[mystiqx]

Originally Posted by DesertRain

Congrats girls on your wonderful scores. So I was looking at how long this thread has gotten and maybe we should ask the mods to make this a sticky for all nln takers and for hints to how the exam might be and what scores people have gotten and for an idea as to what schools might be looking for? I mean looks to me like this thread is going to get a billion posts lol! And there is lots of advice in this thread I wish it was already here before I took my nln! What do you guys think about it?

good idea!

[caeiluna]

Originally Posted by Nessa1980

I know that an adult male of 80kg weighs 747 or so Newtons, and that a child weighs around 50 Newtons, so I assumed the answer was 500 Newtons in the exam. However, alot of people seem to have put 50 for that answer, so Im not sure. But i do know for a fact that an adult male weighs approx 747 Newtons. ????????

I also answered 500 N!!!!! I used F=ma formula. 500 N would be a around 51 kg!

[Batman24]

I went with 50, but I thought even when I answered it that it should have been higher. Should have gone with my gut. Not 100% sure of the answer so I sent a question to one of those science sites and if they write me back I will report in. lol

I think 500 is right because if 1 pound is + to 2.2 kg then you multiply it by 9.8 it is a very high number.

[gigi15]

Hi All, i think 500 N was the correct answer and here's how i worked it out -- 1 lb is equal to 4.45 newtons , so if the human weighed approx 112 lbs x 4.45 N then the answer is 498.4 N approx 500 N if you round it off

[JDLAStew]

If it was 500 I got--scratch that, guessed it right...however when I asked my professor and did a google search both said 50. Who knows. Better question...who cares? LOL I'm thinking that is a question they throw out cause it was on everyone's tests that I've talked to. Must be one of those questions for a test in the future.

And yes, how do we get moderators to make this a sticky or whatever? This is insanely long! And helpful to those taking/going to take the test.

[Batman24]

I have heard this test is given at the end of the nursing program for the one school I applied to. Yikes. As if once wasn't bad enough. lol

[mystiqx]

yippie its stickied!

[gabby2248]

Originally Posted by Nessa1980

I know that an adult male of 80kg weighs 747 or so Newtons, and that a child weighs around 50 Newtons, so I assumed the answer was 500 Newtons in the exam. However, alot of people seem to have put 50 for that answer, so Im not sure. But i do know for a fact that an adult male weighs approx 747 Newtons. ????????

Hi, i don't mean to bother anyone here but I have just enrolled back into school. I am trying to get into the Nursing field which I know is highly competitive. I bought the NLN pre-nursing study book, and OH MY GOD, I almost died. I am 20 years out of highschool, and after seeing all the math I felt helpless and like an idiot..Can anyone give me any advise on what I should do pertaining to studying or getting help so i can pass the NLN test. Thanks for all your help. I really need this career opportunity, I held back on my life for so long and I am not giving up on success.

[mystiqx]

Originally Posted by gabby2248

Hi, i don't mean to bother anyone here but I have just enrolled back into school. I am trying to get into the Nursing field which I know is highly competitive. I bought the NLN pre-nursing study book, and OH MY GOD, I almost died. I am 20 years out of highschool, and after seeing all the math I felt helpless and like an idiot..Can anyone give me any advise on what I should do pertaining to studying or getting help so i can pass the NLN test. Thanks for all your help. I really need this career opportunity, I held back on my life for so long and I am not giving up on success.

Hi Gabby,Im not one to do this, but there are 2 books i can safely recommend. Ive always been awful at math, and though my math grade on the NLN wasn't stellar (after i spent 3 months studying for that section) i can honestly say that if i didnt put in as much work as i did my grade would have been worse. I found these two books to really put things in layman terms for me and explain alot of things that i never ever ever understood when i was in school. I spent time just reading these books before i applied them to the work. Not sure when you are taking the NLN or if you will have the time to really read them.

1. Painless Fractions by Alycee Cummings (see link)
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/boo...64134395&itm=1

2. No Fear Math: All The Basics
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/boo...11401327&itm=1

I also got the No Fear Geometry book as well that helped to explain alot of things to me.

These books were my bibles while studying for the math section, and they really helped to explain alot of stuff to me, I was really upset about my grade, (and I'm convinced that all the questions i got right were test questions that were not counted) but when i think on it, had I not put all that work in i would have done much much worse.

I hope this helps
Good Luck
~M

[JDLAStew]

Originally Posted by gabby2248

Hi, i don't mean to bother anyone here but I have just enrolled back into school. I am trying to get into the Nursing field which I know is highly competitive. I bought the NLN pre-nursing study book, and OH MY GOD, I almost died. I am 20 years out of highschool, and after seeing all the math I felt helpless and like an idiot..Can anyone give me any advise on what I should do pertaining to studying or getting help so i can pass the NLN test. Thanks for all your help. I really need this career opportunity, I held back on my life for so long and I am not giving up on success.

Go to purplemath.com Check out fractions, exponents, percents....etc. It helped me. I suck at math!