Question:
Dear Donna,
I completed an MSN program, but have not taken the certification exam in family nurse practice. Do you have any suggestions on any books, videos or CDs I can get to effectively review or anything else that may help me prepare for this exam?
Needs To Be Certified
Dear Donna,
I completed an MSN program, but have not taken the certification exam in family nurse practice. Do you have any suggestions on any books, videos or CDs I can get to effectively review or anything else that may help me prepare for this exam?
Needs To Be Certified
Dear Donna replies:
Dear Needs To Be Certified,
There are many review courses and printed materials available from many sources for taking the FNP certification exam. I could not recommend one over the other. However, I do recommend you contact your state chapter of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (www.aanp.org) and ask the officers which materials they have found to be most helpful. Even better, attend a local chapter meeting, as a guest if not a member, and talk to other FNPs at the meeting.
Best wishes,
Donna
Dear Needs To Be Certified,
There are many review courses and printed materials available from many sources for taking the FNP certification exam. I could not recommend one over the other. However, I do recommend you contact your state chapter of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (www.aanp.org) and ask the officers which materials they have found to be most helpful. Even better, attend a local chapter meeting, as a guest if not a member, and talk to other FNPs at the meeting.
Best wishes,
Donna
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