All About the NET

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since there has been a few people in need of NET help, i will break it down to you guys!

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people... you are native americans, it makes it easy for you to do way better that i did... once again HERE IT GOES HOW TO REALLY DO GREAT ON YOUR NET TEST.

EASY NET in 6 STEPS

1 you have to have some time to study, allow your self about 2 hours a day (i was able to learn all the subjects and study on my own and at work!!!) you have to sacrifice whatever it is but make it 2-3 holy hours per day no matter what! (for about 10 days)

2 go to www.testprepreview.com and download and print their NET nurse entrance test, youll find it on the left hand side. then once you have it, you print it about 10 copies and staple 10 sets, they will be your everyday practice sets. now that you have done that, you will go to http://www.midland.edu/~hsd/pdf/8-NET_Test.pdf and do the exact same thing, make 10 copies and staple the sets, this is another GREAT EXCELENT exam and both of them are lets say 99% of what you need to know to score at least a 85 on your net and I GUARANTEE IT!.

3your studying schedule, first of all you are going to take the first test either one you choose, and you will solve it, take your time, try to understand, come online and post (lets ask for a sticky on this only for the net thread Huh? please all nurses!!!) well you will answer all the questions you can, and do not check yet to verify your answers, once you finish all the questions you know, you will then verify those answers, then whatever you could not solve, just come here and post the number of the questions and whether it is from plato or test prep, that i will step by step answer it and assist you.

you will then get the next NET and solve it also...and again, once you have doubts post them here and i will help you.

After doing that for 5 days, you on the weekend will go to discovery.com or any other science website and you will read about 3-5 articles, just so you can update, improve, sharpen your infra-reading skills, do dot skip this step, do that on the weekend so you can take a break on your studies and prepare for the second week.

On your second week you will start timing your self, you will give your self 1 minute per question, so total it like 60 minutes for 60 math questions! and time your self on the english part also, wich actually is the most time consuming questions.

4 it is getting close for you to take the NET and you have about 3-4 days prior to it, so now you will do this technique that i call compilation, you will add all the math questions from both tests and you will solve them back to back, as many as you can, when you need a break take a quick one, but make it your goal to solve all of them!!! and by this time you should be getting at least 90% of them right!! once you are done with that, you will just answer 15 random questions on the english part.

On the day after you will invert, you will then solve all the english part, (again, as many as you can with no breaks, then once you need one do not hesitate but do not loose your "studystamina" wich i call concentration) done with that, you shall then answer 15 math question, try getting those ones that gives you a hard time and you often miss them, please try timing your self be generous, give your self 19 minutes for them.

Again repeat the step 4 on the next day.

5 It is now 2 days before the test, and at this day you will not study, you will not drill, you will only make sure, that you have no doubts and all your math and words are sharp, posting doubts, and making sure you are up to par!

On the day before your test you will do this, you will give yourself 1 hour on the clock to solve 30 math questions, and 30 english in the morning, and repeat that at night, just to wrap it all up.

6 it is NET DAY, today you will not freak out because you are prepared, you solved your problems, you found the meaning and main ideas of the paregraphs, and you are doing just awesome not it is time to show it to your self.

Taking the NET:

you might start with a essay sometimes that is not required, if not you will go to MATH, you are going to start solving your test, 100% concentration right here, if you stumble uppon a question that you might be having a tiny bit of trouble with it just skip it, dont guess, and go to the next one, so by the end of the test you saved your self plenty of time to solve those 5-6 questions that you were having trouble with, now just press the button on the computer (of course if it is computer based version) "uncheck questions only" and the system will only display the ones you left for last, doing so you will save time on the easy ones, and have actualy more then 1 minute per remaining questions.

Now when it comes to the english portion i recomend you glance-read the paragraf, take a peek at the question and then you can go back to the paragraph and choose the right answer, they are not long paragraphs, often 200 hundred words...

