Nurse Competence in Aging (NCA) is designed to maximize the sustainability of geriatric competence-enhancing activities within national specialty nursing associations and to assure that association members deliver improved care to older adults. The goal is to enhance the geriatric competence – the knowledge, skills and attitudes – of the 400,000 nurses who are professionally identified as members of approximately 60 national specialty nursing associations.

Nurse Competence in Aging is a 5-year initiative funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies (USA) Inc., awarded to the American Nurses Association (ANA) through the American Nurses Foundation (ANF), and represents a strategic alliance between ANA, the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing, New York University, The Steinhardt School of Education, Division of Nursing.

1. Promoting the Geriatric Activities of National Specialty Nursing Associations by creating permanent geriatric structures. Designated Specialty Nursing Association Partners in Geriatrics (ANA-SNAPGs) apply for grants assistance and also gain technical assistance to help in developing geriatric special interest groups and initiate geriatric educational activities.

2. Conducting a National Gerontological Nursing Certification Outreach program dedicated to assisting more than 400,000 nurses, through their respective specialty nursing organizations, to obtain dual certification that includes demonstration of their newly acquired high level of knowledge related to care of older adults.

3. Developing a Web-based Comprehensive Geriatric Nursing Resource Center to provide a virtual, comprehensive geriatric nursing resource center easily customized for, and accessed by, specialty nurses at their workplace and home.

To take this practice exam, first print the exam document titled: Practice Certification Examination Questions. Answer the 75 test items choosing the best answer for each question. When you are finished, print the document titled: Practice Certification Examination Answers and check your answers against the exam answers for your results.

This practice exam is not timed, and you may take it as many times as you wish. Good luck!