Online Certification Practice Study Tests (FamilyNPprep.com)

hopefulwhoop · Jul 8, 2013

Yes, I am currently using that website's practice questions. They're a lil pricey, at least for me, but have been helpful so far, especially with the non-clinical questions. I'm studying for the ANCC FNP exam, so I like the non-clinical questions, which is a huge chunk of the ANCC exams. I have no doubt that it'll help me do well on the exam, which I'll be taking soon. I've also heard great things about the site. I bought 15 exams and I've completed them all. I'm just going over the rationales now.

Greetings,
I was wondering if anyone has heard of or used: FamilyNPprep.com? If so, did you find their online tests helpful during your exam review and practice? Thank you.

hopefulwhoop · Jul 9, 2013

Ok, so I took the exam today and PASSED! :-) I used two Fitzgerald books, which I got from a friend. One, I believe, was from a class she took because it has filled in content. The other is the 3rd edition of the NP Exam. and Prep. book. This was very helpful. However, the exam was probably honestly 70% non-clinical, from my observation. What really helped me with the non-clinical questions were 1. Common sense (some answer choices just made no sense), 2. random theories and ethical concepts I reviewed on my own, and 3. the FamilyNPprep.com questions. The questions on the exams from that site were quite helpful, I must say. Some of the questions on the exam were very similar in wording to the site's questions. So, I would definitely recommend it. I ordered 15 questions, but in retrospect, it was overkill. One thing the site did was also prepare me for the way the questions on the exam were worded and the format of the ANCC exam. Good luck! :-)

MC1906 · Jul 9, 2013

Congratulations on passing! I am sure that is a load lifted off your chest! Congrats congrats congrats!

What theories did you look over which helped you on the exam?

Thanks in advance!

hopefulwhoop · Jul 10, 2013

Congratulations on passing! I am sure that is a load lifted off your chest! Congrats congrats congrats!
What theories did you look over which helped you on the exam?
Thanks in advance!

Thanks! I reviewed some of the theories that kept popping up on the practice questions, such as Piaget's cognitive theory/stages, Erikson's theory/stages of psychosocial development, transtheoretical moodel. Those are the ones I reviewed the most. Also, it helps to be familiar with the works/theories of B.F. Skinner, Bandura, Freud, etc. Those also popped up frequently on the practice tests. However, there were definitely theories I'd never heard of that popped up on the actual exam, but for those, you can honestly guess the correct answers most of the time from the name of the model.

MC1906 · Jul 10, 2013

Hopefulwhoop---thanks again for the information you provided. I am taking the ANCC--FNP exam in August after they change the test. I hope it doesn't throw me for a loop. I have 5 exams from familynpprep, so I will go over those and any theories associated with them. After I'm done taking the test, I will hopefully be posting that I passed! Once again, congratulations!