Test is coming up very soon! So scared!

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Well, my second AANP exam is coming up quickly and I am scared to death. I am still not doing well on my questions and I have no idea why. I must be honest though, they are dumb questions that an average person wouldn't know, such as a nurse practitioner is assessing a 47-year-old client who has come to the office for his annual physical. One of the first physical signs of aging is? (THIS QUESTION WAS NOT FROM THE ACTUAL TEST. IT WAS FROM MY PRACTICE BOOK). A) having more frequent aches and pains, B) failing eyesight, especially close vision, C) increasing loss of muscle tone, or D) diminished hearing or taste. These are the kinds of questions I am failing on. Any 47 year old could go through any of those symptoms. I don't understand how they are picking these questions. I am so frustrated!!!!!!

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What was the answer? A?

That would be my guess

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Nope. B!!!! Are you serious? No wonder why people can't pass this test!

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Specializes in Home Health, Primary Care.

Which book is it from so I can avoid it LOL

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That is a very good question! I have gone through so many programs and books today that I can't even keep track. That's the thing too; I can answer really hard questions with no problem! It's these rediculus, easy questions that stump me!!!!

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I would have guessed B, but I'm pushing 40 and of the four things listed, that's what's actually happening to me.

That sounds like a developmentally based question. You will see those on the NCLEX to be honest; while much of what they address is illness based, they do address questions that test your knowledge of age appropriate development, anything from peds, to geriatrics, to plain old middle age.

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Specializes in Adult Primary Care.

I would use Margaret Fitzgerald's review course. Best of luck to you.

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You know it's so funny that when I'm not in front of a computer and I'm answering questions I have no problems getting a majority of them right. But you put me in front of a computer and I cannot answer questions. So I tried the Berkley test today and I got a 46%. That was the most ridiculous test I have ever taken in my entire life. So, now I am working on Fitzgerald and Leik. So, you haven't taken boards yet?

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I just took the AANP exam...studies more than for any exam. EVER. Worst exam in my life. I honestly felt like I was taking the wrong exam.

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I completely agree. Text me and I will help you!

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It's B cause think of when u start vision screens etc at age 40 right?

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yes you are correct!

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