FNP ANCC EXAM

[Bbabygrrl13]

Today I am excited to announce that I finally passed my ANCC FNP certification boards. ? It was quite a journey. A great accomplishment for myself. I thought it would be great to write something that would help others in the same situation I was in. I first did the Barkley review and felt it was a great review but obviously knew I could not pass the test with just that. I also used the Fitzgerald book of questions and the Leik book to get the information in a simpler form. The test was as expected.... hard.......I studied hard for it so towards the end felt like I was over it all. If I can advise you on anything , it is to take a review, practice some questions, and review all rationales while going back to review those you get incorrect.

I felt the exam was 50% diseases/50% research or professional practice. I would concentrate on most common disorders (Asthma, diabetes, cholesterol, depression, GERD, PUD, UTI, conjunctivitis, etc). Study the different types of research studies (qualitative, Quantitative, Random controlled, cohort, etc). All terms in root cause, risk management, quality improvement, ICD, mortality, incidence, external validity, quality improvement....just a few things to help you organize some studying. I looked for this when I was studying and rarely saw any posts. Hope this helps. Good luck to you all.

[stickit34]

Congratulations!! What a great accomplishment! I plan to take the FNP ANCC exam in August, and I am so grateful for your advice. I will definitely add it to my study plan.

[0907]

Congratulation! I would also like to post something as well because this forum helped me a lot while I was studying. I passed the ANCC FNP this morning (5/1/17). To be honest, I think it was a very fair exam. For most of the questions, you are immediately able to strike out two of the answers out of four. Of course, it helps to know the material, but if you dont you still have a 50/50 chance of getting the right answer. The time was my biggest issue; I was able to finish all 200 questions in three and a half hours with only 30 minutes left to review the marked questions. I didn't have time to review all my marked questions before the time was out. That being said, you have to pay attention to how much time you spend on each question, select the correct answer and quickly move on. I totally agree the exam was 50% clinical and 50% nonclinical.

I did Fitzgerald review through my FNP program - I went over all the videos twice (one time for the class, once on my own before it expired). I read through the Fitzgerald book in details from cover to cover one more time. I did all FNP Mastery app questions- which helped me the most and then I kept doing the questions until I got up to 91% overall correct. I bought the Leik book and wasn't a fan cause the material was outdated and I got frustrated figuring what was outdated and what wasn't. The week before the exam, I also purchased the aanp-fnp questions- I didn't like their questions, or much of their rationale either but the only positive aspect was the format, which was the most comparable to the exam. I did 100 questions each day for 3 days leading up to the exam day, then the day before the exam I did 200 questions in 2 hours, so I knew how it would feel getting through the process.

I spread my studying over 5 month period- while working a full time 12 hour shift job, went to Japan for a week and finally buckle down to study from mid- March and all of April. The only advice I would give for those who are going to take the exam- do yourself a favor- get the FNP Mastery app; two of my classmates and I solely used this app for questions and we all passed.