  • Integumentary
  • Musculoskeletal
  • Neurological
  • Obstetrics/gynecology
  • Psychosocial
  • Respiratory



Health Care Delivery and Health Care Systems

  • Access to care
  • Adult learning principles, coaching, and anticipatory guidance
  • Billing and coding
  • Conflict management
  • Continuous quality improvement and safety
  • Coordination of multidisciplinary care
  • Error prevention
  • Federal and state regulations
  • Health care financing
  • Health care policy
  • Information technologies
  • Institutional, federal and state regulations
  • Navigating the health care system on behalf of the patient
  • Negotiating and implementing the plan of care among providers
  • Reimbursement and third party payers
  • Resource allocation
  • Root cause analyses
  • Sentinel events
  • Therapeutic communication



Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

  • Counseling patients
  • Diverse population considerations
  • Epidemiology
  • Evaluating outcomes
  • Growth and development considerations
  • Needs assessment
  • Patient and family teaching
  • Primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention
  • Risk analysis
  • Screening recommendations
  • Therapeutic communication
  • Up-to-date statistics



Nurse Practitioner/Patient Relationship

  • Advanced directives
  • Collaboration
  • Crisis intervention
  • Cultural competence and sensitivity
  • Patient autonomy
  • Privacy and confidentiality
  • Professional therapeutic relationships
  • Therapeutic communication



Pharmacologic Management

  • Adverse events
  • Alternative therapies/herbal agents
  • Contraindications
  • Drug interactions
  • Drug monitoring recommendations
  • Over-the-counter preparations
  • Pharmacokinetics
  • Pharmacodynamics
  • Pharmacogenetics
  • System-specific agents
  • Side effects



Professional Role

  • Adult learning principles
  • Advocating for the patient
  • Billing and reimbursement
  • Confidentiality
  • Credentialing
  • Ethical Principles
  • Informed consent
  • Leadership roles
  • Legal principles
  • Medical futility
  • Multidisciplinary collaboration
  • Peer review
  • Privileging
  • Research methods
  • Scope of practice
  • Standards of practice
  • Time management

Don’t miss this

special one-time 15% discount

on Audio Recordings when you add audio to your Live Course purchase!

Offer not available after checkout.



Get a head start

on mastering concepts as you finish your program.



Maximize your Live Course time

by making it a true review course.



Apply your knowledge

learned from the audio when interacting with our challenging Live Course Audience Response System questions.

The Live Course recordings are available in 3 different options to fit your unique preferences:

MP3 Player

$119.95

$101.96

Live Course MP3 Player

The MP3 Player is a great option if you don’t want to rely on an internet connection to access the same outstanding audio content on-the-go! The MP3 Player is a physical unit that can be used with any 3.5mm headphone cord. This means you can listen to it with headphones in the gym or in your car if you have the proper cabling.

With 4GB of hard drive storage, you can also utilize it for additional data storage when plugged into a computer. Portable and versatile, it includes a protective case, earbuds, and a USB charging cable.

The MP3 Player includes:



Audio recordings, protective case, earbuds and USB charging cable

Additional device storage up to 4GB



Comprehensive

All Audio Recordings from a recent Live Certification Review/Clinical Update Course are included. Topics can be listened to in any order and repeated. Pause, fast forward, and rewind the lectures as needed so that you can make sure you master the material.



Listen on the go

Listen wherever is convenient for you: in the car, at home, or wherever you would like!

Your MP3 Player will be shipped out once your order is processed.

Audio CDs

$79.95

$67.96

Live Course Audio CDs

The Audio CDs are a great choice for anyone who wants physical CDs of our outstanding audio content.

This makes it a great option for those who have a CD player in their car or computer, for ease of access.

The Audio CDs includes:



CD recordings

With the option to import onto a smart device through a computer



Comprehensive

All Audio Recordings from a recent Live Certification Review/Clinical Update Course are included. Topics can be listened to in any order and repeated. Pause, fast forward, and rewind the lectures as needed so that you can make sure you master the material.



Listen on the go

Listen wherever is convenient for you: in the car, at home, or wherever you would like!

Your Audio CDs will be shipped out once your order is processed.

Audio Streaming

$64.95

$55.21

Live Course Audio Streaming

Online Audio Streams are a great option if you want to access the audio content on-the-go from a mobile device or when you’re at home studying on your computer!

The Online Audio Streams are accessible through your Barkley & Associates account through any internet capable device (cell phone, tablet, computer, etc.) using WiFi or your cellular network. Additionally, use Bluetooth on your phone or tablet to connect to any wireless headphones for added flexibility!

