Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Certification Intensive Review: Fast Facts and Practice Questions [Paperback] Maria T. Codina Leik Paperback – 1 January 2017

The best prep book hands down!!!! I took the ANCC boards July 2015, and passed on the first try. Yayyyy!!!! This was the ONLY prep book I used, period. No review classes, no fancy sessions, none of the more popular books, just me and my Leik :-). I will tell you this, this book became my bible! I carried it every where with me, studied the entire book, and answered all of the review questions in the back. Preparation period for me was approximately 8weeks in total. I studied for an average of 2-4hours a day, every other day... I answered the practice questions 50 at a time (book has a total of 600+), and went back to review and read about the questions I missed. I find that I commit the information to memory better this way. The definite pros of this book are the exam tips, fast facts, and mnemonics included in each chapter. More importantly, information presented was concise and straight to the point. No unnecessary and unwanted information included. Additionally, the section on "ethics & legal" in the book is adequate for the non clinical questions that you will fond on the exam. Be prepared, because the exam is LOADED with these!!! I will save that for another topic.... Cons of this book are the few typos and questionable answers to some of the review questions. Please be advised that this review is my opinion and my opinion only! lol. Save yourself the money and time by avoiding expensive review classes and books...

I graduated from an Adult Gero Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program on 5/9/14 and took the AANP certification exam on 5/28/14 and passed. I borrowed the Barkley CDs and accompanying review book from a colleague, but listening to someone lecture on a CD just wasn't my cup of tea and I didn't even bother to crack the cover on the Barkley accompanying review book. I thought this review book was excellent!!! It was concise and very comprehensive. I probably got through about 180 of the review questions and read about half of the sections in the book. This book really prepared me for the certification exam! My only regret was not beginning my studying sooner because I felt that if I could have read all of the sections in this review book that it would have helped me do even better on the exam. I'd say about a third of my classmates took the Barkley review course and spent $300-400 to take it. I know we all study and prepare differently, but my suggesstion would be to spend the $35 or $40 for this book and read it through. I don't think you necessarily have to get through all 629 practice test questions, but definitely try to read all the sections. Save your money on the review course and try this first. Again, I thought this book was extremely well written and very comprehensive and truly believe it helped me pass the exam the first time around!

This book has some misprints and flaws but in general, it is a very good and concise book for board certification "REVIEW." By that, I mean for review only. One has to master the content blueprint of the board certification bodies first, whether it is ANCC or AANP that one opts to take for the exam. Then, use this book as a final finishing-up supplement for the exam. I read it twice from cover to cover the last week before I took the ANCC's. My advice is that don't use this book at the beginning of your exam prep. If you use this book too early, you may be discouraged because you may find that the test tips are too concise, all bullet points. But this is whole purpose the author wrote this book, I think. Anyway, once you master the content blueprint, you will find it very easy to navigate through this book as the final prep for the exam. The questions and answers are great at the back of the book too, although those questions are more helpful for students who are going to take AANP exam than the ANCC, I think. Gluck, everyone.

Purchased this book after needing more review questions and hearing great things about the FNP version. So far, it's easy to read and concise with all the questions in the back. The answers also contain explainations, which is a major plus, as it helps save time looking up info, etc.Only thing is, I'm not sure why the adult gero version costs significantly more than the FNP book. I will write another review after I finish.******UPDATE******Passed the AANP AGNP and used this book 2 weeks before I sat for boards for most of my questioning. At first I tried reading the book page by page, but I couldn't do it since I already did the FHEA review and wanted to get into actual questions. So I flipped to the back where the practice questions are located (there are some within the chapters but the answers are right there on the same page or opposite to, so it's hard to ignore unless you cover it up prior. Took me about a week or week and a half to get through it all) and did anywhere from 20-200/day. If I needed, I flipped to the chapter where I needed some more facts (but the rationales are all also in the back-not right next to the question but further back in their own section) then read the "Danger Signs" and "Exam Tips" which give you a quick and dirty "SparkNote" type review (you remember Sparknotes? Yup, used that back in the day!)I looked at the App that stems from this book and it is similar questions - so either buy the book or buy the App in my opinion...PROS:concise, easy to read sections broken up with bolding, spacing, etc; fair number of question similar to what I feel mimics the boards. Got me to see a pattern of the most common problems I need to know for the test by asking questions about various topics in different ways using diagnosis, assessment, eval style questions. Just for the questions alone, as other reviews I have read said, IT IS WORTH IT!CONS:All of the book is black and white so it's not good for derm pictures, or really any pictures in my opinion. Some errors on answers (they are pretty obvious ones) for rationale/correct answer section. Also noticed some outdated info as this book was last published in 2013 or 2014. Good luck everyone! You will feel so good when you are done!!

Great review book, the best resource of all my study material. Took the Barkley review course to go along with this book and passed the Adult Gerontology AANP exam the first time!! I couldn't have passed the test without this book even with the review course. The author talks about stuff in this book that other sources didn't....and I saw some of the stuff on my exam. The author breaks it all down for you, and the "Exam Tips" she gives are priceless. I found other books to be so wordy and overwhelming. She gives the hard and fast facts you need to conquer the test. I am telling you future NP's this book along with a review course equals success!!