-
This examination tests the ability to apply concepts and principles related to medication safety, physical safety, emotional safety and environmental safety. In addition, application of the nursing process to care for patients across the life span who are responding to common health needs related to health promotion, wellness and self-responsibility is tested.
-
Currently LPN's are not required to complete this requirement. This examination tests the ability to apply concepts and principles relevant to the nursing care of patients across the life span with common health differences related to nutrition, elimination, oxygenation, fluid and electrolyte balance, rest and activity.
-
This examination tests the ability to apply concepts and principles relevant to the nursing care of patients across the life span in community settings who are experiencing chronic illness, disability, or end of life, with primary health concerns including, comfort, pain and sensory impairment.
-
This examination tests the ability to apply concepts and principles related to the application of the nursing process to care for patients across the life span with nursing care needs related to human sexuality, congenital anomalies, genetic disorders and reproductive disorders. In addition, this examination tests the nursing student's ability to care for the childbearing family.
-
This examination tests concepts and principles related to the application of the nursing process to care for patients across the life span who are experiencing health differences related to cardiovascular and respiratory illness or abnormal cell growth.
-
This examination tests concepts and principles related to the application of the nursing process to care for patients across the life span who are experiencing health differences related to behavioral, regulatory, and metabolic dysfunction.
-
This examination tests concepts and principles related to the application of the nursing process to care for patients across the life span who are experiencing health differences related to musculoskeletal disorders, infectious and communicable diseases, tissue trauma and neurological dysfunction.
-
This examination tests concepts and principles related to the professional role development of the Registered Nurse. Emphasis is placed on supervisory and delegation functions of RN practice as well as differentiating levels of RN practice. In addition, the examination tests factors affecting the health care system, knowledge and skills necessary for functioning on interdisciplinary teams, legal, ethical, and educational aspects of nursing as well as the influences of history, nursing organizations, and regulatory bodies on nursing practice.
-
This simulated clinical assessment provides a means for nursing students to demonstrate competencies related to the following three essential elements of nursing practice:
- Head-to-toe Assessment and Nursing Process
- Managing Multiple Patients
- Participating in the Interdisciplinary Health Care Teams
-
The Excelsior College CPNE tests application of the nursing process and technical components of nursing practice in the care of adults and children in the acute care setting. Patients in these settings are experiencing potential, actual, and/or recurring health problems requiring maintenance and restorative interventions.
The CPNE is organized around three phases of the nursing process: planning, implementation, and evaluation. The planning phase includes assessment and analysis of information necessary for identifying nursing diagnoses. Interventions based on sound assessments and patient responses to health problems are designed to maintain, restore, alleviate, or rehabilitate, and are then evaluated for effectiveness. Critical thinking, diagnostic reasoning, use of knowledge from nursing and related disciplines, and standards of care are assessed in this examination.
-
Entry into the practice of nursing in the United States and its territories is regulated by the licensing authorities within each jurisdiction. To ensure public protection, each jurisdiction requires a candidate for licensure to pass an examination that measures the competencies needed to perform safely and effectively as a newly licensed, entry-level registered nurse.