About the RN Pre-enterance exam

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I am rying to get into Rn program and going to college for Prerequisites. My college(CCSN)Las Vegas has selection criteria, i know i will get good GPA around 3.70. My college use the NLN as pre addmission exam. but i am so scared about pre addmission exam. plz help me and share your expeirence about the pre admission exam. i do not know wat score in the test help me to get in the course. i really do not want to stay in the waiting line. so plz help me.

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:p hi,

I am rying to get into Rn program and going to college for Prerequisites. My college(CCSN)Las Vegas has selection criteria, i know i will get good GPA around 3.70. but i am so scared about pre addmission exam. plz help me and share your expeirence about the pre admission exam. i do not know wat score in the test help me to get in the course. i really do not want to stay in the waiting line. so plz help me.

Make sure and find out which pre-entrance test your particular school uses. Some are using, N.E.T, ACCUPLACER, PSB..ECT. You can get some great study preps & if you know which test you can post for other who have taken & possibly get their opinions.

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my college uses the nln. find out what exam it is and let us know.

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Besides getting study preps, you can also check other nursing progams in your area. Not all nursing schools do pre-nursing entrance exams.

Goodluck!!

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Specializes in PeriOp, ICU, PICU, NICU.
:p hi,

I am rying to get into Rn program and going to college for Prerequisites. My college(CCSN)Las Vegas has selection criteria, i know i will get good GPA around 3.70. but i am so scared about pre addmission exam. plz help me and share your expeirence about the pre admission exam. i do not know wat score in the test help me to get in the course. i really do not want to stay in the waiting line. so plz help me.

First, you need to ask what the name of the exam is. Next, invest in a good study guide to help you prepare for it. Most importantly do not start to worry about it so much, believe me I know it is easier said than done.

Once you know what exam it is find out what is the minimum score required to pass. Come back and lots of people here are more than happy to try to answer any questions.

Take care :)

Jessica

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Hi,

Thax for your replies. i really appreciate it. well my college use the NLN exam.and the minimum score is 100 but after getttin 100, some students are in waiting list for ione year. plz share your expierence about teh NLN exam.Thax again for your precious time.

preeti

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Hi,

Thax for your replies. i really appreciate it. well my college use the NLN exam. plz share your expierence about teh NLN exam.Thax again for your precious time.

preeti

Get the study guide and review it cover to cover, even if you meet people that have taken the test and say "don't worry about studying"..............study it anyway. Usually the test will be identical in structure to the study guide. I took the NET and the TEAs and that was the case with both. I was worried about my tests when other people didn't seem to be worried at all. I got high 80s percentage on both. They're actually not that hard but they are timed which in some portions is stressful.

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Specializes in PeriOp, ICU, PICU, NICU.
Hi,

Thax for your replies. i really appreciate it. well my college use the NLN exam. plz share your expierence about teh NLN exam.Thax again for your precious time.

preeti

I used the NLN pre-entrance exam study guide by Mary E. McDonald 2nd Edition. My school recommends it. It is much similar like the actual exam (different questions of course :p ).

You can more than likely check it out from your library or go to your local book store (Barnes and Nobles/Borders, etc...) and compare them before you buy.

The exam is timed (3 one hour sections). The subjects are: Science,(60 Q's-covering Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Earth Science) Verbal Ability (60Q's-covering word knowledge and reading comprehension), and Math (40 Q's-covering algebra, decimals, intergers, fractions, geometry, etc... NOTE you cannot use calculator). Try taking the sample tests and reviewing the math section for info.

Hope this somewhat helps answer your question. This is what was on when I took it (6 months ago), and of course may not be 100% accurate or exactly how your school does things.

Good luck and keep us posted, :)

Jessica

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hi,

thax to all of you. u guys saved my life. this information is really important for me. now i know wat i have to do and this is just coz of u guys. tahx again

Preeti

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I just took the NLN on June 3 2005. I used the RN Entrance Study Guide by McDonald too. It helped some with the Math and English, but not with the Science. It let me know what was going to be on there with the Science but if you didn't already know it the book isn't going to teach it to you. The best you can do is look at the right anwsers and hope to guess right when you take the actual exam. I got my results back Monday and did well. My school doesn't use your actual exam score. They use what percentile you are in from the norms group. Now I have to wait until August to see if I get in. Good luck with your exam.

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Hi,

I just took the pre-entrance exam (this past Sat). I studied from the end of last semester-right up to the test. I felt that I was well prepared going into the test. I tend to get nervous about these types of tests.. I feel as though I did really well on the math and the verbal... However- I was floored when I saw that over 90% of the science dealt with physics (which I have not had in over 20 years).. I was so upset... I did the best that I could with it. (Others in the room were just playing multiple choice with their answers-and just filling in anything to get out of the room) I was prepared to answer questions on anatomy and chemistry, and biology. The questions in the study guide (for the science) was not reflective of the kind of questions that were on MY test.

I don't have any idea what kind of score/percentile I will recieve (expecting results in another week and half-100 percentile is passing for my program). People have been telling me that I will be fine, and I have nothing to worry about since I feel as though I did well on the other two subjects.. They remind me that they throw out at least 60 questions. I appreciate their support- but I am still very nervous.

Because of this experience, I would recommend that you get a study guide on Physics- (physics made easy) at the bookstore- I should have done this-(I had no notion that the test on science would be anything other than reflected in the study guide-of course I expected different questions to be used, but I was shocked to see the displacement of subject matter)

However, keep in mind that there are 3 different tests- I just happened to get the one that had the boatload of physics on it. Apparently the other tests were heavy in chemistry -while the last was heavy in biology..

I hope this tidbit of my experience will help you in someway...

If anyone out there has taken this test? Please share your experience/score..

The highest score that I have heard (from some of my classmates is a 147-the majority of the other scores that I have heard are in the range of 112 or so)

thanks for the support...

Good Luck everyone.

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My school also uses the NLN (a new requirement). I won't be taking it though for a long time since I still need to do most of my pre reqs. It makes me nervous though that Physics is on it. I've never taken Physics before and it isn't a requirement at my community college. Also, someone mentioned that Earth Science is on it. Does that mean geology..rocks and stuff? Yikes! I'm not as worried about Biology and Chemistry though b/c taking A&P and Chemistry are requirements.

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