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Thank you so much Now I am just patiently waiting.

Hi I'm a brand new NP I graduated from Chamberlain College of Nursing and trying to apply for my license in texas where I have my RN license with. School won't send the application part 2 with original signature of the program director and TBON won't take it or reach back to me. I am stuck in the middle of this application process. I'm just so frustrated and don't know what to do. Does anybody encounter similar situation? or have any suggestion? Please advise. Thank you

You think you might be thinking too much into the questions? I think the exam that I took covered pretty much a little bit of everything. I feel like I was asked too many of what I don't know much about which is the eye. Memorize the keywords of the characters of the exam results and match with the diagnosis. Then you'll figure out what's the treatment you're going to choose. Before looking at the choices, keywords that was given in the questions ask yourself what diagnosis is that and what you know about that diagnosis and go with the answer that match what you know. For example you know your patient has mono what do you know about mono and what Dr. Hollier said about mono like oh no PCN, the 3 Fs, splenomegaly, and etc... and with that one. Don't even think that other choices can possibly be correct too. I admit that there are good amount of questions that I completely have NO clue about. Also I took the FNP so almost all patients in the questions either frail older adults, pregnant, or peds, barely any young healthy adults. Good luck!

Hi Horizon. I passed my AANP yesterday. I thought the test was hard and if I didn't pass it I wasn't surprised but at the same time there are questions that I'm pretty confident about too. I'm not sure if my method would help but these are what I did. * read Maria Leik book. * went to APEA review course * Review the APEA review course book * Do practice questions on Bank and APEA questions book * Read Maria Leik book again ONLY on the areas that APEA did not go so in depth about * Do practice questions on the PSI website * Make a flash cards of something that I only have a hard time remembering and memorize them like STDs and treatment... I think I don't get to expose to these too much in clinical so I have a hard time remembering it and get it all mixed up. My weakness is women health and STDS I think the key is recognize the disease or disorder, and know about it what work up what test would you do. what's the potential complication of that particular diseases so you can educate the patient what to do and what not to do. If you have any particular area that you want me to go over with you let me know.

Congratulations everyone that pass and hugs & prayers for those that don't. Thanks for all the tips and advice. I am taking the AANP today. Super nervous and anxious. Trying to calm down, do my best and hope for the best.

Thank you so much. I think it's doable. I feel like if I can do it anyone can too. I came from another country. I am a single mom of two children Working full time as a staff nurse and going to school time and was going through some life changing situation. There's initial worrisome that I wasn't going to make it through each semester but it went by fast and I finish each course before I even know it.

You will do fine in NR 500... basically just learn how to write paper and how the program work which is very helpful for the rest of the classes. Good Luck. :)

I'm waiting to hear the answers as well. I finished most of the courses and now I only have the clinical to do but unfortunately the affiliation agreement isn't ready so I won't start clinical til May. Good luck!

Hi everyone. I think I'm going to go with CCN after shopping around lol I'm also starting 7/7/14. Dallas1 first class I was told there no text book required other than the APA manual. I'm living in El Paso right now. Thinking about moving to Dallas after a year or two :)

I'm starting 7/7/14 I'm just concerned because iit is very expensive. The advisor just delivered a bad news that my tuition wouldn't get a discount even though my hospital is HCA verified in HCA website. but it's not HCA to CCN?? So I wanna apply to regular schools too but I hate to waste my time.

Hi I'm also a spouse. I graduated with my ASN in 2011. Not to discourage you, my situation was quite messed up. My husband deployed right after I graduated. Without support, I have to stay home and watch my children and my (just met) step daughter, but anyway, I was dying to work but I knew it wasn't happening so I started to volunteer with the red cross and the red cross helps pay for the daycare a little bit. After a few months, my husband got back from deployment early and we had to pack up for the next duty station for only nine months and another post after. So, I was basically just stay home and working on my BSN and now we just moved again, and without BSN among big universities and hundreds of BSN graduate a year, I am having a really hard time getting a job as a new grad or getting in any residency program. My suggestion to you is get a job right away after you graduate, doesn't matter what position just take it and get a year experience. Two, if you can't get a job right away, volunteer as a nurse. Three, there's a program where you can apply with the CPAC, if you just PCS somewhere, you can get put in for priority placement program (PPP), that "supposed" to mean that you are going to be considered first for a civillian nurse position at army hospital but you still have to have at least a year experience for those positions. Good luck and let me know how it goes...

nah I'm in Louisiana, following my husband, he stations here. I lived in GA once though back in 2007. Wow you scored very high! way to go! Thank you for your suggestion. I've been trying to do practice tests several times and read the rationale and yes the scariest part for me is the psych stuff, cuz even the rationale itself doesn't explain the correct answer very well. Well, Congratulations! I'll try to study hard for ATI and the final too.

I feel exactly the same way. It's like we have to learn 2 different concept one for ATI and one is for our final. It's count as 5% of my grade also.... are we in the same school? haha Good Luck anyway.... I know it's frustrated ha. me too

Hi I got accepted from NSU. I think you will definitely get higher than 70% just keep practicing and you will be fine. I'm not hespanic though, I'm from Thailand. I arrived this country almost 4 years now. Good Luck:up:

Awesome! Gongratulations Klorificen13