The Nurses entrance test is one of the competitive entrance test opened for the nursing aspirants. As the health care industry across the globe is in its booming stage the demand for the qualified professionals in the sector is high. The Nursing profession is one of the demanding job profiles for the medical aspirants. The Nurses Entrance test is open for the popular examination for getting admission into eth nursing colleges across the world. The examination is carried out by the agency, ATI, which also responsible for the TEAS examination.

Structure of NET

The examination mainly assesses the candidate’s ability in Mathematics as well as in the English. The paper consists of six parts with objective type questions with two and half hours time limit. The major areas of the test are

• Learning Style
• Math Skills
• Reading Comprehension
• Social Interaction
• Stress Level
• Test Taking Skills

The examination is of computer based and there wont be any paper based test is allowed to the candidates.

Syllabus for NET

Reading

• Inferences/Conclusions
• Paragraph Comprehension,
• Passage Comprehension,

Mathematics

• Algebraic Equations
• Fractions and Decimals
• Knowledge Of Whole Numbers
• Metric Conversion
• Percentages
• Ratio/Proportion
• Subtest Measures

Test Taking Skills And Learning Style

The Test taking skill and learning style assesses the candidate’s ability to read and analyze the questions, which is automatically recorded by the software, conducting the test.

Stress Level

The CBT is designed in such a way that the answering of one question is the basis for the next question. The stress level can increase or decrease according to the candidates ability to give right answers.

Social Interaction

There will be questions to understand the candidate’s personal and social behaviors, more of psychometric in nature.

Eligibility Criteria

The education requirement is the plus two with minimum 50% marks in the qualifying examination. They must have at least 60% marks in English individually in the final examination. The upper age limit for applying to the examination is fixed to be 20 years. The candidates having valid work experience will get preference during the admission period.

How to Apply?

The candidates can register for the examination by online on the official portal of ATI NET. The candidates can also take the help of agencies and institute for registering for the examination. The application form can be downloaded or filled by online. The filed form can submitted to the ATI selected centers 10 days before the examination. The cost of the form is $40US.

How to fill the Form?

You can get the information for filling the form from the internet or the agencies for the NET will provide you the right instructions. The candidates should mention the personal details clearly and accurately on the required columns. You have to mention also the desired stream in the application form. The candidates should mention the preferred center and its code clearly along with the preferred dates and there won’t be any change in the examination center after that. The downloaded filled form should reach the desired centers 10days prior to the examination.

Important Dates and Test centers

The examination is normally held from the month of January to August, 2012. The aspirants can choose their preferred date test centers according to their convenience. The examination is normally conducted at the ATI centers and the candidates can select the centers from the list provided by ATI.

Contact Address for the NET

• Educational Resources, Inc. 7500 West 160th Street , Stilwell, KS 66085
• Web URL: http://eriworld.com

Colleges Accepting the NET score

Most of the Nursing Schools across the world are accepting the score of NET and the list of schools covered under the NET is available with ATI.

Reference Books for NET

• Barron’s Nursing School Entrance Exams by Sandra S. Swick R.N. B.C. , Corinne Grimes R.N. Ph.D.
• How to Prepare for the Nursing School Entrance Exams by Sandra Swick, Corinne Grimes
• Kaplan Nursing School Entrance Exams by Kaplan
• Kaplan Nursing School Entrance Exams: Strategies, Practice, and Review by Kaplan
• McGraw-Hill’s Nursing School Entrance Exams by Thomas Evangelist
• Mster the Nurs Sch&Allied Hlth Entr Exam by Marion F. Gooding
• Nursing school and allied health entrance exams by Marion F. Gooding
• Nursing School Entrance by Fred N. Grayson
• Nursing School Entrance Exam by Learning Express
• Review guide for RN pre-entrance exam by Mary McDonald
• The Net Study Guide: A Complete Reference to Successful Testtaking by Michael D., Ph.D. Frost  and Mitchell D. Jarvis
• Thinking as a Nurse by Austin Scott Bruce Austin Scott

Coaching Centers for NET

• Achievers Point Knowledge Systems Pvt.Ltd
• Brainstorm consulting Pvt Ltd
• Brilliant Tutorials
• Career Forum Warangal
• Chembola Group
• Chemmanur Academy
• EDStar
• Excel Educational institute
• Focus Care
• Giraffe Learning
• Gmart Training center
• International English Center
• Manjooran Group of Institutes
• Manya Education Pvt Ltd
• Sharp Institute of Commerce and English
• Tagore English Institute

Study Plan

Before taking the exam prepare well on the basis of the requirements. The candidates can take the exam only three times and the examination is known to be the most difficult one for the nursing aspirants. There are many reference books available for the aspirants in the national and international market. You can go through such material to know the nature and pattern of the examination. You can seek the help of coaching centers where you will get the practice over the CBT test and will make you more comfortable while taking the exam. You can also take the practice test available in different websites for the NET aspirants. The ATI is also providing mock test for the registered candidates. Explore all the potential study materials while preparing for the examination.

Cutoff

The candidates should secure a minimum of 60% marks in the NET exam so as to qualify for the admission criteria of the different nursing schools across the world.

How and Where To Get the Results?

The result of the NET is available soon after the exam is over. The candidates can see their result on the computer after finishing the test. They can also receive the score card from eth testing center on the same day itself.

Score Validity

There is no time limit on the validity of the test.