NP Certification Review Courses: Barkley & Associates

Barkley & Associates provides nurse practitioner certification review/clinical update and continuing education courses.  They offer course for (click on the link to learn more about the speciality):

• Family: FNP
• Adult: ANP
• Pediatric: PNP
• Acute Care: ACNP
• Psychiatric Mental Health: PMHNP
• Women's Health: WHNP

Main highlights of Barkley & Associates include:

• Live certification review/clinical update courses
• Home study
• 24/7 online pharmacology updates
• online practice questions

Their pass rate is > than 99%

Live certification

• Offering 95+ live courses in 35 venues in 2013
• Focuses on needed information to be successful on national certification exams
• Time and cost efficient
• Continuing education needs for certified NPs

Home study

• Includes audio recording and review manual

Practice Questions

• Diagnostic Readiness Tests (DRTs) for: FNP, ANP, or PNP
• Great way to see your knowledge, assess areas of strength, as well for areas of improvement 
• Sample DRT score report
• ACNP DRT coming October 1, 2012
• PMHNP DRT coming February 18, 2013
• WHNP DRT coming June 17, 2013

Why Barkley & Associates

• Questions are made to assess knowledge, and engage critical thinking
• Feedback with extensive rationales
• Comprehensive analysis results

Guarantee to pass your initial certification exam as long as you take it no less than 3 weeks and no more than 3 months following review course

All photos are links were retrieved from http://www.npcourses.com

Requirements for Admission into a Nurse Practitioner Program

Requirements for Admission into a Nurse Practitioner Program

The following is the general requirements for admission into a nurse practitioner program by majority of the Colleges in United States:

• ·         A baccalaureate degree in nursing from a accredited program
• ·         Grade point average (GPA) of at least a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
• ·         A current, unencumbered Registered Nurse (RN) license
• ·         Some program mandates experience as a RN for entry into the program
• ·         Completion of a basic statistics course
• ·         Completion of a basic patho-physiology course
• ·         Completion of a basic physical assessment course
• ·         A basic computer literacy
• ·         Program may require professional letters of recommendation
• ·         Some program requires GRE testing
• ·         Some programs may require entrance testing into the program
• ·         The program may require submission of a essay on a topic decided by the college, to be submitted along with your application
• ·         Current CPR certification
• ·         Evidence of immunization requirements
• ·         Some program require a proof of current health insurance
• ·         Prerequisites depending on the College of Interest
• ·         Submission of the application before the deadline.
• ·         Acceptance to the Program

Enquire with the Program of your interest about their requirements for admission into the College.


With all your requirements in line, GOOD LUCK in your Future.

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