Category: Nursing
ANCC vs. AANP: Which FNP Exam Should I Take?
The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) are the governing boards that [...]
How I Passed My PNP Certification Exam: My Study Plan and Tools
If you’re a current/aspiring healthcare professional, chances are high that you’ve taken lots of exams. I am currently a PNP-PC (Pediatric Nurse Pract [...]
How to Fulfill Your ANCC Pharmacology Requirement Fast & Easily
There are more than 290,000 nurse practitioners (NPs) licensed in the US and all of them have “prescriptive authority” as part of their profession [...]
4 ANCC & AACN Adult Gerontology Acute Care NP Free Practice Questions
Are you preparing for the ANCC or the AACN Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Board Exam? BoardVitals released two AG-ACNP question b [...]
Can You Answer All 6 of these ANCC FNP Practice Questions?
Our previous Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) sample questions were a hit with prospective FNP's so we've created an interactive practice [...]
Can You Answer These 5 CCRN Exam Sample Questions?
Caring for patients who are more ill than ever before is the duty of a critical care nurse. Although CCRN certification is not mandatory, successf [...]
NCLEX: What to Know Before Taking the Exam
The National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX®), is used by all state nursing boards to determine whether or not a nurse is ready to practice [...]
Non-Traditional Nursing Career Options
When the general public thinks of nurses, they usually imagine the nurses that work at the bedside in hospitals. Even throughout nursing school, m [...]
Nurse Residency Program FAQs
It's recommended that all new graduate nurses receive training in a formal nurse residency program to jumpstart their careers. Nurse residencies a [...]
The Different Types of Advanced Practice Nurses
(This article originally appeared on NurseAbnormalities.com by Danielle LeVeck, DNP)
Let’s face it, nursing can be confusing. There are so many dif [...]
Ways to Further Your Education With Your CME Gift Card
Many hospitals around the country provide physicians and advanced practice healthcare professionals with a CME allowance to pursue continuing medi [...]
Improving Your Chances of Applying to NP School with a Low GPA
It happens to the best of us. Perhaps you weren’t the most diligent of undergrad nursing students and your GPA reflected it. However, now you are [...]
How COVID-19 Has Affected My Role as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
When I graduated and became a licensed and certified pediatric nurse practitioner (PNP) last summer, I had no idea that my first year working as a PNP [...]
Top CME with Gift Card Offers
As the months fly by in 2020, many clinicians are in a hurry to complete their annual continuing medical education requirements and those with emp [...]
Landing Your First Nursing Job after Graduation
It is no secret that landing your first nursing job straight out of nursing school is no easy feat. We hear time and time again that there is a “n [...]
How I Passed My FNP Certification Exam: Top Study Tools
So you have crossed the first hurdle and finished your Nurse Practitioner (NP) program – Congratulations! Next on your list of priorities is your [...]
Online Distance Learning Tips During the Coronavirus Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has left students scrambling, leading to canceled clinicals and closed college campuses. As online distance learning beco [...]
CME Requirements for MDs, PAs, and NPs
There is no doubt that maintaining certification can be complicated and different practitioners must meet different CME requirements. Whether you [...]
Scope of Practice: Physicians and Advanced Level Practitioners
The standing definition of “scope of practice” is “the activities that an individual healthcare practitioner is permitted to perform within a spec [...]
NCLEX® Test Day Preparation Tips
You went through years of nursing school, spent hundreds of hours studying, woke up early, stayed up late, and now FINALLY it’s time for the final [...]