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Anyone a NP full time in primary care still a finalist under final review? Of course I called and they just say what I can already see on my profile and to wait until deadline of 9/30. I received my COI on 8/19. Site score 23. Pretty sure all hope is gone, but still trying to be positive.

Any update? NP in primary care. Site score 23. Still says finalist, under final review

Have you received the counter signature yet? I'm a FNP in primary care, score 23 and still a finalist and under review

Application still saying "accepted award - under final review.” Know of anyone not getting award even if a finalist? Credit pulled 7/12. COI on 8/19. Site score 23. I'm a full time NP in primary care, first time applying. I see other NPs getting there final notification with counter signature already. Getting discouraged ?

I graduated in March 2019. Starting January I listened to Hollier and was reading Leik when I had a chance. Once I graduated I studied for 1 month on my 4 days off. Doing at least 800 questions a week and re-reading Leik and listening to Hollier while taking notes. I bought exam edge and board vitals, and didn’t find them very helpful. If you do Hollier, Leik questions and the FNP mastery app you’ll do great. Good luck!

My school paid for APEA lectures and her Qbank. It’s online, I’m not sure how much it is out of pocket.

I would definitely use Leik and Hollier (APEA)! I also bought board vitals which was WAY too in depth. Definitely do the 2 PSI retired questions and both APEA predictor exams. I continued to work 3 days a week so on my 4 days off between graduating on March 27th and testing May 1st I studied 6-8 hours a day (with multiple breaks for my sanity!) I did 2-3 topics daily, started with my strongest areas and ended with my weakest. For example, day 1 I did women’s health, pregnancy and men’s health. Then I would answer all of APEA questions in those areas. Day 2 consisted of GU and GI and again answering all APEA questions related to that area and so on. I continued to do this until all topics were covered. I finished the Leik book in 3 weeks. As I reviewed the topics I also made notes on key points I didn’t want to forget. For example, description of Morton’s neuroma, treatment for pneumonia and the mnemonic for murmurs. Make sure you know what a disorder looks like, diagnostics and treatment. Remember least invasive, least expensive and what you can do first (for example perform a maneuver before sending for radiology). Basically, the test was very straight forward and not tricky at all. Very text book descriptions of things. Leik is golden! If you have a good knowledge base and do a lot of questions you’ll be just fine! Let me know if you have anymore questions! You can do this ??

I just passed AANP on 5/1/2019. After 2 years of school, months of studying and trolling allnurses for tips, I passed the FNP AANP on my first try! I graduated March 27th, but started lightly studying in January until I graduated then studied everyday that I wasn't working. First off, Leik is amazing! Everything on the exam was in the Leik book. I also did Hollier videos which supplemented my learning in Leik. I feel like repetition is what helped me understand the material. I took notes on Leik and read the book twice. I also did thousands of questions. During school we used APEA. Pre and post predictor score was 77 and 78. I re took those tests after studying 1 week prior to my exam and scored a 85 and 86 (I didn't remember the questions). I also did the Leik questions twice, used FNP mastery, bought 10 exam edge questions and board vitals. One week before the exam I purchased 2 PSI exams (retired AANP questions). Scoring a 90 and 82. Overall use Leik, and understand the material and do a lot of practice questions and read all the rationales. The q-banks that helped the most was Leik, FNP mastery and APEA. Boradvitals was good too, just way in depth and exam edge wasn't very helpful. Good luck everyone!!!!

After 2 years of school, months of studying and trolling allnurses for tips, I passed the FNP AANP today on my first try! I graduated March 27th, but started lightly studying in January until I graduated then studied everyday that I wasn't working. First off, Leik is amazing! Everything on the exam was in the Leik book. I also did Hollier videos which supplemented my learning in Leik. I feel like repetition is what helped me understand the material. I took notes on Leik and read the book twice. I also did thousands of questions. During school we used APEA. Pre and post predictor score was 77 and 78. I re took those tests after studying 1 week prior to my exam and scored a 85 and 86 (I didn't remember the questions). I also did the Leik questions twice, used FNP mastery, bought 10 exam edge questions and board vitals. One week before the exam I purchased 2 PSI exams (retired AANP questions). Scoring a 90 and 82. Overall use Leik, and understand the material and do a lot of practice questions and read all the rationales. The q-banks that helped the most was Leik, FNP mastery and APEA. Boradvitals was good too, just way in depth and exam edge wasn't very helpful. Good luck everyone!!