sgonzo

My roommate used APEA 6000 questions Q Bank. She passed it the first time. She started the Q Bank in Summer and by the time her 3P exam she had gone through it all (she claims!).

I caution everyone against going with the USU FNP program. All courses at USU are 8 weeks long. They start with foundation classes, which are theory courses related to nursing (Dr. Watson, etc.) and have nothing to do with FNP curricula. Then, after 5 or 6 courses, you start the three key courses - patho/pharma and assessment. Assessment course is 4 units, unlike other FNP programs. It was brutal, according to my roommate. On the 7th week of the assessment course, you have the 3P. They overload the assessment course with a crap load of other assignments so that you have no time to study for the 3P unless you are not working. You also have 4 days of mandatory immersion (very important for NPs) during this course. They want you to fail the course! You need 65% to pass the 3P exam, fully proctored online, and not open book! It is NCLEX x 1000% hard. If you don't get 65% you need to remediate. If you get less than an 85 on this course, you flunk the course. That means you still owe $4,000+ on student loans! You need to retake the assessment course again. At that point, you already have $20,000 in new student loans. If you can't pass the assessment, you are SOL! Also, you need to find your own preceptors (about $10,000 cash is needed for this as you have to pay preceptors - you can't get a student loan!). USU has very poorly trained academic counselors, extremely bad clinical placement staff, and mediocre professors who never respond to your emails. Staff members almost always give wrong answers. Their website has many issues, and apparently there is no tech support - even from India or the Philippines! Their financial aid office continues to be a mess. Your stress level shoots up to 5,000%. You are likely to divorce your husband/wife or split from your partner by the time you are done with the assessment course! That's what happened to my roommate. But she is almost done! So, in a nutshell, stay away from USU. All they care is money. It is a for-profit school, after all! There are so many other cheaper options available. If you are in California, the CalState schools have good NP programs at a cheaper cost, with guaranteed placement with preceptors (free). I am going that route. Good luck!