Preparation for AANP exam

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I posted this in another area on this forum with no responses, so I decided to post here in hopes of getting some answers :-)

My exam is in a few days, and as I prepare, I am freaking out big time! it's to the point where I can only sleep in short spurts, and I have to force myself to eat because my nerves are so bad! I guess I'm so nervous because I dont really know what to expect on the exam. I've been doing lots of review questions from Fitzgerald (listened to her CDs and went through her entire review book), Hollier's Q&A book (even though many of the questions were repetitive), in addition to the familynpprep.com questions too. I am seeing a lot of health policy, theory, and some research type of questions on that website; I was under the impression that the AANP does not really test on that. For those of you who have taken the AANP exam, did you find some theory/research/health policy questions on there in addition to the clinical stuff? If so, where is a good place to review that information?

Thanks! (I feel like I'm going in sane here!):confused:

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A lot of members lurk here but I think the questions u might encounter on the aanp may be some ethical delimma s that u should be able to easily figure out, I expect research to be what is specificity or sensitivity, informed consent,etc. theory I've just been going over learning theory's from Piaget, social learning. It looks like u got everything for amble studying. I don't know whenever I get crazy about the test and I talk to myFriend who has taken it last year says its not as bad as u think...the first 20 questions r the hardest...and I'm going to take frequent break. Think about what the question is asking

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Specializes in women's health, NICU.

Okay, that's what I thought....Thanks for responding, and good luck to you too! :)

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Okay, that's what I thought....Thanks for responding, and good luck to you too! :)
http://fhea.com/main/index.aspx?p=npcer2011. Theres a part on the bottomed that may help
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You will find some ethical type questions on the exam dont focus too much about the research when it comes to AANP. I also recommend studying 2 hours at a time with 1 hour mental break. I know this is hard but as your test approach you need to relax. I took walks, cooked and did everyday activities that briefly distracted me from the exam. My plan was focus, focus, distract, and focus. I know that you are prepared and I trust that we all will be celebrating with you soon. I am lifting you up in prayer and I know that God will not fail you now. Just study, prayer, and speak your success into existence. I called myself FNP-BC/NP-C for weeks before my exams...LOL.

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Specializes in women's health, NICU.
http://fhea.com/main/index.aspx?p=npcer2011. Theres a part on the bottomed that may help

Thank you so much for the info!

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Specializes in women's health, NICU.
You will find some ethical type questions on the exam dont focus too much about the research when it comes to AANP. I also recommend studying 2 hours at a time with 1 hour mental break. I know this is hard but as your test approach you need to relax. I took walks, cooked and did everyday activities that briefly distracted me from the exam. My plan was focus, focus, distract, and focus. I know that you are prepared and I trust that we all will be celebrating with you soon. I am lifting you up in prayer and I know that God will not fail you now. Just study, prayer, and speak your success into existence. I called myself FNP-BC/NP-C for weeks before my exams...LOL.

Yeah, that's pretty much what I do right now! Lol.....and yes I do study in chunks like that. It helps me retain the info better. Thanks for all the support!

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