Reducing Test Anxiety by Utilizing Brain Dumps for the NPTE

Did you know that you are given two opportunities to help you on your PT exam? They are the laminated sheets or whiteboards that the Prometric Testing Center provides you. Take advantage of them to help you clear your mind so that you can focus on the NPTE. This helps...

Reducing NPTE Test Anxiety by Controlling the Tempo

As the big day to take your NPTE approaches, let’s imagine you are at the Prometric Testing Center, already checked in and escorted to your computer. You are at the computer about to begin this endurance marathon of answering questions over the next several hours....

How to Effectively Utilize NPTE Study Guides

I often see NPTE review study guides being sold with “no highlighting or markings” after the PT board exam. I rarely see NPTE study guides being marked up (yes, they are not worth as much – however, this is a missed opportunity). I think to myself, what a shame...

NPTE Mindset – Avoid the Feeling of Not Studying Enough

Have you ever felt that you may not be studying enough for the NPTE? Or ever feel guilty when you are not constantly studying? I recently received an email from a current candidate feeling anxious that the amount of studying time feels like he is not doing enough and...

NPTE Blood Pressure Guidelines

In a recent update from the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association (2017), there are new guidelines that define the blood pressure categories. The FSBPT provided an update of this information in the 4th Quarter of 2017 for questions to be...