AGNP AANP

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Hi, hoping to ask what you guys used to review/study for the certification exam. I'm taking my AANP AGNP in two months or so.

I've been doing fitzgerald (what we used mostly for school), watched her videos. But focused really more on the Leik book. So far, I've finished all the Leik questions (scoring high 80s/90s), purchased Board Vitals Questions (Answered about 1000+).

I took the PSI exam and got a 77% first try, and an 89% second try. I'm kinda freaking out.

Please share any words of wisdom/advice.

Thank you. 

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Specializes in New Critical care NP, Critical care, Med-surg, LTC.

If you're on facebook there are a number of exam study groups that may have specific feedback. I took AACN and I used Barkley. My favorite resources was Rosh Review, but that's more geared towards acute care. 

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Specializes in Adult-Gero NP.

I highly recommend this course:

https://npreviews.com/

Helped me pass after failing x1 (previously used Leik, Fitzgerald, and another review book). 

 

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Specializes in Oncology.

I used the Barkley Review and DRTs (diagnostic reasoning tests), as well as the Leik AGNP Certification Review (3rd ED.). I liked the DRTs because they show you where you need to focus your studies. I liked the Leik app, because I could do practice questions on my phone. It also had a full content review that contained lots of test-specific information. I am personally not a fan of Fitzgerald. Even though she clearly knows her stuff, she goes overboard on the amount of information and I felt the rationales didn't always align with the question and/or weren't very helpful. I took the AANP AGPCNP exam and passed on the first try. After taking the exam, I feel like the best strategy is doing tons of practice questions and focusing on chronic health conditions frequently seen in primary care. Good luck on the test!

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