Nurse Practitioners Board
Certification Exam
Nurse Practitioners Board
Certification Exam
The CVNP Board Exam was developed specifically for Advanced Nurse Practitioners
working in Cardiology. A
great challenge for Cardiovascular Clinical Nurse Specialists working in acute
care areas.
Exam Summary:
This exam was developed specifically for Advanced Nurse Practitioners working in
Cardiology. The exam covers acute
and non-acute cardiology practice.
ANA accepts the CVRN, CVNP, CVNS, and CVNE Certification Exams for hospitals
seeking
Magnet Status...visit
their web site at
www.ana.org
Benefits of CVNP Certification:
· Demonstrate
accountability to employers or potential employers
· Career
Advancement
· Potential
Income Incentive
· Essential
for ANP’s considering private practice
Exam Preparation:
The ABCM provides a list of items to study for the Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Cardiology Board Certification Exam and makes reading recommendations of
approved reference texts.
The ABCM does not offer practice exams for this exam but plans to do so in the
near future. Check back with us
again to see if the practice exam is ready for release by visiting the Resource
Center.
Exam Results:
After your Exam is completed, the ABCM will process your score and send results
to you within three weeks, along with a list of those diagnoses you had trouble
with in the exam.
This valuable feedback provides our Exam clients with the information they need
to further their studies in Cardiology.
A 55 year old woman presents with a
wide-QRS tachycardia. Which
one of the following suggests a supra-ventricular origin of the tachycardia?
a.
blood pressure of 120/80 mm Hg
b. the presence of a bundle branch
block
c. atrio-ventricular dissociation
d. prior history of myocardial
infarction
e. QRS width of 0.18 seconds
Sample Question 2:
The ECG below was recorded from a 68 year old man with known coronary artery
disease. Identify the rhythm
disturbance.
Exam Locations:
The CVNP Board Certification Exams are now available in your home city or town
by proctor. Travel has become cost prohibitive for many and time off is
often difficult for many. We are therefore making every effort to ensure
this vital CVNP Board Certification Exam is easily available.
CVNP Review Courses Available:
If you are interested in hosting or attending a Clinical Cardiology Course for
Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Cardiology Physician’s Assistants, we recommend
you contact the Marriott Heart Foundation (MHF), “Home of the American College
of Cardiovascular Nurses (ACCN),”
who will help you plan the course or direct you to one that is already planned.
The ABCM will work with the MHF/ACCN to bring the exams to your doorstep.
To start the process call:
(813)394-4968 or email: info@cvncertify.org
Why Become Certified:
Most importantly is that Advanced Nurse Practitioners need to demonstrate
professional accountability in their everyday practice which includes the
diagnosis and management of cardiac patients.
And in this day of high litigation, employment shifting, and Joint Commission
accountability, these Exams are a perfect way to assess the overall competency
of Advanced Nurse Practitioners practicing in Cardiology.
Prove to yourself and your colleagues that you have achieved competency
in Cardiology by taking the ABCM's CVNP Board Certification Exam.
Current Advanced Nurse Practitioner Exams Available:
1. Advanced EKG Physician Panel
Reader’s Exam
2. Emergency EKG Physician Exam
3. 12-Lead EKG Exam
4. CVNP Exam for Cardiovascular
Nurse Practitioners and Physician’s Assistants
Cardiovascular Nurse Practitioner Awards Certificate:
The ABCM issues CVNP Awards Certificates to those achieving a 70% or higher
score on the Exams. These frameable
Awards Certificates are good for a three-year renewable period with proof of 50
continuing medical or nursing education hours in cardiology every three years,
and by paying the renewal fee of $75 USD.
History and the Need:
One of our Founders, Jonni Cooper, along with a team of Advanced Nurse
Practitioners, developed the Cardiovascular Nurse Practitioner Certification
Exam in 2009. Prior to these
developments, there was no standard with which to measure the competency of a an
Advanced Cardiovascular Nurse Practitioner whose professional role demands s/he
be in the forefront of diagnosis and management of cardiac patients. They have
to be as knowledgeable as the physicians they serve.
We do not have a current track record to share for this exam as is was just
released in December, 2009. Two
test sites are set up for 2010; one in Reno, NV on October 3, and one in
Clearwater Beach, FL on October 31.
Results of these two sites will be posted here. Visit www.accn.net to see the
brochure outlining a CVNP/CVPA Review Course outline for these two exam dates.
Answer to Sample Question 1:
b. the presence of a bundle branch
block
Answer to Sample Question 2:
Type II (infranodal) second degree AV block with 1:1 and 2:1 conduction.
Emergency personnel should have no difficulty recognizing genuine type II AV
block: the normal PR + BB are typical and, of course, the clincher is the
unchanging PR interval when consecutive impulses are conducted before the first
dropped beat. The level of the block is at the bifurcation of the bundle of His
or below causing the wide QRS of bundle branch block.