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Awarded 3rd place in the 2024 AJN Book of the Year Awards in Maternal-Child/Neonatal Nursing.
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The 2nd edition of Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP-BC®) Certification Review is designed to help you prepare for the NCC certification exam. This comprehensive study aid is thoroughly updated to closely mirror the latest exam blueprint. Written by NNP educators and clinicians, the user-friendly, outline format highlights key content for targeted learning. Each chapter encompasses all the essential knowledge required to pass the exam and includes end-of-chapter questions to assess knowledge retention. The review concludes with a full-length practice test to get you ready for exam day. With 350 practice questions, detailed review content and answer rationales, and access to ExamPrepConnect, this study aid empowers you with the tools and materials to study your way and the confidence to pass the first time, guaranteed! Know that you're ready. Know that you'll pass with Springer Publishing Exam Prep.
Key Features
Reflects the latest NCC exam blueprint
Provides a succinctly written comprehensive review of essential knowledge for the exam
Highlights invaluable test-taking strategies and study tips
Includes new information on maternal history affecting the newborn with intrauterine drug exposure, drugs and breastfeeding, and quality improvement
Includes end-of-chapter Q&A and a full practice test with detailed rationales—totaling 350 questions
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Contents
Part I: Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Certification
Chapter 1. Background and Information on the Certification
Chapter 2. Study and Test-Taking Tips
Part II: General Assessment
Chapter 3. Maternal History Affecting the Newborn in the Antepartum
Chapter 4. Maternal History Affecting the Newborn in the Intrapartum
Chapter 5. Maternal History Affecting the Newborn with Intrauterine Drug Exposure
Chapter 6. Neonatal Physical Examination & Gestational Age, Behavioral Assessments
Chapter 7. Clinical Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures, Techniques and Equipment
Chapter 8. Family Integration, Communication, and the Grieving Process
Chapter 9. Discharge Planning and Follow-Up
Part III: General Management
Chapter 10. Thermoregulation
Chapter 11. Resuscitation and Delivery Room Stabilization
Chapter 12. Growth and Nutrition
Chapter 13. Fluids and Electrolytes
Part IV: Pharmacology
Chapter 14. Principles of Neonatal Pharmacology and Common Drug Therapies
Part V: Embryology, Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Systems Management
Chapter 15. Genetics
Chapter 16. The Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Mouth/Throat Systems
Chapter 17. The Neurologic System
Chapter 18. The Endocrine/Metabolic System
Chapter 19. The Cardiac System
Chapter 20. The Respiratory System
Chapter 21. The Gastrointestinal System
Chapter 22. The Renal and Genitourinary System
Chapter 23. The Hematopoietic System
Chapter 24. Neonatal Infectious Diseases
Chapter 25. The Musculoskeletal System
Chapter 26. Integumentary System
Part VI: Professional Issues
Chapter 27. Evidenced-Based Practice (EBP) & Quality Improvement (QI)
Chapter 28. Legal and Ethical Principles
Chapter 29. Patient Safety in the NICU
Part VII: NNP-BC® Practice Test
Chapter 30. Practice Test Questions
Chapter 31. Practice Test Answers
