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Trying to pick myself up after failing ANCC FNP certification exam and figure what to do now. I am already planning to re-take but do not know how to better prepare myself. I took the Fitzgerald CDs review twice as well as read through it a 3rd time. Looked through an assessment book, pharm and reviewed Leik's book. I am working on test taking strategies but would really like to talk to anyone who has failed and what they did to pass. Thanks.

Hello, the yellow book is sold by ANCC published by Mometrix Media.

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Hello,

I am wanting to know what is the ANCC yellow book?? Can anyone give me the name of the book.

thanks

FNP Review Manual 4th ed volume 1. It is actually pink. TaTa88's suggestion of the ANCC exam review secrets book (it is yellow) is also a good choice. Not expensive, and has a lot of information not contained in some of the other review-type books. People tend to confuse these two books when talking about the "yellow book".

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Please anyone help! I took the ANCC twice and failed.. study Fitzgerald and leik books. I also bought the edge exam bundle and found ,many errors and the questions are nothing like the exam so stopped taking them. Took the boardvitals review which I thought was right on point but I needed more knowledge on policies and leadership. I just signed up for AANP. I am terrible test taker! I am so devasted, tied and broke. Please please can someone help me so I can pass any boards? ? ;-(

I would suggest a review course if you have not done so. Pay close attention of things you do not understand or cannot remember - then go back and review those subjects. Or, if you can't attend a live review, or web-based review -- try to find CD's from courses on ebay. Don't believe there are questions on the AANP about policies or leadership, as the AANP questions focus on clinical skills, assessments, interventions, evaluation. Several of us have made suggestions on this thread regarding questions specific to ANCC which you might find helpful. Good luck, you can do this!

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I just passed the ANCC. Why ANCC? Because I did not pass the AANP.

Make sure you memorize labs. There was a bilirubin lab on my exam and i did not know the norm. Other stuff: Electronic health records, research study hierarchy, drug interactions (warfarin), ethic principles (autonomy,etc), culture (hispanic, jewish), legal (Nurse practice act, etc), leadership, advocacy, statistcal terms (relative risk, etc). There was one where you had to know how to spell-out the equation for relative risk (really?).

What I think worked for me was the ANA course on test-taking stratagies and practicing those with the Boardvitals Qbank. 200 questions a day for a month. I also went through Fitz once and Leik three times. APEA Qbank for a month but Boardvitals is has more non-clinincal which is essential for ANCC.

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Ok. I failed the AANP twice, I think I'm going to take the ANCC. But I can't get up the confidence to sign up. Any tips or suggestions?

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I passed the ANCC FNP exam today! Really didn't find it that difficult - but I have been studying for the past 2 years in preparation for today!! Have to say that Dr Fitzgerald's review and her other book were the keys to my passing. Lots of leadership questions - know research, policy, culture, ethical principals. Majority of questions were very straight forward - a couple I had to read several times to try and figure out just what question was being asked. Hopefully those questions were part of the non-graded section because they were very poorly written. Done is about 2 hours - but I have always been a fast test taker. Use the cross out function, very helpful in trying to zero in on the correct answer when unsure.

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I passed the ANCC FNP exam today! Really didn't find it that difficult - but I have been studying for the past 2 years in preparation for today!! Have to say that Dr Fitzgerald's review and her other book were the keys to my passing. Lots of leadership questions - know research, policy, culture, ethical principals. Majority of questions were very straight forward - a couple I had to read several times to try and figure out just what question was being asked. Hopefully those questions were part of the non-graded section because they were very poorly written. Done is about 2 hours - but I have always been a fast test taker. Use the cross out function, very helpful in trying to zero in on the correct answer when unsure.

Hello rninme, supper congratulations. I'm so happy for you. I'm new to this blog and you responded to my post. Thank you for that. Do you by chance have any study tips/study guide that could help and don't mind sharing? I'm terrified of ANCC exam...I don't know why. I started the fitz online review this Wednesday. My email is cynthiathomas300@hotmail.com any study tip I will greatly appreciate. Thanks and congratulations

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Hello rninme, supper congratulations. I'm so happy for you. I'm new to this blog and you responded to my post. Thank you for that. Do you by chance have any study tips/study guide that could help and don't mind sharing? I'm terrified of ANCC exam...I don't know why. I started the fitz online review this Wednesday. My email is cynthiathomas300@hotmail.com any study tip I will greatly appreciate. Thanks and congratulations

I used Fitz live review and her blue book. Glanced through Leik - some good quick facts there. Tried the APEA q-bank but found the majority of those questions are in Hollier's FNP certification review book - so not worth the money for me. Only online question bank I did was BoardVitals - and they are brutal!

I reviewed a body system a day - using Fitzgerald, Leik. Went to BoardVitals and answered questions on that system. If I found I was missing quite a bit - back to review using other sources, mainly my Bates book from school. Derm - the Habif book was my bible. Also have it on my Ipad ... so I could pop on and review different derm presentations. Ortho - my kryptonite!! Used Bates, Fitzgerald, and Hoppenfeld (I think is the author - old book, but is the bible for ortho) - it's green and I believe first published in the 1970's! Peds/pregnancy/women's and men's health - all from Fitzgerald and reviewing class notes and texts. All the leadership information I used came from Fitzgerald, Leik and on BoardVitals. Know the hierarchy of clinical research!!! You will do fine - just listen to what Dr. Fitzgerald talks about. Several questions on the exam were pretty much word-for-word from her live lecture!

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Something I forgot - with your Fitzgerald review - there are a bunch of online resources you should look through that aren't directly accessible from your online learning modules. Look for the tab marked Resources on the side under the NPxpert tab. Lots of information she doesn't directly touch on in depth but you will run into on boards. Do all the extra's she provides -- people that fail boards after using her live or online review usually haven't completed extra materials. Good luck!!!

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Thank you for your advice. I am doing Fitzgerald Online Review now. Once I am done I am going to sit for the ANCC.

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Something I forgot - with your Fitzgerald review - there are a bunch of online resources you should look through that aren't directly accessible from your online learning modules. Look for the tab marked Resources on the side under the NPxpert tab. Lots of information she doesn't directly touch on in depth but you will run into on boards. Do all the extra's she provides -- people that fail boards after using her live or online review usually haven't completed extra materials. Good luck!!!

Thanks for the tips. Currently doing Fitz online review and I have the Leik book. Will buy boardvitals...will see how it goes. Thanks again

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