My name is Jamie and I have been an ER nurse for 7 years. I took the AANP exam yesterday April 3 and failed it. I am extremely sick to my stomach about this. How can I fail this exam? I was a 4.0 GPA student during my MSN/FNP program. I took Fitzgerald review update course 3 days long. I have her CDS and her review book. I have Hollier, many guideline books and so many quiz books as well. My weakness has always been test taking. I know the material. I have to say this exam I took yesterday was like NO OTHER! There were questions on the exam I have never seen before. I guessed on more than half of the questions. There was maybe a handful of questions I said WOW I know this one.
So I need help! Where do I begin now? I need 15 Ce's I guess and then I need to re take the test. Anybody who has failed this exam I would love to talk to you. Also anyone who has taken it and passed I would love to talk to you. I am just so depressed. The sad part is my job in the ER as an FNP has been waiting for me for months. I hope that they do not pass me by because of this.
I am just so depressed! I cant believe it... I studied so much that I have not spent much time with family or my friends. I was really looking forward to being me again.
Hi BigJohn thank you for your detailed response. My email address is [email protected]
Plaese send me a word document of anything you remember, any guide, Thank you. I a going to sit for the ANCC exam in October and i am studying all over again.
I finished my DNP since 2018 and was struggling to pass my FNP boards. I finally did on 01/16/2021. I am currently actively on orientation as an Integrated Nurse Practitioner in an outpatient clinic. It was a long road with many bumps but it is allover now.
Let me summarize how I finally did it working full time at the same time.
-I secured Shaira Cohen's and Sarah Michelle's FNP reviews on Youtube and contacted them for the full reviews. I studied those everyday for eight weeks three hours daily.
-I also secured Mosby's FNP review online mostly for the tests
-I also bought APEA 2020 online review and went through it twice
-I read all of Leik's third edition exam tips and did all her 746 questions
-I did 700 questions from FNP mastery
With all this, I signed up for the ANCC test and only wrote on my dump sheet; "I will pass in Jesus' name" and took the test and passed.
If anyone is in my situation, do not give up. Check out these reviews I mentioned. You'll be glad you did.
Now I can proudly announce myself as DNP, FNP-BC, APRN
The problem IMHO with the boards is that they are not clinical enough. Questions about medications/diagnoses are important skills to test, and line up with our expected role as an NP.
The other 50% of questions are bizarre fluff about historical court cases and other non-science, non-medical topics. Those questions are somewhat embarassit at the provider level. Our boards should look similar to PA boards.
legoo21, DNP, NP
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There are a lot of CEU's with PCE or PESI, so get to those websites and get your CEU's quick.