Passed AANP FNP Exam Today! 10/2016

[Guest575949]

I couldn't be more excited, and I honestly still have this sick feeling in my stomach, like they're going to call me back and say, OOPs! Assuming that doesn't happen, I can proudly say that I passed the AANP FNP Certification exam today!!!

A few posts here really helped guide my study, so I figured I'd pay it forward and share what worked for me.

My school only offered the Barkley predictor exam upon finishing (not the review- just the exam. how kind of them ). I did it and saw that I had much work to do. However, I was tired of paying for things, so I decided not to attend a review course. Here's what I did instead. Will try and keep it brief:

1. Hollier/APEA Review CDs: purchased on Ebay. Came with a review book, and this was SO good. I was able to listen in the car, and that really helped me. Pretty much every major topic she touched on was on my exam.

2. APEA Predictor Exam and practice questions I found on Quizlet: 2 of the Hollier questions were word for word on my exam. I remember which ones verbatim, but I think it's illegal for me to share, so I won't.

3. AANP's own predictor exam: I purchased this ridiculous-priced $50 practice exam, just to get a feel for how the questions were worded. Helpful for knowing what depth to study. (PS. you can also find many of these questions on Quizlet).

4. FNP Mastery iPad app: THIS was great!! I love this app, and it was one of my main sources. I think it would be more helpful for the ANCC exam though because it has a ton of non-clinical questions too. I had 1 question total on non-clinical topics on my AANP exam.

5. Leik's FNP app: Another super helpful app! I got a question word-for-word from this app as well, and a few really similar ones. The question style is similar to the exam, as is the depth which is really important.

4. Free sample questions from Board Vitals: Eh. I think these are a bit harder than the actual exam was.

5. Free sample questions from Exam Edge: Can't rate them because I barely remember them lol.

6. Someone gifted me a bundle of 5, 75-question practice exams from Fitzgerald: I did 3 of these, 2 days before my exam, and they had me feeling DOWN! I scored 67%, 76% and 78%! The second time around, I got 94-96% on all of them, but that's mainly because I remembered the answers. Rationales were AWESOME. Funny enough, I also got one question that was nearly word for word from one of my tests. In general though, her questions were super in depth, perhaps a bit more than the actual exam.

Because I couldn't bear to read another textbook, my strategy mainly centered around doing practice questions and understanding rationales for the right and wrong answers.

Hope this helps someone!

[dazzlyn]

congratulation

[missdeevah, NP]

Congratulations and thanks for the tips!

[Guest575949]

Thank you!!

[rockyroad#]

Hi Nurse Pallas FNP2b,

I passed my AANP exam on 02/16/17. I was wondering how long it takes to see the result on the AANP site.I have been checking for the result and so far I have not seen anything. Because I failed before, I am very nervous. Seeing the results will let me that I really pass.