While I was preparing I was so nervous and some of the previous post regarding the ANCC FNP exam helped and some scared me to death. I made a promise to myself to post some of my experience so that It will be helpful for the NP students who are preparing for the test soon
First of all I want to tell you all the test was not bad at all. I graduated on May 15 and registered for exam at the same time. my school took 15 days to send my official transcript to ANCC, as soon as they received my transcript they send me the OK letter to schedule the test in 2 days. In between I contact them to verify the status and they were nice...
I took 2 week to study and these are the resources I used
Leik book-- Excellent book , only needed info. breakdown nicely.. and the 650 questions at the end ...very useful. The last 2-4 chapters go over at least couple times.. you will never regret ( some minor errors noted in Leiks book)
Fitzgerald review-- I have to travel to a different town and stay in a hotel 3 days for live review... I will choose the online review much more affordable and wise. the spiral binder they gave you in the review very helpful.
The Fitzgerald online tutorials about research and the Leik book research chapter will cover the research topics pretty much for you...
I borrowed Fitzgerald 3 rd edition and read all chapters and did the answer the test questions (1400)...
APEA online review (offered by school almost 3 months ago) -- Amelie is awesome and honestly the test did not look like what review questions...
Exam edge- FNP review- I bought 10 test bundles. End up studying 10-15 different theories (some of them I even heard before and very frustrating). I scored 360-399 on these tests. very poorly constructed questions with lot of grammatical errors --the test questions in real exam is much more professional ( and ended up withno theories in my real test at all...)
Here is my exam looked like (unable to provide exact details.. don't want to be in trouble):
22 multiple choice
Hypertensive meds (CCB, HTCZ ACEI)
5 drag
3 exhibit
10 pictures (derm and eye) pictures were good quality ...please make sure you review common eye conditions with pictures well
Billing and how choose CPT codes in primary care
ANA position statements and research methods (meta analysis, case study etc..)
At least 20 cultural questions (Leik book good resource but Google it for more info)
1 milestone peades, 1 obg question
Real test looked like Fitzgerald review test questions
I finished 200 questions in 3 hours and took 30 mts to review the marked items
Once you finish the test, the proctor outside testing room will print a results for you..
I know this post is bit longer... But if this will help my fellow NP students I am happy for it....
