Kaplan Nursing - Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep 2021-2022

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Congratulations! Youve taken the first step to prepare yourself for the two most popular nursing school entrance exams: Kaplan Nursing Admission Test and the HESI A2. This book contains the information you want and need to do your best on both exams and get into the school of your choice. Use the icons beside each topic head to tailor your studies to the exam you are taking: for the Kaplan and for the HESI.

To get you started, Part One provides important information about each test and offers practical tips for handling Test Day stress.

Chapter One includes test-taking strategies that will boost your confidence on this or any test you take. The tips in this chapter show you how to increase your score. It also includes tips to minimize your stress on Test Day. Learn the habits that will help you keep cool under any testing conditions.

Before you start your review, find out exactly what your strengths and weaknesses are. The 60-question diagnostic quiz in Chapter Two will help you focus your studies so you dont waste time reviewing topics you have already mastered.

Parts Three through Five of this book offer you targeted lessons, strategies, and review questions. These sections are tailored to the content tested on the most popular nursing exams: verbal and language content (in Chapters Three through Five), mathematics (Chapter Six), and Science (Chapters Seven through Nine). In short, the lessons and practice in these sections will prepare you for success.

Once you have learned about the test and reviewed the subjects covered, you are ready for more practice. Part Six includes two practice tests modeled on the content of the Kaplan exam and two practice tests modeled on the content of the HESI A2 exam. Each practice test comes complete with answer keys and detailed answer explanations. By taking these practice tests, you will be able to apply the test-taking strategies you have learned, as well as identify areas in which you have improved and areas that still require further study.

Finally, the Learning Resources found in Part Seven will serve as a quick reference for useful information. Look here to quickly find frequently used math formulas, commonly misspelled words, and other key study resources. In addition, you will find a directory of State Boards of Nursing.

By using Kaplans Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep, you are taking an important step in getting the score you need to start a successful nursing career. Good luck!

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Congratulations! You have chosen to read a book that could very well change your life. When you take the nursing school entrance exam, you will feel confident, and you will be prepared to excel. You wont face unwanted surprises.

In the eyes of the schools you want to be admitted to, your successful test results demonstrate your real potential for learning. The schools need to know that you possess basic math, science, and verbal skills. Its a win-win situation for both you and the schools.

Nursing schools across the country use several different tests to determine who is admitted to their programs. Although these exams have different names and different formats, they all ask you to verify the same skills. In short, nursing schools want to know that you have basic knowledge in 3 main subjects: Verbal and Language, Mathematics, and Science.

The two most popular nursing school entrance exams, the Kaplan Nursing Admission Test and the HESI A2 exam (short for Health Education Systems, Inc., Admissions Assessment), cover many of the same areas but have different emphases. For example, both tests include questions that assess reading and writing skills; however, the HESI A2 exam has a section devoted specifically to the topic of vocabulary, while the Kaplan exam does not. Does this mean you should skip material related to vocabulary if you are taking the Kaplan exam? No. But knowing which areas are highlighted on each test can help you concentrate your studies more effectively. This book uses icons to help you identify at a glance which exam each topic appears on: for the Kaplan and for the HESI.

Heres how the Kaplan exam breaks down, complete with the number of questions and the amount of testing time allotted to complete each section: