Ask an NP – How to Prepare for the Initial FNP Certification Exam

00:01 So when I was prepping for my certification exam for my family nurse practitioner certification, the biggest thing I think that was helpful was making a schedule, and really sticking to it and picking only one or two review curriculum.

00:17 Right, there's going to be so many different ones out there.

00:19 And it's tempting to try to use this one, and then your friend has this one.

00:24 So you're going to tag along with that one, but really picking like one or two, and just being consistent every day, putting in a few hours, showing up reading all the rationales.

00:36 It's another exam, kind of like the NCLEX, where you never going to feel really, really ready.

00:41 You're just going to do a bunch of practice questions and know that you've been prepping for this for years.

00:46 It's going to take you like six weeks to probably really prep for it.

00:49 I think that's different than the NCLEX that can sometimes be shorter.

00:52 Give it the time that it needs and know that in the grand scheme of things, yes, you want to be done graduate and get your certification like as soon as possible.

01:00 But I would just encourage you to take time after you graduate to let your brain just like take a moment and then give it a month like two months, even six weeks, eight weeks, to slowly go through everything so you don't feel rushed.