AANP FNP May 2019 Passed!

[OHiONP]

After 2 years of school, months of studying and trolling allnurses for tips, I passed the FNP AANP today on my first try! I graduated March 27th, but started lightly studying in January until I graduated then studied everyday that I wasn't working. First off, Leik is amazing! Everything on the exam was in the Leik book. I also did Hollier videos which supplemented my learning in Leik. I feel like repetition is what helped me understand the material. I took notes on Leik and read the book twice. I also did thousands of questions. During school we used APEA. Pre and post predictor score was 77 and 78. I re took those tests after studying 1 week prior to my exam and scored a 85 and 86 (I didn't remember the questions). I also did the Leik questions twice, used FNP mastery, bought 10 exam edge questions and board vitals. One week before the exam I purchased 2 PSI exams (retired AANP questions). Scoring a 90 and 82. Overall use Leik, and understand the material and do a lot of practice questions and read all the rationales. The q-banks that helped the most was Leik, FNP mastery and APEA. Boradvitals was good too, just way in depth and exam edge wasn't very helpful. Good luck everyone!!

[Dora The Explorer]

Congratulations on passing! I have graduated and it is time for me to buckle down. I've trolled this website before and was more interested in feedback of a recent passing person. I have an accumulation of study material given to me by students that passed and didn't want the review stuff anymore from social media sites. I think I have just about every book and cd known to the preparation world of studying. I'm thinking of just studying Leik, Hollier and using a few extra books as references. My test is in July. I recently quit my job to buckle down and study. I'm pretty nervous about the process of passing. Your post has made me consider taking a pre-test to give myself a baseline to where I am. I never considered doing this before, thanks. If you have anymore tips to share, I would definitely be interested. I'm really curious on your day to day study plan.

[OHiONP]

I would definitely use Leik and Hollier (APEA)! I also bought board vitals which was WAY too in depth. Definitely do the 2 PSI retired questions and both APEA predictor exams. I continued to work 3 days a week so on my 4 days off between graduating on March 27th and testing May 1st I studied 6-8 hours a day (with multiple breaks for my sanity!) I did 2-3 topics daily, started with my strongest areas and ended with my weakest. For example, day 1 I did women’s health, pregnancy and men’s health. Then I would answer all of APEA questions in those areas. Day 2 consisted of GU and GI and again answering all APEA questions related to that area and so on. I continued to do this until all topics were covered. I finished the Leik book in 3 weeks. As I reviewed the topics I also made notes on key points I didn’t want to forget. For example, description of Morton’s neuroma, treatment for pneumonia and the mnemonic for murmurs. Make sure you know what a disorder looks like, diagnostics and treatment. Remember least invasive, least expensive and what you can do first (for example perform a maneuver before sending for radiology). Basically, the test was very straight forward and not tricky at all. Very text book descriptions of things. Leik is golden! If you have a good knowledge base and do a lot of questions you’ll be just fine! Let me know if you have anymore questions! You can do this ??

[Dora The Explorer]

Thanks for the feedback. I made notes on everything you said to do. I had a quick question. You said after covering daily topics you did APEA questions on those topics. Where do I find the APEA questions? Wasn’t sure if it was available on an app, website, or a book you used. Thanks in advance.

[OHiONP]

My school paid for APEA lectures and her Qbank. It’s online, I’m not sure how much it is out of pocket.

[Mimster]

Congratulations!!

I am sure it was all due to your hard work and your dedication!