The National Association for Practical Nurse Education and Service (NAPNES) offers certification programs for LPNs
What criteria does NAPNES state as a component of the content of the examination to be certified as a CLTC (certified in long-term care)? A) General principles of pharmacology
B) Leadership and management
C) Drug therapy and infection
D) Medicare and Prospective Payment Plans
B
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The content of the CLTC examination includes physiologic integrity, psychosocial integrity, specialty practice issues, and leadership and management skills. General principles of pharmacology and drug therapy and infection are tested in the NCP (NAPNES Certified in Pharmacology). Medicare and prospective payment plans are not topics examined in these tests.
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