Nursing, Nursing Advanced Practice, Exam Prep
Maximize Your Score on the FNP Exam
Jan 25, 2019
Prepping for the FNP certification exam? Take a look at these top 10 tips to help you land your best score on the FNP exam!
1. Use the “mark” command so you can return to any question about which you are not certain later when you complete the exam.
2. If you’re making a guess on an answer, avoid choosing exotic diseases as answers. Remember, these are tests for primary care conditions.
3. The first few questions are usually harder to solve; this is a common test design. Do not let it shake your confidence! Take a guess on the answer and “mark” the question so you can return to it later.
4. Design and memorize your “scratch paper” a few weeks before you take the exam. Choose what you want on it wisely and remember to keep it brief.
5. Use the time left from the “free” computer tutorial time to write down the facts that you memorized for your scratch paper. If you run out of time, skip this step.
6. Some suggestions of facts to write down on the scratch paper are lab results (hemoglobin, hematocrit, MCV, platelets, WBC count, neutrophil percentage, potassium, urinalysis, etc.). Other popular choices are the murmurs, mnemonics, and cranial nerves.
7. Do not leave any of the questions unanswered because there is no penalty for guessing! Questions that are left blank are marked as errors (0 points). If you have only 30 minutes left and you are not done, quickly answer the remaining questions at random.
8. If you spend more than 60 seconds on a question, you are wasting time. Answer it at random and then “mark” it so that you can return to it after you finish the entire test.
9. If you get too mentally fatigued and have enough time, consider a quick break. Solving 200 questions is pretty intense. If you feel “fuzzy” or tired, go to the bathroom, get a drink of water, and splash cold water on your face. This can take less than 5 minutes. You can bring bottled water but you have to leave it outside the testing area.
10. The countdown clock on the computer does not stop for breaks. Do not use more than 5 minutes for your quick bathroom break.
Want more preparation strategies for the FNP exam? Don’t miss our Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Intensive Review book, packed with tips and clinical pearls to help you make the grade!
Resources
Leik, M. C. (2018). Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Intensive Review: Fast Facts and Practice Questions, Third Edition. New York: Springer Publishing.
1. Use the “mark” command so you can return to any question about which you are not certain later when you complete the exam.
2. If you’re making a guess on an answer, avoid choosing exotic diseases as answers. Remember, these are tests for primary care conditions.
3. The first few questions are usually harder to solve; this is a common test design. Do not let it shake your confidence! Take a guess on the answer and “mark” the question so you can return to it later.
4. Design and memorize your “scratch paper” a few weeks before you take the exam. Choose what you want on it wisely and remember to keep it brief.
5. Use the time left from the “free” computer tutorial time to write down the facts that you memorized for your scratch paper. If you run out of time, skip this step.
6. Some suggestions of facts to write down on the scratch paper are lab results (hemoglobin, hematocrit, MCV, platelets, WBC count, neutrophil percentage, potassium, urinalysis, etc.). Other popular choices are the murmurs, mnemonics, and cranial nerves.
7. Do not leave any of the questions unanswered because there is no penalty for guessing! Questions that are left blank are marked as errors (0 points). If you have only 30 minutes left and you are not done, quickly answer the remaining questions at random.
8. If you spend more than 60 seconds on a question, you are wasting time. Answer it at random and then “mark” it so that you can return to it after you finish the entire test.
9. If you get too mentally fatigued and have enough time, consider a quick break. Solving 200 questions is pretty intense. If you feel “fuzzy” or tired, go to the bathroom, get a drink of water, and splash cold water on your face. This can take less than 5 minutes. You can bring bottled water but you have to leave it outside the testing area.
10. The countdown clock on the computer does not stop for breaks. Do not use more than 5 minutes for your quick bathroom break.
Want more preparation strategies for the FNP exam? Don’t miss our Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Intensive Review book, packed with tips and clinical pearls to help you make the grade!
Resources
Leik, M. C. (2018). Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Intensive Review: Fast Facts and Practice Questions, Third Edition. New York: Springer Publishing.