CNL study plan

Map the CNL's care-coordination accountabilities across a microsystem, including delegation, supervision, and advocacy boundaries.

Differentiate levels of care (primary, acute, critical, transitional, home-based, long-term) and match three levels of patient acuity to the correct setting with written rationale.

Apply a standardized handoff and care-planning format to two written vignettes, documenting each decision point.

Identify resource-allocation and advocacy actions for a patient with multiple chronic conditions and unmet social needs.

Classify measures as structure, process, or outcome and justify each classification in one sentence.

Calculate rates, ratios, percentages, and percentile ranks from a supplied data set without error.

Select a balanced measure set for a named microsystem and justify each measure's inclusion and data source.

Explain benchmarking, risk adjustment, and the specific limits of each when comparing units or providers.

Sequence the phases of a transition (assessment, planning, sending, receiving, follow-up) and name the CNL accountability at each phase.

Design a discharge plan for a high-risk patient that specifies teach-back, medication reconciliation, follow-up interval, and a named handoff recipient.

Identify the top contributing causes of avoidable readmission for a described population and match two interventions to each cause.

Compare transitional-care models on target population, core components, and the outcome each is designed to move.

Conduct a structured risk screen across falls, pressure injury, thrombosis, readmission, and medication-related harm for three written vignettes.

Rank competing risks using likelihood and consequence reasoning and defend the ordering in writing.

Select and interpret a validated risk tool for a named population, stating its known sensitivity limits and when to override it.

Link each identified risk to a specific transition safeguard such as follow-up interval, teach-back, or home-health referral.

Distinguish horizontal clinical leadership and delegation from traditional hierarchical charge-nurse functions with concrete examples.

Write three escalation scripts using a structured communication format, each naming the receiver, the ask, and the timeframe.

Analyze a written team-conflict scenario and draft a resolution plan that names the specific communication behaviors used.

Define scope-of-practice and accountability boundaries among RNs, licensed practical nurses, assistive personnel, and advanced practice roles.

Sequence the steps of two improvement frameworks and match each step to a concrete microsystem activity.

Interpret a supplied run chart, identifying shift, trend, and special-cause signals with the rule applied.

Distinguish quality improvement from research and from individual performance appraisal, giving one example of each.

Draft a specific, measurable, time-bound aim statement for a chosen microsystem problem.

Formulate a searchable clinical question using a structured population-intervention-comparison-outcome format.

Appraise three supplied study summaries for design, level of evidence, and quality, and assign each a confidence grade.

Weigh evidence, clinical expertise, and patient preference in a documented practice decision.

Convert an appraised practice change into an implementation plan naming barriers, facilitators, and a sustainment measure.

Integrate all seven domains across two full-length timed simulations and review the rationale for every item, right or wrong.

Condense the highest-frequency missed concepts from weeks 1 through 7 into a single synthesis sheet.

Hold a steady per-item pacing target across both simulations without a late-test time collapse.

Rehearse the exam-day routine, including break timing and a written plan for flagging and returning to uncertain items.