Petersons - Master the Nursing School & Allied Health Entrance Exams

20TH EDITION

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Nineteenth edition 2012, Marion F. Gooding, RN, Ph.D.; contributing editors Mattie Moss, Ed.D.; Duana A. Dreyer, Ph.D.; Charles R. George, Ph.D.; Doris E. Wilson, BA; James Schooler Ph.D.

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Now that youve decided on a career in nursing or in one of the allied healthcare fields, youll need to take an entrance exam for the coursework and degree or certificate that you want. Petersons Master the Nursing School & Allied Health Entrance Exams can help you prepare for your test. This book provides review and practice in a variety of subjects so that you can develop the essential skills to do well on whichever test you are required to take.

Petersons Master the Nursing School & Allied Health Entrance Exams is divided into five parts to facilitate your study and review.

provides an overview of starting your career in the nursing or allied health fields, selecting an educational program, and obtaining financial aid. Youll find an overview of the tests, including how they are organized, the topics they cover, the types and numbers of questions, how to apply to take them, and how they are administered, in addition to techniques on how to reduce text anxiety.

offers diagnostic tests to help you identify your strengths and those areas where you will need to spend more time preparing. This part is divided into three units, each containing a separate diagnostic test: one for those planning to test for registered nursing school, one for those planning to test for allied healthcare, and one for those planning to test for practical/vocational nursing school. New to this edition are English grammar and usage, spelling, and nonverbal ability questions, which appear in each of the three diagnostic tests. Also new to the diagnostic test for practical/vocational nursing school is a section on judgment and comprehension in practical nursing. In the verbal ability, mathematics, and science sections of each diagnostic test, the specific topic of the question is provided at the end of each answer explanation to aid in identifying the areas that you will need to spend more time on while preparing for your test.

focuses on the types of information and questions typically found on registered nursing school entrance exams. Review and practice exercises will help prepare you to answer questions testing your verbal and nonverbal abilities as well as your mathematics, science, and reading comprehension skills.

New: Unit 4 contains review and test questions on English grammar and usage, spelling, and nonverbal ability, to better reflect the types of questions that are included on the nursing and allied health entrance exams of the Psychological Services Bureau (PSB).

New and Updated: Unit 6 contains new and updated science content and practice tests pertaining to general biology, chemistry, and physics. Emphasis is on the description of the activities and characteristics of life with respect to humans.

New: Unit 8 introduces the Vocational Adjustment concept and provides sample questions similar the ones included on the PSB nursing and allied health school entrance exams.

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New: Unit 9 contains additional review and test questions on English grammar and usage, spelling, and nonverbal ability.

New and Updated: Unit 11 contains new and updated science content and test questions pertaining to humans and their environment, astronomy, and environmental science.

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New: Unit 13 contains new practice questions for English grammar and usage, spelling, and nonverbal ability.

New and Updated: Unit 15 contains new and updated science content and practice tests pertaining to human anatomy and physiology, health, nutrition, and factors affecting your health and the environment.

New: Unit 17 introduces the concept of Judgment and Comprehension in practical nursing and provides sample questions that pertain to using professional judgment in the nursing profession.