Nursing School Entrance Exams

Getting Into Nursing School: Mary Ann Cantrell, PhD, RN

• WHAT IS A NURSE?
• IS A NURSING CAREER RIGHT FOR YOU?
• ADVANTAGES AND REWARDS OF A NURSING CAREER
• TYPES OF NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS
• WHICH PROGRAM IS RIGHT FOR YOU?
• THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS AND HOW TO APPLY
• FINANCIAL AID FOR NURSING STUDENTS

All About the Exams

• NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR NURSING PRE-ADMISSION EXAMINATION (NLN PAX-RN)
• TEST OF ESSENTIAL ACADEMIC SKILLS (TEAS)
• PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES BUREAU (PSB) NURSING SCHOOL APTITUDE EXAMINATION (RN)
• EVOLVE REACH (HESI) ADMISSION ASSESSMENT (A2)

Setting Up Your Study Plan

• CREATE A PLAN THAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU
• USE TIME WISELY

Strategies to Raise Your Score

• GENERAL TEST-TAKING STRATEGIES
• TIPS FOR TEST DAY

Diagnostic Test

• SECTION 1: VERBAL SKILLS
• SECTION 2: READING COMPREHENSION
• SECTION 3: MATHEMATICS
• SECTION 4: SCIENCE
• DIAGNOSTIC TEST EVALUATION CHARTS

Verbal Ability

• VOCABULARY
• GRAMMAR
• SENTENCE STRUCTURE
• PUNCTUATION AND CAPITALIZATION
• CAPITALIZATION
• SPELLING

Reading Comprehension

• PREPARING FOR READING COMPREHENSION
• TYPES OF READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
• TEST-TAKING TIPS FOR READING COMPREHENSION
• QUIZZES AND ANSWERS

Mathematical Ability

• COMPUTATION
• NUMBER PROPERTIES
• EXPONENTS
• ROOTS
• DECIMALS
• FRACTIONS
• PERCENTAGES
• CONVERTING FRACTIONS, DECIMALS, AND PERCENTS
• MEAN, MEDIAN, AND MODE
• ALGEBRA
• CHARTS, GRAPHS, AND TABLES
• PROPORTIONS AND RATIOS
• CONVERTING U.S. AND METRIC UNITS
• APPLIED MATH
• GEOMETRY
• SPATIAL RELATIONS

Science Review

• REVIEW OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES: CELL STRUCTURE
• ORGAN SYSTEM ANATOMY
• PLANTS
• MENDELIAN GENETICS
• ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
• ECOLOGY
• DIVERSITY OF LIFE
• REVIEW OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION
• REVIEW OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES: CHEMISTRY-SCIENTIFIC NOTATION AND THE METRIC SYSTEM
• ATOMIC STRUCTURE
• THE PERIODIC TABLE
• BONDING
• PHASES OF MATTER
• THE MOLE
• SOLUTIONS
• ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
• ACIDS AND BASES
• REVIEW OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES: PHYSICS- KINEMATICS
• NEWTONIAN MECHANICS
• WORK AND ENERGY
• WAVES
• ELECTRICITY
• SCIENTIFIC METHOD, SCIENTIFIC REASONING, AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY

Evaluation Charts