Practise assessing learning gaps, validating competence, leading change, selecting learning technologies, and measuring improvement across ANCC's NPD-BC domains. These are independent learning materials, not official exam questions or a pass prediction.
Read the NPD-BC Preparation Guide: Educational Decisions, Leadership, and Practice Improvement study guide and official exam sourcesExam outline and official sources
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) · Current ANCC-linked Test Content Outline, effective February 26, 2025; document updated September 8, 2025; verified October 11, 2026 (Asia/Hong_Kong). The workbook label 'Nursing Professional Development Certification (NPD-BC)' maps directly to this examination and its NPD-BC credential. The assigned slug is preserved.
This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.
- Nursing Professional Development Certification (NPD-BC)
- Nursing Professional Development Board Certification Examination: Test Content Outline
- Nursing Professional Development Board Certification Examination: Reference List
- CDC Quality Training Standards
- Assess Training Needs: Conducting Needs Analysis
- Evaluate Training: Measuring Effectiveness
- Adult Learning Principles
- ANCC NCPD Accredited Provider Policy and Operations Manual, Version 1.0, Second Edition
- ANCC Nursing Continuing Professional Development Accreditation FAQs
- TeamSTEPPS Tool: DESC
- Explanation and Value of the TeamSTEPPS Curriculum
- Implement Teamwork and Communication
- Monitoring and Modifying the Plan: Huddle
- Reviewing the Team's Performance: Debrief
- VHA National Center for Patient Safety: Proactive Risk Assessment
- Root Cause Analysis
- HHS Guidance Regarding Methods for De-identification of Protected Health Information
- Cochrane Handbook, Chapter 24: Including Non-randomized Studies on Intervention Effects
- Understanding Success Criterion 1.2.2: Captions (Prerecorded)
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Model for Improvement
- Model for Improvement: Testing Changes
- 2016_Decision-Making-Framework.pdf
- 2025 Code of Ethics for Nurses Provision 6.3
- How to Improve: Model for Improvement: Establishing Measures | Institute for Healthcare Improvement
- More Information on Fair Use | U.S. Copyright Office
- Chapter 25: Assessing risk of bias in a non-randomized study | Cochrane
- Program Approval FAQs - AACN
- ANCC Magnet Model - Creating a Magnet Culture | ANA
Nursing Professional Development Board Certification Examination
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Nurses correctly demonstrate a required scanning workflow, but observations show that several scanners lose power during routine use. A manager requests another mandatory scanning class. Which response best applies a systematic NPD practice process?
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