Qualifying Examination References

CategoryExam ReferencesGeneral Nursing1. All-In-One Care Planning Resource, Swearingen, 2004, Mosby Elsevier

2. Alexander’s Care of Patient in Surgery, Rothrock, 2003, Mosby Elsevier3. Brunner & Suddarth’s Textbook of Medical Surgical Nursing, Smeltzer et al, 11th Edition,

2006, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins4. Fundamentals of Nursing, Standards and Practice, DeLaune and Ladner, 3rd Edition 2006,

Delmar Cengage 5. Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice, Nettina, 8th Edition, 2005, Lippincott Williams and

Wilkins6. Mosby’s Textbook for Long-Term Care Nursing Assistants, Sorrentino and Gorek, 5th

Edition, 2007, Mosby Elsevier7. Nursing Assistant: A Nursing Process Approach, Hegner, Acello, and Caldwell, 9th Edition,

2004, Delmar Cengage

Midwifery1. Fetal Heart Monitoring 2. AWHONN`s Perinatal Nursing: Co-Published with AWHONN 3. Master the NCLEX-PN: Maternal/Newborn Nursing 4. Mayes` Midwifery: A Textbook for Midwives 5. Olds' Maternal-Newborn Nursing &Women's Health Across the Lifespan Plus NEW My

Nursing Lab with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (9th Edition) by Michele R. Davidson 6. NCLEX-RN® Maternal-Neonatal Nursing Made Incredibly Easy! (Incredibly Easy! Series) by

Lippincott

Qualifying Examination Blueprint (Nature & contents of the test)

1. General Nursing

Passing Score

Relative PercentageContentEvaluation Item

(70 MCQs, 2 hours)

50%

10%Assessment1.

6%Nursing Problem2.

20%Planning3.

50%Implementation4.

14%Evaluation5.

100%Total

2. Midwifery

Passing ScoreRelative Percentage ContentEvaluation Item

45%

27% 1. Antenatal Care

(70 MCQs, 2 hours)

28% 2.Intrapartum Care15% 3.Postpartum Care10% 4.Newborn Care5% 5.Gynecological Care6% 6.Pharmacology in Midwifery6% 7.Counseling and Education3% 8.Ethics and Legal Issues

100% Total