AANP- FNP Exam

Kirasimone12 · Dec 16, 2015

Hi. I am freaking out and I need some advice on how to go about passing my FNP- AANP exam. Here is a bit of a background.

I graduated May of 2014 and took a break afterwards. I did not immediately go into studying for my boards. I was burned out from grad school and working as a full time bedside ICU nurse. In that time off I decided to embark on travel nurse. I wanted to try since I graduated as an RN in 2006 and figured what better time than now considering I am my only responsibility. Fast forward to 2015 and I paid for my AANP exam and paid for the Fitzgerald review. I have about 5 weeks until I sit for the AANP exam. So far my study guides:

A) Getting though the online Fitzgerald review (which I am bothered by the way. I feel like it is really in depth and at times she can come across arrogant.) I still have about 4 more chapters to get through, watch, and take down notes.

B) Leik book which I feel is awesome in stating facts and providing exam tips

C) I purchased 10 exams from Exam Edge

D) I borrowed the Hollier book from a friend

With all that said I do not feel I am retaining anything. I am scoring in the 50s and 60s on these exams in the books. With exam edge there is a bit of improvement, first score 471 second score 485. Minimum to pass is a 500. I feel like I may be wasting my time with Fitzgerald and perhaps purchase another review like the APEA online review? In the same breath this a lot of money I am shelling out.

Today I took the practice AANP exam and got a 55% when the passing score is a 66%. What I am noticing is with these practice exams once I narrow the answers down to 2 I constantly choose the incorrect answer psyching myself out every time.

As you can see I am stressed. It's really discouraging. I was a great student in grad school but this is unreal. At this point I feel like I am going into the exam with a failure mentality. Any advice would help. I know there are tons of post regarding this topic and similar. Any guidance is much appreciated. Happy Holidays.