You will have access to the Online Audio Stream from purchase date up to 3 months after the last day of the course. Access to the Online Audio Streams can be renewed at 3-month intervals at 50% off! Renewals are available near expiry date from Your Account > Special Offers.

The Audio Streaming includes:



Streaming audio recordings to get a head of the class

Accessible for periods of 3 months, either after the last day of the Live Course or from the purchase date of the Home Study. They can be renewed for additional 3-month intervals with a 50% discount!



Comprehensive

All Audio Recordings from a recent Live Certification Review/Clinical Update Course are included. Topics can be listened to in any order and repeated. Pause, fast forward, and rewind the lectures as needed so that you can make sure you master the material.



Listen on the go

Listen wherever is convenient for you: in the car, at home, or wherever you would like!

When Audio Streams are ordered, you will receive immediate access in your account under Your Account and then Courses.

Venue

Doubletree By Hilton Washington DC – Crystal City Hotel

300 Army Navy Dr.
Arlington, VA 22202

Terms: Live Courses

We guarantee that attendees will pass their initial national certification exam as long as the exam is taken no less than 3 weeks and no more than 3 months, after taking a Barkley & Associates’ Live Course or graduation (whichever comes last).

Barkley & Associates must be notified by email within 3 weeks of receipt of the score report. Upon notification, the student may choose to take any Live Course for free within the next 6 months.

After purchasing a course, you will receive an Invoice and a PDF containing details of your course. Please be reminded to specifically check the email account that was used to register.

On-site registrations are accepted, if space is available, and will incur a $75 on-site registration fee in addition to the current course price.

Prices and exact course run times are subject to change at any time and without notice.

Once enrolled for a Live Course, an attendee may elect to transfer their registration to a different venue/city/date. To do so, the attendee must submit their request no later than 4 weeks prior to the first day of the applicable course. A $150 administrative fee is required to confirm the transfer.

All purchases are FINAL. No refunds will be made for course cancellations.

In the unlikely event that Barkley & Associates, Inc. has to cancel a course for reasons beyond their control, including but not limited to insufficient enrollment, acts of God or nature, strikes, war, terrorist acts, hotel labor disputes, disease (e.g., epidemics, pandemics), civil disturbances, travel advisories, or other government restrictions, the liability of Barkley & Associates, Inc. shall be limited to a refund of the attendee’s course registration fee.

Special seating accommodations for our Live Courses and extended time to take the Diagnostic Readiness Tests are a couple examples of accommodations for accessibility that Barkley & Associates will make for customers. For attendees with a disability who require a special accommodation, please contact CustomerService@NPcourses.com.

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Don’t miss this special one-time 15% discount on Audio Recordings when you add audio to your Live Course purchase!

Offer not available after checkout.

...

Get a head start

on mastering concepts as you finish your program.

Maximize your Live Course time

by making it a true review course.

Apply your knowledge

learned from the audio when interacting with our challenging Live Course Audience Response System questions.

The Live Course recordings are available in 3 different options to fit your unique preferences:

mp3.png

MP3 Player

$119.95
$101.96

Looking to do your studying on the go? Look no further than our MP3 player!

The MP3 Player is a great option if you don’t want to rely on an internet connection to access our outstanding audio content. The MP3 Player is a physical unit that can be used with any 3.5 mm headphone cord.

With 4 GB of hard drive storage, you can also utilize it for additional data storage when plugged into a computer. Portable and versatile, it includes a protective case, earbuds, and a USB charging cable.

cds.png

Audio CDs

$79.95
$67.96

The Audio CDs are a great choice for anyone who wants physical CDs of our
outstanding audio content. With our Audio CDs, you can enjoy crystal clear sound that’s free of interruptions and buffering.

Simply pop them into your CD player, and you’re ready to go. And because they’re
physical media, you don’t have to worry about losing your favorite tracks if your phone or computer crashes.

streams.png

Audio Streaming

$64.95
$55.21

Looking to do your studying on the go? Look no further than our Audio Streams!

Online Audio Streams are a great option if you want to access the audio content from a mobile device or when at home studying on your computer! The Online Audio Streams are accessible through your Barkley & Associates account through any internet capable device (cell phone, tablet, computer, etc.) using Wi-Fi or a cellular network.

The Online Audio Streams are accessible from the purchase date up to 3 months after the last day of the course. Online Audio Streams are renewable at 3-month intervals at 50% off! Renewals can be purchased in your account from Your Account > Special Offers.