ANCC AGACNP-BC case studies
ANCC AGACNP-BC · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The AGACNP-BC (Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner – Board Certified) is one of the specialty nursing certifications administered through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the credentialing arm of the American Nurses Enterprise. ANCC describes certification as a way to validate that a nurse has the skills needed to succeed in a changing profession, and it lists AGACNP-BC alongside other options such as AGPCNP-BC, Family NP, and Med-Surg certification. The ANCC AGACNP-BC case studies are 5 cases and about 5,714 words.
1Confusion, a Fall, and a Sodium of 118
R, 78, lives alone and is brought in by her daughter after three days of worsening confusion and a fall in the bathroom. She is drowsy but arousable and cannot recall the month.
978 words, about 5 min2Worsening Heart Failure with a Potassium of 5.6
D, 68, is seen urgently with three days of worsening dyspnea and a 4 lb weight gain. Known HFrEF (EF 28%), NYHA class III.
1,174 words, about 6 min3Agitation and Clonus After a New Antibiotic
L, 76, is admitted with a deep MRSA wound infection after a knee replacement. She has taken sertraline 100 mg daily for six years for recurrent major depression and trazodone 50 mg at bedtime for insomnia.
975 words, about 5 min4New Diabetes, No Insurance, and a Brother Who Lost a Foot
K, 58, is seen in a community clinic for the first time in six years. A1c 9.4%, BP 148/92, BMI 34, LDL 128, eGFR 82, urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio 68 mg/g.
1,286 words, about 6 min5Two Siblings, One Proxy Form, and Advanced Dementia
T, 84, has advanced Alzheimer disease; she is chair-bound, speaks fewer than six words, and is dependent for all ADLs. She has been admitted twice in six months with aspiration pneumonia and has lost 12 lb in three months; a bedside swallow evaluation shows silent aspiration with thin liquids.
1,301 words, about 7 min