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What topics on the exam did you find most difficult? I would zero in on those. Also, I found Latrina Walden’s crash course to be very helpful as well. I don’t remember if I mentioned using it above, but I did do the crash course roughly two weeks before my exam and took notes. I studied those notes daily along with my other notes. For the Leik book, I got a notebook and wrote down the treatments for many of the “common” diagnoses such as COPD, asthma, heart disease etc. once I was done reviewing the book, I reviewed all those notes, and did questions for each topic daily. Maybe change your approach to studying?

I’m sorry to hear this. What did you do to prepare?

Your welcome. I can’t imagine what you must be feeling. Like I said in my original post, I didn’t find the test to be easy. At the end I believe I marked at least 15-20 questions to go back to, and even still I didn't feel ? confident in my answer. I choose what I thought was best…In regards to practice questions, if you didn’t even do close to 700, then you didn’t do enough. In total between the Hollier book, leik practice questions, and my AGNP app, I easily did over 2k questions (many of them more than once). So I agree with you, I think practicing might be what’s holding you back. Try the leik app (the one that comes with her text book). You have access to them anytime you have a free moment; It adds up quickly. I think if you incorporate more questions, you’ll be good to go next time. Are you planning on trying the ANCC next?

I'm sorry to hear about you not passing. I definitely think doing practice questions is key. The Hollier practice questions book was very helpful, and I think the difficulty and style of questions in the text is very similar to the exam. The entire book has over 700 questions and I did all of them at least twice (some topics I did three times). Repetition helps, and I learned some things while doing this. If you've read through the leik book already, and know the content pretty well, I would focus on practice questions. If you get something wrong, go back and read that topic to make sure you understand it. Another thing I did to prepare that I forgot to mention above, is that on a few sheets of scrap paper I wrote down common disease processes and their treatment. I reviewed that every day as well. On test day, I couldn't believe how many treatment questions I had that I had written down in my scrap paper. Also, when you take the exam again, make sure to read through ALL of your answer choices. Sometimes we're inclined to just hit the first one that comes to mind, but there is often a better option available. I hope this helps, and best of luck to you the next time you take the exam. You got through school, so you WILL get through this. Don't be discouraged!

I recently passed the AANP exam for AGNP on my first try, and I wanted to share my experience with others who are preparing to take this exam. The resources I used to prepare were: Leik, Latrina Walden crash course (2wks before exam), certification exam questions book by Hollier, and 2 PSI practice exams (retired questions from AANP). In total I spent roughly 3 months preparing for the exam (I started studying during my last clinical rotation, so that I could take the exam as soon as I was done school). I found that this helped me pace myself and not feel overwhelmed. On this schedule I did about 4hrs a day (2hrs in the am, and 2hrs before bed). I took Saturdays and Sunday's off, and I made sure to do at least 100 practice questions per day (even on my "off" days). Firstly, I would like to emphasize that the exam is not "easy" as some people may suggest. I would say it's a mixture of straight forward, purely memorized questions, and then there are quite a few questions that required intense analytical thinking (enough of them to fail you if you get them wrong). I definitely would not say it was a piece of cake. I highly recommend the resources that I used as I found the questions to be very similar. However, if you decide to use other reviews just stick with one main source! Don't be all over the place because that is not only confusing, but it's also expensive. Do lots of practice questions and read the rationals, and when you get to the point that you can't retain anymore, just pray and go for it. In all honesty, you'll never feel ready. Please let me know if anyone has questions because I'd love to help out my fellow future NPs! ...you got this!

Hey Shelby, for some reason this site is not allowing me to email you back. What area do you live in? Im about 10min away from Frankford Nursing. It would be nice to know someone before starting. Feel free to plop me an email on yahoo, it's much easier it's [email protected]. Hopefully I'll talk to you soon!

OMG, I got accepetd!!!!!!!!!!! anyone else get good news???????

You know what, this is just cruel...initially Aimee siad we would know Mon, it's Wed! I guess they're trying to find more teachers so they can take the full sixty. If that is the case, she said that all tier 1 and tier 2 would get in...Keep your fingers crossed. I've decided I'm not going to check until tomorrow, since that was when we were originally supposed to find out, hopefully it will be up by then...Good luck everyone.

does anyone know how many people are tier 1?

Someone has to know something by now, right? Anyone?

your friend who was denied, was it posted on thier online checklist?

Does anyone know how many tier 1's their were?

no one has heard anything yet????????????

Hey, I havent heard anything yet either, but from what it sounds like the people who didnt get in found out yesterday...so i'm hoping people who get in find out today...first one to get word, send a post out. Good luck everyone

thanx for your reply...I have a 4.0 in my pre req (chem, a&p I, II, Psych, Dev psych, and Ethics) For my undergrad degree I got a 3.1, but I didnt get to study much for the teas test and scored a 68.2%...I'm hoping for the best but I dont know. Has this happened to anyone?