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?

Specializes in Home Health Clinician.

I scored an 85. I have to have an 80 to get the maximum bonus points on the test, so I wouldn't benefit from taking it again. I did get a 97 on the math portion. :)

Thanks for advise CSantos. i passes NLN, but not NET. Reading portion WAS HARD for me , a different format from NLN, aldo, English is a 2nd language for me. I'll be taking the 2nd time the NET test, so I 'll check all your sources mentioned.So, thanks , CSantos and I wish you to have strength to finish Nursing program.:D

Specializes in SNU/SNF/MedSurg, SPCU Ortho/Neuro/Spine.
Thanks for advise CSantos. i passes NLN, but not NET. Reading portion WAS HARD for me , a different format from NLN, aldo, English is a 2nd language for me. I'll be taking the 2nd time the NET test, so I 'll check all your sources mentioned.So, thanks , CSantos and I wish you to have strength to finish Nursing program.:D

There is no way back! i want it and I will do it no matter what!

if i doubted myself on this one i would not have invested my time nor money on this! nursing is what i want, and all I needed was a chance, God and the right people gave me that chance, now all i have to do is go for it!

Hi,

Have you ever heard of the NLN exam? You have to take this test which, has vocab/reading comprehension, science and math. It has 214 questions and they accept mostly people with a composite score of 84 or better. That is the going number but for the spring 08 the lowest score they took was a 92. It's competitive. I did not get in last year because I only received a 29 in vocab/reading comprehension and you have to get a least a 30 in all 3 and then be in the upper 40th percentile of the class. Do you have any advice on this?

i need help with just the reading part of the net test. i've already done the test prep review any other sites or books that anyone can recomend?

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

read my recomendations on page 1!

I just wanted to say Thank you Csantos for posting your insights about the NET. I took the NET test twice. I could not understand why I was not getting the passing scores that I needed. Then I read this post and decided to do as suggested. (The test is really not that hard) but you do have to prepare for the timing factor. Needless to say I passed to day with a high scores and it is was due to God, this post and my drive to not give up.

Thank you again.

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

Many thanks !!!

that is why i am here! to help out the little i know!

i took the net today.........the math was a breeze but i am worried about my reading part....i feel like i got 56 out of 60 on the math part but on the reading probably more like 15 out of 33........i am nervous for my results!!! i will up date yal when i get my scores which is another month away......

goodluck

marina

***hoping to get into lpn program this fall @jcjc***

Specializes in Neuro.

hi all,

here is some info that i have posted on my personal website about the net test. also, here are a couple of great websites to show what the net test will look like. check it out, it was a big help (although i didn't find the site until after i took the net!!) i had another great site posted on my website, but i just checked and the link is no longer working :(

http://www.pvc.maricopa.edu/assessment/navnet/navnet1.html

http://hfcclab.info/net/index.htm

also, for those asking, the teas is a college entrance type test, where as the net is strictly a nursing entrance test. totally different tests.

when i took the net, i was really shocked with my reading score, as reading is my best subject. i aced the college entrance test on the reading portion, but on the net, i got an 82%. really disappointing. the math portion is so much easier. just very basic math.

information concerning the net (nurse entrance test)

the net test has gotten a lot of people freaked out! but, it can be passed. the main thing to remember is it is just a test!! we have all had to take them, and once a person gets into nursing school, it won't change! there will still be many a test to take!!

many people have emailed me asking what to expect on the net, so i will supply as much info as i can remember about it!!

there are various sections on the net that you will be tested on. most schools, though, only look at the reading and math portion, not any of the rest. why the rest is on there, i have no clue, but it is. so, here are the portions that you will test over, and what they contain:

  • critical thinking appraisal


    inferential reading
    main idea of passage
    predicting of outcomes


  • learning style


auditory

oral

social

solitary

visual

writing

  • math skills

    algebra equations


    decimal operations
    fraction operations
    number systems conversions
    percentage operations


  • reading


reading rate per minute

reading percentile rank

reading level

  • stress level profile


    academic
    family
    money/time
    social
    work place


  • topics (science)


    anatomy & physiology
    biology
    cellular biology
    chemistry
    testtaking skills


  • written expression


    capitalization
    pronoun case and principle parts of irregular verbs
    punctuation
    correct sentence structure
    relative pronouns of standard usage
    spelling demons
    subject & verb agreement


Specializes in hospice, pediatrics, substance abuse.

I am new to the forum and was reading posts here last night because I had to take the NET exam today. Wish I had Csantos' advice weeks ago I'm sure it would have helped me. I surprised myself though and did really well. I scored in the superior group. The test I took had tons of fractions and decimals on it. I think it only had two algebra problems. If you can add, subtract, multiply, divide fractions and change them into decimals and percents you will be fine. Luckily for me I had just reviewed all of this stuff for the Tabe test that I had to take yesterday. I was really shocked that I scored less on the reading than on the math as I have always been a straight A student in reading and sucked at math. I felt the reading was really hard and tricky. It seemed as if almost all the answers were correct, you couldn't really eliminate any and had to pick the best correct answer. I don't think there is really a way I could have studied that would have prepared me for that part of the test.

At least I passed and now I can quit stressing over it.:yeah:

Blessings,

Guys, I found interesting NET technical and developmental report. Look at it..you would know what test designers want to know and what you should know about the test. I kind of found it too late. http://www.eriworld.com/secure/net/nettech.pdf I took exam today for the 2x time. Interesting was that it was the same test and text, even though ,test takers said it would be different because everyone has its own edition. I could not keep up with the reading part , even though , I was preparing at home and braking down paragraphs. I have to admit that the study guide does not give enough material on reading part. It does not quite close to a real test. And I tried to find substitute material for a reading, however the NET test have a specific reading test format.

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