NLN PreNursing Entrance Exam

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I am helping a friend of mine who is applying to nursing school. Her prefered school requires the NLN Entrance Exam. Could someone who has taken this test recently tell me if the study guide is adequate for exam preparation. I believe I saw some posts (can't find them now) referring to the amount of chemistry and physics on the exam and that the study guide did not prepare them for those subjects.

Any comments? Any helpful hints for my friend?

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Hi, I just took my NLN on the 3rd of Aug. I had the study guide, and used it a lot to study for the test. There were NO repeat questions on the actual exam. But it does sort of prepare you for the type of questions you will see. Gets you in the right mind set. If you have recently taken AP or Micro that will help a lot. I would recommend studying the info in the study guide verses taking the tests for the content. But do take the tests on the CD so that you can time your self. You have only 60 mins to complete each section. There was a bit of chemistry on my test. As well as a lot of physics. At my school we aren't required to take physics, so I was pretty lost there. I have heard that most people feel that they have failed the test, before getting their results. And I felt like that too. But I passed with an 89. Because of my good grades in my pre-req's I only needed to score in the 70's. So I was happy with my score. My school is different then most and only uses the NLN score in addition to other pre-req classes that we had to take. We are selected to the program on a point system. I hope this helps. :monkeydance:

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Thank you. That information is very helpful.

Anyone else?

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Hey there! I took the NLN a couple months ago. Hopefully I can remember enough to help!

Vocabulary:

http://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/search.php?page=2&search=nln You can search this site for nln vocabulary flashcards where people have actually created flashcards of words that they came across.

Reading: The time runs out on this one so fast! It is definitely the easiest...just dont linger on one story bc the time goes quickly.

Math: Algebra, Metric Conversions, Geometry, Basic Math, Percents, Fractions, Decimals. I had numerous algebra questions: order of operations and solve, long division, multiplication, etc. Easy stuff. However, about 50% of my questions revolved around decimals, percents, and fractions. Make sure you are comfortable with converting one to the other. Ex: What is 5/9 as a percentage? What is 72% written as a decimal? And so on....Also, geometry. Know how to find the area of the basic shapes, the perimeter, pi, radius,the formulas (pythagorean theorem) etc.

Science: I maybe had 5 Anat & Physiology questions. If you go by the NLN testing books, it actually says there are no anatomy quesions. I put some sample questions below. The rest were chemistry and physics. Know atoms, valences, metals and nonmetals, subatomic particles, scientific notation, DNA, Mitosis, Reproductive part of plants, punnett squares, how organisms are classified, Hypertonic/hypotonic/Isotonic, work and energy, circuits. speed, velocity, acceleration.

Ex. Science questions (the ones i can remember):

***(picture of mitosis phase) Question: Which phase of mitosis does this picture represent?

***Diagram of eye: Which part of the eye allows light to pass?

***Color blindness involves defect of which part of the eye?

***What part of the body is associated with equilibrium and balance?

***Which represents the female in plant reproduction: pistil, stamen, anther, pollen?

***What does a punnett square show?

***What is the correct order of classification for organisms? (kingdom, phylum,etc)

***(Picture of a food web) what does this picture represent?

***The scientific name of an animal represents its (?). (genus & species)

***(pic of chemical symbol of an atom) What is atomic mass?

***(pic of principal energy levels) Finish the electron configuration. If atom has 10 electrons, how many electrons are needed for the second PEL to make it complete?

***The horizontal row of the periodic table represents the (?)

***Arrangement of the periodic table is based on (?)

***A tincture is dissolved in which solvent?

***convert 22 degrees celcius to farenheit.

***standing on the moon, you drop a feather and brick at the same time. which hits first?

***what is the unit of measure for force?

***(picture of circuit) which type of circuit does this represent?

Hope this helps!!! I just happened to be going over my book getting ready for the TEAS test when I saw your post! So it was a good review for me! By the way, I used the McGraw-Hill Entrance Exam book and it was great!

Best of Luck!!!

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Thank you so much. She has ordered the study guide and will be prepared according to guide but there were some people who said there were things on the test that were not in the guide. I appreciate your information. I'm sure she will be able to prepare better with this added info.

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