Adult-gerontology clinical nurse specialist certification review / [edited by] Amy C. Shay, Jan Powers, Terry A. Doescher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to AGCNS Examinations Process and Test Plans / M. Jane Swartz -- Advanced Health Assessment / Cheryl L. Pullium -- Diagnostic and Clinical Reasoning / Caitlin Donis -- Pharmacology Principles and Non-Pharmacological Interventions / Benjamin Churchill Hickox, Tiffany L. Rader -- Substance Use and Addiction / Erica Newkirk -- Cardiovascular System / Diane Doty, Elsie A. Jolade, Jose Chavez, Jackeline Iseler, Sarah Pandullo, Mechelle Peck, Jessica Green, Racheal Wood, Earlie Hale -- Respiratory System / Jo M. Tabler, Mechelle Peck, Amy C. Shay, Megan Siebert, Maria Carpenter, Elizabeth Duxbury -- Endocrine System / Stacey Seggelke, Matthew Wren -- Hematopoietic System / Robina Kitzler, Melissa Craft, Angie Malone -- Gastrointestinal System / Tamera Brown, Alyson Keen, K. Denise Kerley, Carmen R. Davis, Jan Powers, Amy C. Shay -- Renal System / Clarissa Welbaum, Elizabeth Hudson-Weires, Amy C. Shay -- Integumentary System / Jan Powers, Katrina Hawkins, Lynne M. Kokoczka -- Musculoskeletal System / Judy Dusek, Amy C. Shay -- Nervous System / K. Denise Kerley, Deb Ferguson, JoEllen Rust, Theodore J. Walker Jr., Misti Tuppeny -- Psychobehavioral Disorders / Nina M Flanagan -- Multisystem Disorders / Joan Rembacz, Lynne M. Kokoczka, Nicole Huntley, Marissa Diefenderfer, Eugena Bergvall, Margaret Skoog, Ramona Irabor -- Family Planning / Brittany Waggoner -- Response to Illness / Jeanna Ford, Francesca C. Levitt, Valerie Pfander, Amy C. Shay, -- Care of the Older Adult / Erica Newkirk, Monica D. Coles, Jessica Green, JoEllen Rust, K. Denise Kerley, Mary H. Fischer, Amy C. Shay -- Maximizing Health for the Older Adult -- Jennifer P Colwill, Suzanne Purvis, , Anita White, Donna Washburn, Megan Siebert -- Advocating for Patients and Nurses / Melissa A. Wilson, Michelle J. Kidd, Lori Delaney, Jo M. Tabler, Patricia Gilman, M. Jane Swartz, Theodore J. Walker Jr., Natalie Baird -- Systems Leadership / Marianne Benjamin -- Quality Improvement and Safety / Lynne M. Kokoczka, Dianna Jo Copley, Joan Miller, JoAnne Phillips, Melissa Lowder, Adrianne Opp, Jennifer Embree -- Evidence-Based Practice and Research / Julie Cahn, Karen S. March -- Practice Exam -- Answers With Rationales.

'Clinical Nurse Specialists play a critical role in ensuring the implementation of high-quality evidence-based care, improved patient outcomes, and reduced health care delivery costs. Professional certification is one way we distinguish our unique contributions and advanced practice nursing expertise from other advanced practice roles'-- Provided by publisher.

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