Exam Information
Content Description
The exam is comprised of 336 multiple choice questions
Purpose
The purpose of this exam is to test DNP graduates' medical knowledge and understanding of clinical science considered essential for the sophisticated practice of comprehensive care, with emphasis on patient management in ambulatory care settings. This provides evidence of the competence necessary to assume independent responsibility for providing comprehensive care to patients. DNP competencies developed by CACC (2003 and 2006) and published by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2006) are covered in this exam.
- The exam emphasizes selected tasks, namely, evaluating severity of patient problems and managing therapy. Assessment of clinical judgment will be prominent.
- Clinical problems involve mainstream, high-impact diseases. Provision is made for less common but important clinical problems as well.
- Test items and cases are patient centered, starting with a description of a clinical encounter (vignette). The multiple-choice items pose action-related challenges that require clinical decisions or judgment.
- Emphasis is on ambulatory patient encounters; however, inpatient encounters of significant complexity and reflecting contemporary trends also are represented.
- Provision is made for incorporating applied basic science concepts, especially
as they relate to justification for prognosis or management.
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