AND NOW YOU ARE DONE

great job!

just follow this and you will be great and at least score a minimum of a composite 85.... i got a 92!

and that will not guarantee your admission... but it will have a great weight and consideration

Please moderators, can you make this a sticky note?

hello, orlando students!!!! anybody from valencia?

bellacowgirl181, which school are you going to? i know the place that can help you to prepare for net. they did help me.

thanks so much for the post it has helped me alot in getting ready for the net, i do have a question though i am stuck on these type of math problems and can not figure it out if anyone could it explain it to me that would be great thanks in advance! here is one of them 3/16= (?) % x 3/4 the answer is 20

If anyone needs the ERI NET study guide ( brand New) I have it for you! I bought it and then found out the TEAS was going to be used instead so now I am stuck with it. If you want to help me out I will sell it to you for $20 and send it to you tomorrow! Email me at [email protected]

Sandra

Specializes in SNU/SNF/MedSurg, SPCU Ortho/Neuro/Spine.

i cant come up with the 20 as an answer either doing it on decimals or fraction i get 25! i must be dumb!!!!

3/16= (?) % x 3/4

(?) = 3/16 : 3/4

(?) = 3/16 x 4/3

(?) = 12/48 = 6/24 = 1/4 = 25!!!

(?) = 25%

i cant get it to 20!!!

CSantos I'm sorry to bother you but I would like just one advice. About the reading its really a problem for me to answer the question fast. I read what you said in the first post. What type of question do the NET ask regarding the reading section besides "Whats the main idea and the inference"?

The main ones are the main idea, inference, and predicting outcomes. There were a few that didn't fall into that category like "what would this phrase most likely mean"? again I don't remember a lot of those. If you are using study guide from ERI know that the reading part is a little harder than that on the test. I found that out the hard way by studying that and basing my times on that guide but was disappointed when I got the actual test. The only thing I can say to do is to do like the original post suggest and read science related articles. When you're not do that just read something. I have found while preparing for my second attempt that by just reading, my reading rate has gone up and my comprehension is better. All things that will help you on the test.

The brain buster is the time limit, it got to my head and it won. 30 minutes for 33 questions. I don't like it either but thats just the way it is. Also if you are taking the paper pencil version, of coorifice work until time it up, but I was worried about leaving blank answers. So I was focused on the clock so I could stop and just randomly mark answers because I didn't want to leave anything blank. The key is to not worry about that, instead, if you have a few unanswered question just go back and randomly fill them in when you finish one of the other 5 sections. You will not be able to look back in the booklet but you can bubble in answers for the 25% chance of getting them correct. I wouldn't do this in directly in front of the proctor either. As for the computer test, I'm sure this won't be an option.

Hope this makes some kind of sense

Good luck

Jacob M

Cantos,

thanks soo much for your reply. i am sorry the answer is 25 i made a typo, you are not dumb at all i think it is the opposite. thank you for explaining that problem for me i couldn't figure those out to save my life. todays test day and i'm sure that you advice will help out my test scores. thanks again you are a godsend! :bowingpur

25 is the right answer! why do you need it to be 20?

3/16=X% of 3/4

3/16 x 4/3= X%

12/48=X%

1/4=X%

25% !

i made a typo the answer is 25. thanks for the help

i took my net today and that reading section was alot more difficult than i expected. although i ended up with a composite of 87. you have to have a 56 to apply for the program and the proctor acted like my score was just great so i hope its good enough. anyways, thanks for this thread it has been a godsend!

Specializes in SNU/SNF/MedSurg, SPCU Ortho/Neuro/Spine.

that is a pretty strong score!!! you did great! i am glad that i could help out!

Hey! Congrats on your great score! You must be so relieved that it's all over with! I'm jealous! I have such test anxiety that I am so afraid of ruinng my one shot at this. So the reading was hard, huh? I was really nervous about the math but when I got my NET review book I think it put my fears to rest.....we'll see on test day. Altogether did you think the test was tough? What school are you applying to? At any rate....Congrats! Job well done and now you can relax and watch the rest os us squirm until we get it over with! Let us know when you get accepted.....Take Care

i don't think the test was "hard" it was just that you know you have more questions than time in the reading section and on our test there was no timer which i didn't like because you have no idea how much time is left. the math was pretty simple, but in the reading i would just really try and manage your time as best as possible. i'm sure you'll do fine. i am hopeing to get in to NEKTC its in kansas, its a step program first yr LPN second yr RN. good luck to you all i know it is like a weight has been lifted knowing i have this over with. good luck and take care! butterfly

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