NLN Science, sould I be scared?

[maloneycr]

I am taking the NLN and I am nervous about the science. What do I need to focus on? Or is it just so broad that it is impossible to pin point any specific areas?? I have the NLN study guide is the test similar to that??

[Nurse Connie]

I took it last year and it was mostly physics! I have never in my life taken a physics class, so I ended up guessing on most of those questions and I still did pretty well. Good luck!

[AndiePi]

The NLN study guide has practice questions in it, and they are exactly like the questions that are going to be on the test. Know definitions for terms...like amplitude for example because they'll ask stuff like that. I remember when I took mine there were oddly a lot of questions on circuits...so I guess know that, but then again every test is different. My best advice is go through the study guide...most of the science is stuff from high school science and you should probably remember some of it, but anything that doesn't make sense...google it. I made flashcards of the bolded words in the science section of the study guide (the ones I didn't know), that really helped when it came to taking the test. The study guide is an overview and if there is something you don't FULLY understand from it, then really you should look up a second source, I used wikipedia...doesn't have to be all scholarly..just so you understand what it IS. Don't be afraid of the science...its not super intense or anything, you'll do fine if you study and refresh your memory from high school. Good luck! Let us know how it goes!

[maloneycr]

Thanks for letting me know! I am taking the test tomorrow so I will let you know how i do. I will definitely go over the circuits and I have been studying the book for weeks. Do you all know how they grade it?

Christy

[caffeineRx]

Concentrate on Physics and metric conversions. I was taken off guard by those lol. I still scored in the 96th percentile nationwide though.