NNP Board Certification

Hey congrats! There aren't really many regular NNP posters on AN, so I'll answer. I just took my boards a couple of months ago and actually used the same resources that you did.

1. Did the FANNP thing (bought the previous year's cds) and it was an excellent overview

2. Pediatrix questions seemed harder than the NCC exam, but definitely worth doing and I learned quite a bit looking things up (I've never heard of the apt test, for example, since I didn't work at a delivery hospital)

3. There is a review work book that uses Cloherty and I did maybe 1/3 of it, found it helpful for some of it, but not as helpful as I thought it would be (it's from the CCPR company)

But all in all, I really felt like my program prepared me well and I had extensive NICU experience (6 years in a Level 4) with mostly good clinical sites. I ended up studying for about 1.5 months (full-time, not working), although I probably could have taken it sooner. Make sure you visit the place you're going to take the test at prior to and if no one is testing, they may let you see the test room itself. This is a big deal. I initially chose one place that was close to my house, but visited it and it was right next to a busy street with the testing room in the very front. They said they offered ear plugs- no thanks! I also took my test in the morning because I felt that I had better mental faculties then and if I took it in the afternoon, I'd be worried all morning.

They tell you immediately after you're done if you've passed or not, it prints out. Of course, mine printed out on the opposite side of the room, so the lady had to walk about 50 feet away, holding this paper in her hand, while I looked at the floor waiting for her, and she got closer and said, "Don't worry, you passed!" haha.

The NCC also has some great stats on passing rates and it was comforting to me to know that in 2013, 83% of people who took the test passed (https://www.nccwebsite.org/Certification/Statistics.aspx).

During the test, I felt fairly okay on most of the questions, but you never know...there were a few that I had no idea. Be sure to know all your nutrition calculations.

Let me know if you have any other questions and best of luck!! Have you got a job yet?

congratulations!

Hi all,

I am a recent grad as well and am facing boards next week. I am, of course, very nervous, and just wanted to know if you felt like the Pediatrix questions were a good gauge; meaning, if I can pass those, then I should be able to pass the real test questions? Or were they too easy?

Some of the questions seem way too easy, and some seem completely out of left field for me. I just wanted the opinions of people that have recently taken the test!

Thanks!

How do you gain access to the Pediatrix questions?

Do a search on google for "pediatrix neonatal nurse practitioner questions" and then you create an account. It's a bit wonky, doesn't play well with a couple of browsers (like Safari). I felt like some of the questions were harder than those on the exam.

Hi Everyone,

It seems like the pediatrix questions were helpful but the module is down right now because they're redoing it. Does anyone happen to have the questions saved that they'd be willing to share? It would be so appreciated!!