AANP failed

I'm very sorry to hear that! It can be frustrating and feel defeating.

There are two other review courses on the AANP website:

AANP - CE Opportunities

You could also attend a live review course:

APEA - Advanced Practice Education Associates Live Course Review

Don't give up. Try again.

Okay, great. Thank you!! I've already started studying again. It's just such a horrible feelin.

Although you took AANP, check out ANCC's review material. I used that (all online streaming, slides provided for you to print). The instructor would get to a point and say, "This makes an excellent board question." 75% of the ones he pointed out ended up on my exam. I took ANCC's exam, but I would imagine that you need the same information for either exam.

I will definitely do that. Thank you very much!

I am so sorry. I know this can be very upsetting, but also perhaps a learning experience. FIRST, take a small break and then gather your thoughts.

Do you usually do well on exams? Did your school have you take HESI exam? During the testing, did you see a pattern of areas of weakness? Perhaps material or concepts that you didn't remember, or had NEVER heard prior? Were you able to maybe narrow down to two answers? I would try to focus on the weak areas and not much on the stuff that you already know.

I used Fitzgerald online review and had been given a Barkley book with CD's. I had a long commute to NP school, so would listen to the Barkley CD's during my drive and found it very helpful.

I hope this is helpful.

Thanks! I purchased the Fitzgerald online review, and I knew the book backwards and forwards. The school I attended didn't do Hesi or anything. I usually do great on exams. I've never had a problem on exams. I'm usually a great test taker with minimal if any test anxiety. I was able to recall about 60+ questions so I wrote them down and I've been reviewing things I didn't feel comfortable with. I had tons of drugs I never heard of before the exam. Since the test, I've been reading topics one of my textbooks from school such as SLE, mycoplasma pna, etc and taking notes. I thought about purchasing the APEA CDs on Amazon as well.

Can I ask what school you attended for your graduate degree?

Troy University Montgomery campus

I recommend the Maria Leik book. I did this with the APEA CDs and also the APEA workbook. It was really helpful and had very good tips in the didactic part. The questions were also helpful. Do as many as you can and read the rationales.

Good luck!

Okay, thanks! About to order all on Amazon right now!!

I don't know if this is helpful for you, but my strategy for AANP (and most tests like it) was to thoroughly understand the basics - ex. drug classes and commonly occurring disorders for each body system. I didn't try to learn every drug and disease, because I feel like you can pretty much figure out where the question is going without knowing every detail. I got a very good score with that strategy. Maybe try to approach your practice questions by looking at what general area you think it's addressing - like instead of focusing on xyz disease, identify it as a cardiac problem or ortho problem and use what you know about those issues to eliminate answers. Obviously that won't work with every question because you do need to know the major diseases and drugs! But I think you will do great the second time around, just keep steadily studying and don't stress out!