CPNP-PC
Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care practice test
168 PNCB CPNP-PC practice questions with explanations, in study, timed and flashcard modes. 12 sample questions are free.
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CPNP-PC · PNCB
What does CPNP-PC cover?
The practice test's questions, grouped by exam topic. Open a topic to see what it covers.
3 topics · 46 subtopics · 168 questions
- Provide anticipatory guidance to support growth and development from birth to young adulthood in collaboration with patients/caregivers21 questions
- Provide immunization counseling according to current national guidelines, including discussion of: Indications and contraindications9 questions
- Provide immunization counseling according to current national guidelines, including discussion of: Adverse effects3 questions
- Provide immunization counseling according to current national guidelines, including discussion of: Vaccine hesitancy6 questions
- Advise about age-appropriate injury prevention and safety (e.g., environmental exposure, violence, sports and recreation, vehicle safety, disaster preparedness)14 questions
- Educate about age-appropriate social, behavioral, and mental health topics (e.g., social media use, substance use, grief, trauma, sexual health)7 questions
- Indications and contraindications1 question
- Adverse effects1 question
- Vaccine hesitancy1 question
- Perform developmental surveillance4 questions
- Evaluate and interpret growth parameters4 questions
- Order and interpret diagnostic laboratory tests3 questions
- Order and interpret diagnostic imaging tests4 questions
- Select, utilize, and interpret developmental, behavioral, and mental health screening and assessment tools10 questions
- Establish a diagnosis based on evaluation of patient data4 questions
- Develop and prioritize differential diagnoses4 questions
- Integrate health history, physical examination findings, and results of applicable screening and diagnostic testing5 questions
- Select, utilize, and interpret disease-specific screening and assessment tools1 question
- Growth and Development: Perform developmental surveillance3 questions
- Growth and Development: Evaluate and interpret growth parameters3 questions
- Diagnostic Testing: Order and interpret diagnostic laboratory tests3 questions
- Diagnostic Testing: Order and interpret diagnostic imaging tests3 questions
- Screening and Assessment: Select, utilize, and interpret developmental, behavioral, and mental health screening and assessment tools7 questions
- Clinical Decision Making and Diagnosis: Establish a diagnosis based on evaluation of patient data3 questions
- Clinical Decision Making and Diagnosis: Incorporate information obtained from other sources (e.g., consultants, other health care professionals)1 question
- Clinical Decision Making and Diagnosis: Integrate health history, physical examination findings, and results of applicable screening and diagnostic testing3 questions
- Order and interpret point of care testing1 question
- Select, utilize, and interpret social determinants of health screening and assessment tools1 question
- Screening and Assessment: Select, utilize, and interpret disease-specific screening and assessment tools2 questions
- Clinical Decision Making and Diagnosis: Develop and prioritize differential diagnoses2 questions
- Educate about benefits and potential adverse reactions of pharmacological interventions4 questions
- Discuss non-pharmacological interventions2 questions
- Counsel regarding the threshold for seeking follow-up care4 questions
- Prescribe pharmacologic agents3 questions
- Child and Caregiver Counseling and Education: Provide condition-specific counseling and education, including treatment options1 question
- Child and Caregiver Counseling and Education: Educate about benefits and potential adverse reactions of pharmacological interventions3 questions
- Child and Caregiver Counseling and Education: Counsel regarding the threshold for seeking follow-up care2 questions
- Therapeutic Interventions: Prescribe pharmacologic agents4 questions
- Provide condition-specific counseling and education, including treatment options2 questions
- Child and Caregiver Counseling and Education: Discuss non-pharmacological interventions2 questions
- Child and Caregiver Counseling and Education: Review the risks of non-adherence to recommended treatment1 question
- Therapeutic Interventions: Recommend the use of over-the-counter pharmacologic agents1 question
- Develop realistic health care goals using shared decision-making1 question
- Recommend the use of over-the-counter pharmacologic agents1 question
- Perform procedures as indicated2 questions
- Initiate interventions in response to life-threatening situations1 question
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