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I took it twice last year and failed both times by a few points only. Definitely a tough exam...

I wasn't able to be a part of this due to my honeymoon and wedding but would love your study plan and pages... I'm not able to send you a P.M. to share my email but if you're able to me PM me, that would be great!

Hello, I am unable to P.M. you Also, thank you so much for your advice and guidance. I took some time off from studying as I've been planning my wedding. As soon as the wedding is over, I plan to die right back into it and get this exam over with. I found out that I failed by only eight points the second time I took it. Fairly devastated because I was close to passing both times.

Thank you so much for replying and offering your advice… this is really helpful. My main area of concern is usually assessment so I’m sure it’ll be that this time too. I did have extra time (30 mins) both exams so I did go over my bookmarked questions, but I definitely had at least 20 this time and maybe even closer to 30 the first time. So I think you’re right… Being unsure on more than five or six questions is definitely not a good indicator. I realize now that the biggest issue for me was that I knew exactly what the question was asking and I knew what answer I would give it, but those answer choices didn’t have the answer that I wanted. So I would often be stuck between picking what I think is the most appropriate and then second-guessing myself the other times. I think doing more questions will definitely be a lot more helpful because I don’t feel that I did nearly enough. I know people who did almost 2000 questions and I am probably barely sitting at the 650 question mark… being exposed to more questions and reviewing everything I miss when I take these questions I think will be very important this time around. I know the FNP Mastery app is very beneficial, but I can’t do questions on the go and take notes right away either. So I definitely need to look in to getting another program with practice questions…it’s just so defeating and disappointing, I am also very burnt out from studying over and over. I just wanna move on with my life already. But I’m going to tell myself to take the time to just continue and give it another shot. I’m taking the rest of the week off to let my mind rest and then I’ll start all over, and I’ll have my letter with the breakdown by then as well.

Thank you… It’s definitely a very depressing and crappy feeling, especially when you’ve come so far… already making a schedule to incorporate more practice questions into my studying and just focus on that now. I’ve gone through the content too many times, I can recite it. But I’ll brush up on everything I miss and reread my cheat sheets along with taking more notes as needed. I debated trying the ANCC next but I feel like the pictures, ekg strips, SATA, and extra questions won’t play in my favor… so I’m going to stick to AANP, especially since I’m already familiar with the exam (having taken it twice now sigh). It just sucks that I won’t retest until next year now and the anxiety of failing is already so much higher.

Thank you for your kind words and tips. I think practice questions maybe the big issue here, along with test taking anxiety. I haven't experimented enough with questions (at least not even close to 700 as you've mentioned). I'm going to look into Hollier questions and start taking notes on everything I miss to review... I hope you are right. I am so so defeated ?

Hello. Thank you for your tips. I’ve taken it twice now and failed. I have done the same as you almost but dude use Hollier as much as I should’ve. I do want more practice questions bc I think that may be my main area of issue. I already know the content at 80%…. I’ve studied for months and didn’t feel the exam was super super hard the second time Around ? but still failed…

Hello everyone, I took my first exam end of July and failed with 476 score. I used mainly Leik but I didn't read the book as thoroughly as I probably should've. I also used Latrina Walden crash course the week prior. I felt confident walking in and was shocked when I failed. So for my second attempt, I reread all of Leik, did all the quizzes and exams again (scoring high 80s and 90s on these but some of these are repetitive so yea), bought 2 PSI exams (1 was 72% and second was 58%), bought two APEA exams (1 was 57% and one was 49%), did a lot of FNP mastery questions and averaged 65% on these. I reviewed everything I didn't know from these exams. I also listened to some of Amellie Hollier's videos and took notes. I felt much much more prepared and told myself I know more, did more, I should pass. I failed again today (Oct 2022). I do not have my score yet but I know majority of the exam I felt that it wasn't too hard...of course there was stuff I didn't know but nothing to where I felt I would've failed again. I was in complete shock and cried to myself in the car right afterward. I am at a loss... I am a hard worker, I was a 3.9 GPA graduate from my program...I don't know what I am doing wrong anymore?? I am wondering if it is test taking strategies? I do second guess myself sometimes but did much less of that this time around. I do get anxiety during the exam but never had anxiety like this before. I have managed to find ways to calm myself during the exam... but I don't know what else to do.. I've already taken both attempts for AANP and can't retest until next year. I have debated signing up for ANCC but I know it's the "harder" exam and feel that having SATA, pictures, and no lab values will not be in my favor. I am feeling very very defeated and wonder if FNP is the career choice for me after all. It's also just getting so expensive to keep buying practice exams, or new review courses, plus paying for the exam?? I am just at a loss....

Thank you so much for sharing what worked for you! I have heard of people who have passed on AANP even while not scoring as consistently on these type of exams… I suppose it’s just nerve racking and gets to me. I’ll keep what you said in mind!

Hello everyone, I am currently studying for the AANP FNP exam. I graduated late May, took a little vacation and have been studying since June. I originally planned to take my exam at the end of July but after taking the leik exams, which I was scoring 50-60% on almost all, I decided to reschedule and study some more. I didn't feel nearly as prepared. (I wasn't consistently studying during this time either due to getting sick and some life events). I have been consistently studying since mid-August and I plan to take my exam in a few weeks now (end of Sept). I definitely feel more prepared and have been doing well on most practice exams and questions. I have read Leik's book twice, done almost all of her questions twice, used Hollier review, and using FNP mastery for question practice. Doing much better on majority of exams and questions (70-80%). My concern today is...how similar is PSI to APEA vs. the actual exam?? I recently took my first PSI and APEA exam and scored so differently. Took PSI exam I yesterday and scored 73% (not as high as I'd like but yeah). Took APEA practice test (not a predicator but a practice test with 100 questions) today and scored 50%? The PSI exam seemed to have a lot of material that I've come across constantly in Leik, FNP mastery, and Hollier. However, APEA seemed to be a mix of what I've seen plus a lot of random topics I haven't seen...I was feeling confident until I took this exam today and now I'm concerned. Is PSI a better predictor or APEA?