Why do I keep continuing to be unsuccessful with the FNP boards??? I have taken the AANP and The ANCC exam, unsuccessful!! I feel like such a failure, I am so ashamed. I have taken Fitzgerald and Hollier review. I thought both were good. What is wrong with me?? i am looking for any advice. I have always had difficulty with standardized tests. I had to take my NCLEX more times than I care to report, yet kept taking them. should I just Quit?? I have been a nurse for a long time, and thought it would be great going back for my FNP. I have had fellow nurses, doctors, NP's etc, continue to beg me to go back to school because they said" you really get it, you know what you are doing". Why do they keep telling me I am so great, when I cannot even pass this exam. Please help with advice.