AANP Tips 2023

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Hey guys,

I just finished taking my AANP certification, and I found allnurse helpful in easing my anxiety before taking this test, so I thought I would pay it forward! This is a time line of my preparation for the exam. 

November 2022- I graduated NP school.

February 2023- I took my AANP certification exam.

I wanted to share some tips on what I thought was helpful and what was not so helpful when preparing to take the test of your life!!

I used Leik review for AGNP, and I bought this in my last semester of NP school. I studied it and read through chapters as a requirement for school. I enjoy reading this book, and it is easy to read. You will find reviews that there are errors in this book; however, yes, there are errors, but they are still beneficial to use for this exam. I would focus on the clinical pearls and exam tips in each chapter!

I also did the latrina Walden crash course! This was really helpful for me to learn testing-taking strategies. for example, she does a really good job at finding buzz words in the question that I found was really helpful in memorizing disease processes with these clues it stuck better in my brain. This course was 160 total and you have access for one month, you can also continue to a subscription but I just did it once and listened to it twice and took notes.

Lastly, Sarah Michelle's NP review was a great review and covered all diagnoses in each category! highly recommended if you feel like you didn't get a solid background in NP school! This was a little over $300 but also a subscription and only used for one month I think this was totally worth it because it literally went into some core diagnosis  I totally forgot about or haven't even heard of. She also goes through testing-taking strategies as well which was helpful!

Predictor test!

PSI predictor test- I thought these were helpful although they are $50 each they do not tell you the rationale behind each question. 

Things I would not do... The APEA predictor test.. guys, I scored 50's, 60's, and 70s on these tests. This was way more difficult than the actual exam, so don't get discouraged if you don't do well on these tests. 

Testing taking tips-

I used YouTube and free resources on the CDC website that I thought were helpful on updated guidelines! there is free material out there that can be helpful!

I would look into just a YouTube search on how to be a better test taker and eliminate answers for multiple choice questions. I was not always the best test taker but I do think these tips can help If you come across a question you have no idea about!

To bring it to an end! 

you finished RN school, passed and achieved RN success, graduated NP school, and now to sit for this exam! remember you will not know everything but you definitely know more than you think!

Best of luck! 

Michele

 

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Hi michelle, thank you so much for all the tips. I am here stuck and trying my best to find ways to pass this exam and move on. So far I have read the liek book, and I did the questions in the book and the ones online which I think are almost the same, and that was maybe four months ago when I was preparing for my first attempt ( failed 1st attempt) . After failing, I decided to watch some video lectures, so I did: Cohen. And archer reviews , I feel that in addition to my knowledge give me a solid knowledge of contents.. at this point I am thinking about just focusing on doing practice questions and I really want to do questions that are similar to the boards, I do not like to waste my time doing weird, difficult or questions that won't be on the boards.  

I am thinking of doing the exam edge , I heard some people say it's very well worth it .. 

I am also thinking of buying the SM crash course ? I'm not sure if I need it and also going to do the SM Q Bank 

I hope to pass the 2nd attempt 

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Hi!

Thanks for sharing your tips! I'm sitting for the AANP soon and was wondering if there were any non-clinical questions as I have heard from half that there are and half that there are none. Could you please share your experiences on the questions?

Thank you so much!

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Hey there, 

 

for AANP and AANC you can go to their websites and look at content that is tested But for AANP it's only clinical questions no leadership, research or professional questions are asked at least from my experience and research! 
hope this helps! 

uniqueguy34 said:

Hi michelle, thank you so much for all the tips. I am here stuck and trying my best to find ways to pass this exam and move on. So far I have read the liek book, and I did the questions in the book and the ones online which I think are almost the same, and that was maybe four months ago when I was preparing for my first attempt ( failed 1st attempt) . After failing, I decided to watch some video lectures, so I did: Cohen. And archer reviews , I feel that in addition to my knowledge give me a solid knowledge of contents.. at this point I am thinking about just focusing on doing practice questions and I really want to do questions that are similar to the boards, I do not like to waste my time doing weird, difficult or questions that won't be on the boards.  

I am thinking of doing the exam edge , I heard some people say it's very well worth it .. 

I am also thinking of buying the SM crash course ? I'm not sure if I need it and also going to do the SM Q Bank 

I hope to pass the 2nd attempt 

.. 

You got this!! But I really cannot stress enough use these course reviews save some money up it will be worth it!! 
-Michele 

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AANP Tips 2023 said:

Hey there, 

 

for AANP and AANC you can go to their websites and look at content that is tested But for AANP it's only clinical questions no leadership, research or professional questions are asked at least from my experience and research! 
hope this helps! 

You got this!! But I really cannot stress enough use these course reviews save some money up it will be worth it!! 
-Michele 

Thanks so much Michelle! Congratulations and Best wishes to you! 

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