Emergency!!! Need Physics/electricity Web Links To Study For Nln-rn Pre-entrance Exam

karmyk · Mar 22, 2006

If you explain to me what you need to know, I might be able to get you something... From what you're asking, what I'd send you might be a little too detailed for a nursing entrance exam.

karmyk · Mar 22, 2006

Here's my attempt to give you the basic of basics so you can at least start studying something. xP

If all you need to know is how to measure voltage or current for a simple DC circuit with loads that are either in series or parallel, then this site breaks it down into those basic principles:

http://www.seattlerobotics.org/guide/electronics.html

Wiki on Ohm's Law: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohm%27s_Law

Wiki on Kirchhoff's Laws (Voltage or Current; KVL or KCL): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirchhoff%27s_circuit_laws

Ohm's Law goes into the whole bit of measuring voltage or current; Kirchhoff's Laws go into what happens when you have series and parallel circuits (or, at the very least, the difference between the two).

The Wiki links include information on the basic physics related to those laws.

The best way to visualize how current moves through a circuit, in the roughest sense, is looking at it like the current of water running through pipes. That should help get you started on visualizing KCL.

edit: Darn.. I thought about it again and Wiki's page is probably too in-depth for nursing purposes.

Try this page out instead:

http://www.eas.asu.edu/~holbert/ece201/recipes.html

It's actually better than the other links I gave you. It might be confusing at first... but just read it slowly and draw it out while you're reading it.

Race Mom, ASN, RN · Mar 22, 2006

I would strongly suggest just going and buying the NLN exam study guide by MacDonald. This will have everything in it that you need to focus on. Buying this study guide will help you tremendously! Otherwise, you are going to be studying a lot of stuff that you don't need. Make sure you buy the correct one. There is one for RN and one for PN. Good luck on your exam! When you take it, keep track of the time. I ran out of time on the first part but with the study guide I still managed to pull off a 124!

Lisa

MUCHO MACHO MURSE · Mar 22, 2006

Here's my attempt to give you the basic of basics so you can at least start studying something. xP
If all you need to know is how to measure voltage or current for a simple DC circuit with loads that are either in series or parallel, then this site breaks it down into those basic principles:
http://www.seattlerobotics.org/guide/electronics.html
Wiki on Ohm's Law: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohm%27s_Law
Wiki on Kirchhoff's Laws (Voltage or Current; KVL or KCL): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirchhoff%27s_circuit_laws
Ohm's Law goes into the whole bit of measuring voltage or current; Kirchhoff's Laws go into what happens when you have series and parallel circuits (or, at the very least, the difference between the two).
The Wiki links include information on the basic physics related to those laws.
The best way to visualize how current moves through a circuit, in the roughest sense, is looking at it like the current of water running through pipes. That should help get you started on visualizing KCL.
edit: Darn.. I thought about it again and Wiki's page is probably too in-depth for nursing purposes.
Try this page out instead:
http://www.eas.asu.edu/~holbert/ece201/recipes.html
It's actually better than the other links I gave you. It might be confusing at first... but just read it slowly and draw it out while you're reading it.

Hi, I just wanted to say thankyou for these links. Before your post, I had nothing except the NLN RN review book and I feel that what is provided in the review book barely touch on the electricity portion of the exam. I will look and study the sites in depth and keep my circuits uncrossed that what I am looking into will be on the exam, so greatly appreciate it.

karmyk · Mar 22, 2006

I doubt it will get anymore complicated than what's on the last link I provided. Reason being, the minimum mathematical nursing requirement is basic college ALGEBRA... which means you won't be able to into basic inductance and capacitance, which uses really basic calculus (derivatives and integrals). Anything past what you see on the last link I gave you will require basic calculus.

CTRNTOBE · Mar 22, 2006

Use the links provided above. The science section is full of the ohm law questions, circuits and physics and the study guide is no help for this section. Thank god my school is only interested in the "english" section. Knowing nothing about physics I still squeeked out a 79 on the science section.

Study all of the prefix and suffix info you can find. You will come acroos some words on the test that you will not know.

The math section is pretty basic stuff, no surprises from what is in the study guide.

Good luck,

Daryn

MUCHO MACHO MURSE · Mar 22, 2006

Use the links provided above. The science section is full of the ohm law questions, circuits and physics and the study guide is no help for this section. Thank god my school is only interested in the "english" section. Knowing nothing about physics I still squeeked out a 79 on the science section.
Study all of the prefix and suffix info you can find. You will come acroos some words on the test that you will not know.
The math section is pretty basic stuff, no surprises from what is in the study guide.
Good luck,
Daryn

thanks daryn for the confirmation, I now feel more confident on what to focus on the Physics portion and english, wish me luck, hopefully I won't need it.