Hello Guys, I have been reading these posts and i have found them to be very helpful. This is where i run when i am low to see whether maybe someone else has gone thru what i have gone thru. To make the story short. after taking time to read from others, I promised myself that after taking my exam, whatever outcome, I will do a post so that someone else can get encouraged as i did. unfortunately, I didn't know that this is the kind of post am gonna post but i got to accept it the way it is.
Anyway, Today i took AANP and Failed. I had done a very good preparation, I did pass the AANP predictor exam with 68%, APEA predictor exam with 73%. After scoring low on AANP, I decided to buy 10 more AANP style exams from EXAm Edge and did 8/10 7/8 i got >70%. I also went thru all the APEA questions both Assessment and pt management. That was not enough,i went thru Fitzgerald certification and practice prep about 50% of the question. at this time,I felt very ready.
I went to the examination room and took the exam, Honestly, the exam felt very easy to me but after submission and getting the word : DID NOT PASS, made me feel like someone shock me with a high voltage electricity. I was speech less.
Now i am again to square zero. Any help??anyone who has ever gone thru the same and passed a AANC or passed AANP for the second time. Kindly advise. Excuse my writing/typos, I am shaking as i write this post.
I passed the boards a week ago and would like to thank all the people who contributed to this board who were successful. My take away from the boards for me was I had all the information in my brain I needed. The areas where I felt I was deficient I studied (i.e. women's health, some peds, asthma medications and escalation, T2DM medications and escalation (know the precise action of each class of med), etc.). Although I studied the areas where I was "shown deficient" my wife and I determined I was not deficient in those areas. I had the knowledge I needed. What I needed was more questions. The more questions I took the more I understood I needed to change how I addressed the questions. The two most important parts of a question are the "actual" question and the answers. When I would feel confused about what a question was asking I would look at the answers and then go to the 'direct' question and eliminate the rest of the question. This would allow me to determine what the question was really asking and then go to the body of the question and take out the diagnostics or information I needed to answer the question.
The studying I believe was most beneficial to me was from the Leik book on Family Nurse Practitioner Certification. As I searched the blog posts involving people who had not passed their Cert and then passed the most common thread in all of them was the Leik book. The first part of the book has a very involved talk about how to approach questions. I think this was the lynch pin for me and would encourage anyone who is having issues take a look at this book.
Specializes in CVICU/ICU/step-down but I"ve done it all.
I too just failed my AANP FNP yesterday. I haven't gotten my results yet but there was a lot of dermatology on my test which is my worst subject. I am usually a very good test taker and have never failed anything so important. I was devestated. Now the pressure is really on because 1 more chance to pass that this year. I took the Amilie review but immediately went and took the exam which was a mistake, I should have studied after the review. I am going to dig in and study study study and pray for better results 2nd time around.
Specializes in CVICU/ICU/step-down but I"ve done it all.
thank you, I think that is my problem, not that I don't have the knowledge, but I have trouble answering the question in regards to what it is really asking. I will get that book.
I am finishing school in a week, going to Barkly review the next week. I have test anxiety really bad. I intend to review the Leik book. What else is helpful and if you have any posters or anything else you would share please email me [email protected].
I took the Amilie review but immediately went and took the exam which was a mistake, I should have studied after the review. I am going to dig in and study study study and pray for better results 2nd time around.
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I passed the boards a week ago and would like to thank all the people who contributed to this board who were successful. My take away from the boards for me was I had all the information in my brain I needed. The areas where I felt I was deficient I studied (i.e. women's health, some peds, asthma medications and escalation, T2DM medications and escalation (know the precise action of each class of med), etc.). Although I studied the areas where I was "shown deficient" my wife and I determined I was not deficient in those areas. I had the knowledge I needed. What I needed was more questions. The more questions I took the more I understood I needed to change how I addressed the questions. The two most important parts of a question are the "actual" question and the answers. When I would feel confused about what a question was asking I would look at the answers and then go to the 'direct' question and eliminate the rest of the question. This would allow me to determine what the question was really asking and then go to the body of the question and take out the diagnostics or information I needed to answer the question.
The studying I believe was most beneficial to me was from the Leik book on Family Nurse Practitioner Certification. As I searched the blog posts involving people who had not passed their Cert and then passed the most common thread in all of them was the Leik book. The first part of the book has a very involved talk about how to approach questions. I think this was the lynch pin for me and would encourage anyone who is having issues take a look at this book.
I hope this information helps. Good luck to all.