[christvs]

I just really, really need to vent. I have now waited 7 weeks (since I mailed in my application to take my ACNP exam) and have called the ANCC sooo many times now (7 times to be exact!) and have been checking my ID # on their website sooooo many times....and finally today they tell me on the phone that I am all set, they don't need anything else from me, and my application is complete and I am now eligible to sit for the exam. BUT, they still can't let me schedule the exam today and my ID # still won't work in their website!!! They said if I call back tomorrow, they MIGHT have that info available for me so I can schedule it! What else do they need?!?!? I just don't get it. I am so ready to take this exam, I have been studying since I graduated on June 1st. All this waiting is such torture. Ugh!!!

[jeepgirl]

oh sweetheart! i am sorry you are having problems. do not feel bad about calling! that is how things get done... that is how i got my ATT for my RN done when I tested for it as well.

[christvs]

Originally Posted by jeepgirl

oh sweetheart! i am sorry you are having problems. do not feel bad about calling! that is how things get done... that is how i got my ATT for my RN done when I tested for it as well.

I called ANCC a total of 5 times just yesterday because everytime I talked to one person there she/he would refer me to another one! They all told me different things too. Very frustrating. One told me I would hear today, the second told me by Sat, and the third told me by next tue!! Augh!!!!

[Joan Z]

Hang in there... you WILL get clearance to take the exam, you WILL take it and pass...
I agree that the frustration of waiting is agonizing. Perhaps if the ANCC could say why it takes so long it might help.
I did get clearance last week to take the FNP test TWO MONTHS after I submitted my complete application and yes I did call the ANCC quite a few times during that interval, especially after they were so nice to tell me that my check had cleared and yes, they did have everything.
AND I did finally take the exam yesterday (in order to take it that soon, I wound up having to drive 500 miles to get to the test site, but worth it as waiting another month to drive only 200 miles would have made me nuts) and I did pass. NOW waiting to get my license so I can work!
Hang in there. Yes, this is easier for me to say now than it was a week ago.

[JacangalRN]

Congratulation !!!!!!!

[christvs]

Originally Posted by Joan Z

Hang in there... you WILL get clearance to take the exam, you WILL take it and pass...
I agree that the frustration of waiting is agonizing. Perhaps if the ANCC could say why it takes so long it might help.
I did get clearance last week to take the FNP test TWO MONTHS after I submitted my complete application and yes I did call the ANCC quite a few times during that interval, especially after they were so nice to tell me that my check had cleared and yes, they did have everything.
AND I did finally take the exam yesterday (in order to take it that soon, I wound up having to drive 500 miles to get to the test site, but worth it as waiting another month to drive only 200 miles would have made me nuts) and I did pass. NOW waiting to get my license so I can work!
Hang in there. Yes, this is easier for me to say now than it was a week ago.

Joan Z Congrats!!!!!!! FNP!

[Joan Z]

Christine,

Have you heard anything yet?

Hang in there...

Joan

[christvs]

Hi Joan,

I just checked the website just now and I am still not able to schedule my exam yet. I don't even want to call ANCC anymore. I am so tired of hearing "Not yet."!!!! Ugh!!! It's been nearly 8 weeks now, how unfair. I'll try calling them tomorrow though, I'm trying very hard to stay positive. The other thing I've been doing to keep myself busy (so I don't obsess over this) is picking up a gazillion shifts at work. I'm there every single day practically! lol

[xraynurse]

I too am getting frustrated, and more nervous I think. I sent all of my paperwork to ANCC in June. Check cashed right away, but it has now been almost 7 weeks. I hear they are 8-10 weeks out before the letter comes to schedule the exam. So I keep studying Fitzgerald!

[Joan Z]

xraynurse--
Have you tried your number on the Prometric site? Mine let me register on a Monday, although the letter didn't arrive until Thursday (and it was two months). Fitzgerald was great, keep with it!