ANCC AMB-BC Certification Sample Questions

The ANCC Ambulatory Care Nursing Certification Sample Question Set on this page is designed to familiarize you with the actual ANCC AMB-BC exam format and question types. These sample questions help you understand how questions are structured and what to expect on test day. While they provide a useful starting point, they represent only a limited preview of the real exam experience.

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ANCC AMB-BC Sample Questions:

01. Eight days ago a specialty clinic nurse submitted an authorization request to a patient's plan for a biologic injection. The patient telephones today to say the pharmacy still has nothing for them and asks whether the treatment has been refused. The record shows the request submitted and no response logged since.
Which action should the nurse take next?
a) Advise the patient to keep calling the pharmacy and the plan until it appears
b) Tell the patient a decision this slow usually means a refusal, and prepare them
c) Determine the status with the plan before calling the patient back with what is known
d) Explain that the plan sets the timeline, which the practice cannot influence

02. A parent telephones the advice line of a pediatric practice about a 15-year-old son. For three weeks he has not gone to school, has stayed in his room, and has stopped seeing the friends he used to see every day. The parent says he is not himself, is eating very little, and wants advice on how to get him back into school. The parent is at home with him now and says he will not come to the phone.
Which action should the nurse take next on this call?
a) Ask the parent what medicines and other means of self-harm he can reach at home
b) Explain the school-refusal handout to the parent and book the next appointment
c) Ask the parent to complete the practice's mood questionnaire on his behalf
d) Advise a firm morning routine and ask the parent to call back next week

03. Three months ago a specialty clinic began assigning each pending authorization to a named nurse, who checks its status and calls the patient with an update. The nurse group is now reviewing whether the change has been worth keeping.
Which finding would best show that the change is working for patients?
a) Fewer authorization requests are submitted and fewer are returned each month
b) Patients can describe where their own pending request currently stands
c) Nurses report that the tracking work fits more comfortably into the session
d) The share of requests the plans refuse has fallen since the change began

04. An adult attends a primary care clinic for a vaccine her record shows was never completed. The practice has a standing order authorizing the nurse to give this vaccine to adults who meet the conditions the order sets out, and to consult the clinician otherwise. While preparing the dose, the nurse learns that the patient began a medicine that suppresses the immune system last month; it does not appear on the medication list in front of her.
Which action should the nurse take?
a) Give the dose now, as the standing order allows, since the record shows the vaccine as due
b) Ask the patient whether an earlier dose of this vaccine caused her any problem
c) Give the dose and record the new medicine for the clinician to review later
d) Hold the dose for the clinician's decision, as the standing order's instructions require

05. A clinic nurse is completing medication reconciliation at the start of an office visit.
Which statement by the nurse reflects accurate reconciliation practice?
a) "A supplement bought without a prescription belongs on the allergy list."
b) "The list from the last visit can be carried forward when the patient reports no changes."
c) "Medications prescribed by specialists are automatically reconciled in the shared record."
d) "Herbal remedies bought over the counter can interact with prescribed medicines."

06. An ambulatory care nurse coordinates follow-up for a 10-year-old patient who had a total thyroidectomy and is due for post-ablation imaging. The child has missed two scheduled imaging appointments. The chart lists a working telephone number for the parent who brings the child to all clinic visits.
Which action should the nurse take next?
a) Document the missed appointments in the record
b) Call the parent to follow up on the missed imaging appointments
c) Reschedule the scans for the next available opening
d) Notify the provider that the family is nonadherent

07. A middle-aged patient arrives at the clinic in soiled clothing with a strong body odor, speaking rapidly about being followed and watched. The patient paces in the waiting area, declines to sit, and has no appointment.
Which action by the ambulatory care nurse best builds trust and rapport?
a) Reassure the patient that a provider will see them later today
b) Ask directly about food security and safe overnight accommodation
c) Arrange a social work consultation before further questioning
d) Offer a quiet room and something to drink before the questioning

08. An ambulatory care nurse is teaching a patient newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes about medicines bought without a prescription for everyday aches.
The nurse cautions against regular use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs because of:
a) interference with the absorption of injected insulin.
b) cumulative hepatic injury when combined with an oral agent prescribed for diabetes.
c) additional stress on kidney function already at risk from diabetes.
d) an increased risk of hypoglycemia between scheduled meals.

09. A six-year-old is brought to the clinic with two weeks of unusual behavior, irritability, complaints of blurred vision, and a newly noticed inward turning of one eye. An ophthalmologist who saw the child yesterday advised waiting six months for re-evaluation. The parent telephones the clinic, uneasy about that plan.
Which action should the ambulatory care nurse take?
a) Arrange urgent neurologic evaluation for the child today
b) Explore what the parent understands about the six-month plan
c) Arrange a second ophthalmology opinion for the family
d) Document the concern and keep the six-month review plan

10. Preparing for a clinic session, a nurse opens the record of a patient booked for a routine review and finds a laboratory report filed two weeks ago. The ordering clinician has signed the report as reviewed and has recorded the results as unremarkable. Nothing in the record shows that anyone told the patient. The patient's own portal message, sent this morning, asks whether the results ever came back.
Which action should the nurse take?
a) Reply through the portal that the report is on file and that it will be discussed at the review appointment
b) Ask the front desk staff to telephone the patient with the result before the review appointment is due
c) Establish whether anyone has already told the patient, then give the reviewed result and record it
d) Add both the report and the patient's message to the clinician's list now and take no further action before the review

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