What da heck is a Nurse Career Battery test?

[myownboss]

Believe it or not, a local hospital posted a new grad RN program on Monday, march 1. (as of this writing, it looks like they took the position down and r no longer accepting apps - am sure they were flooded!!). believe it or not again, but i am an recent ADN grad and just licensed in January, 2011; I applied yesterday for the new grad deal and i was actually sent an email to take a test which might lead to an interview! (full disclosure: they might have liked that i do have a bachelor degree in an unrelated field from 10 years ago, and i mentioned that i am accepted to begin an online BSN program in the Summer which i hope to use to pursue a Masters in nurse practitioning, etc)

Anyway, the test that i have to sit for is called a Nurse Career Battery test. What is it? Can I prepare for it? I believe 'battery' type tests are those long 300-question psychological fill-in bubble test where they ask if you hated your mother 10 different times in 10 different ways, correct?

Have any of u taken such a test? Holla back y'all...

[CelticGoddess, BSN, RN]

Hi Guys!!

I actually tried applying in NYU, focusing on the new grad. program, unfortunately I was a BSN graduate back in 2014, but just took NCLEX this july.

I have seldom respond from the hospital, but most of it are just not being qualified, for the reason that I actually didnt have any nursing experience.

How did u guys applied and was selected? I only tried the website, di u do the same and my qpi isnt that qualifying too ( maybe thats why)

but im happy for everyone. congrats

It would probably be helpful if you started a new thread of your own. This is an older thread and might be ignored.

As far as the other, you might want to expand your search. There is a significant gap between your graduation and taking NCLX.

[kp2016]

I have taken this exam. I applied online to a large hospital and submitted my resume. I was then asked to follow a link to answer "a few extra questions" to complete my application. A few was 100. The questions were multiple choice with 4 or 5 answers and covered do you strongly agree to strongly disagree with a statement, which of these best describes your personality, and which action would you take in the discribed situations. Many were on the surface completely unrelated to nursing or patient safety / best practice.

I don't see how you could possibly study for this test. I was told at my interview that I scored very highly but I really couldn't tell you how I achieved this. I think getting a high score would depend a lot on the kind of person who is scoring it, what sort of person they are personally and their preferred methods of interaction and conflict resolution. In general I thought this was a wildly subjective and unfair test. I would love to hear from anyone who actually scores these and could give some insight into how that is done.