Verbal Ability
36%of exam
Mathematics
28%of exam
Science
37%of exam
Quick Facts
- Exam
- NLN NEX
- Former name
- PAX
- Questions
- 163 total
- Time
- 3 hours
- Sections
- 3 tests
- Score
- 0-300 composite
- Pass
- School-set
- Calculator
- On-screen math
Reading Proof
Answer from passage, not memory
Find evidenceMatch scopeAvoid extremes
Detail vs Inference
Detail
- Directly stated
- Line proof
- Text match
Inference
- Must follow
- Evidence-based
- Not opinion
Stated vs supported
Verbal Picker
- Unknown word→Roots(Break parts)
- Answer too broad→Eliminate(Scope error)
- Inference item→Evidence(No guessing)
- Tone item→Adjectives(Mood clues)
- Purpose item→Author goal
- Detail item→Line proof
NEX Format
- Verbal
- 58 questions60 min
- Math
- 45 questions60 min
- Science
- 60 questions60 min
- Composite
- Summed percentiles
- Norm group
- RN or LPN
- Cut score
- Program-specific
NEX vs PAX
NEX
- 60 min sections
- No physics
- Calculator math
PAX
- 40 min sections
- Physics included
- Older blueprint
Current vs old
Word Knowledge
- Prefix
- Word beginning
- Suffix
- Word ending
- Root
- Core meaning
- Context
- Nearby clues
- Synonym
- Same meaning
- Antonym
- Opposite meaning
- Tone
- Author attitude
Reading Moves
- Main idea
- Whole passage point
- Detail
- Stated fact
- Inference
- Supported conclusion
- Purpose
- Why written
- Sequence
- Order of events
- Evidence
- Line support
- Distractor
- Outside knowledge
Metric Ladder
Kilo to milli: move decimal
k: 1000base: 1c: 0.01m: 0.001
Percent vs Ratio
Percent
- Per hundred
- Whole required
- Decimal convert
Ratio
- Part comparison
- Simplify terms
- Order matters
Whole vs comparison
Math Picker
- Part of whole→Percent
- Equal ratios→Proportion
- Different units→Conversion
- Unknown value→Equation
- Trend shown→Graph
- Middle asked→Median
Numbers
- Fraction
- Part over whole
- Decimal
- Base-ten part
- Percent
- Per hundred
- Ratio
- Part comparison
- Proportion
- Equal ratios
- Mean
- Average
- Median
- Middle value
- Mode
- Most frequent
Mean vs Median
Mean
- Add then divide
- Outlier sensitive
- Average
Median
- Middle value
- Order first
- Outlier resistant
Average vs middle
Measurement
- Metric
- Move decimals
- 1 kg
- 1000 g
- 1 L
- 1000 mL
- 1 m
- 100 cm
- 1 in
- 2.54 cm
- F to C
- Subtract 32 first
- Units
- Cancel labels
Algebra + Data
- Variable
- Unknown value
- Equation
- Balanced statement
- Inequality
- Range statement
- Slope
- Rate change
- Intercept
- Axis crossing
- Table
- Organized values
- Graph
- Visual trend
Mitosis Order
PMAT: Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
P: condenseM: middleA: apartT: two nuclei
Mitosis vs Meiosis
Mitosis
- Body cells
- Two identical
- Growth repair
Meiosis
- Gametes
- Four varied
- Half chromosomes
Body vs sex cells
Science Picker
- Cell energy→Mitochondria
- DNA control→Nucleus
- Gas exchange→Alveoli
- Blood away→Artery
- Hormone question→Endocrine
- Water movement→Osmosis
Biology
- Cell membrane
- Selective barrier
- Nucleus
- DNA control
- Mitochondria
- ATP production
- Ribosome
- Protein synthesis
- Mitosis
- Body-cell division
- Meiosis
- Gamete division
- Homeostasis
- Stable balance
- Osmosis
- Water diffusion
Blood Flow
Arteries away; veins visit heart
A: awayV: visitCapillaries exchange
Artery vs Vein
Artery
- Away heart
- Higher pressure
- Thick walls
Vein
- Toward heart
- Valves common
- Lower pressure
Away vs toward
Anatomy
- Tissue
- Similar cells
- Organ
- Tissue system
- Integumentary
- Skin protection
- Skeletal
- Support framework
- Muscular
- Movement
- Nervous
- Fast control
- Endocrine
- Hormone control
- Digestive
- Nutrient breakdown
Physiology
- Heart
- Blood pump
- Artery
- Away from heart
- Vein
- Toward heart
- Alveoli
- Gas exchange
- Neuron
- Signal cell
- Nephron
- Kidney filter
- Insulin
- Lowers glucose
- Glucagon
- Raises glucose
Chemistry + Health
- Atom
- Matter unit
- Ion
- Charged atom
- pH
- Acid-base scale
- Enzyme
- Reaction catalyst
- Carbohydrate
- Quick energy
- Protein
- Tissue building
- Lipid
- Long energy
- Pathogen
- Disease agent
Common Traps
NEX vs PAX
NEX has no physics ≠ Old PAX had physics
Percentile vs percent
Percentile ranks people ≠ Percent scores items
Inference vs opinion
Inference uses evidence ≠ Opinion adds beliefs
Units vs numbers
Units must cancel ≠ Numbers alone mislead
Anatomy vs physiology
Anatomy is structure ≠ Physiology is function
Calculator vs setup
Calculator computes ≠ Setup earns answer
Last Minute
- 1.Sections: 58 / 45 / 60
- 2.Time: 60 min each
- 3.Science is largest
- 4.No physics on NEX
- 5.Composite uses percentiles
- 6.Pass score is school-set
- 7.Units must cancel
- 8.Inference needs passage evidence
- 9.Arteries go away
- 10.Mitochondria make ATP
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