How to Prepare for the Nursing School Entrance Exam

by Corinne Grimes and Sandra S. Swick

Updated to reflect recent exams, this manual provides a detailed description of the nursing profession followed by a self-assessment section to help readers decide if nursing is the right career... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764103385
• ISBN13: 9780764103384
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.9" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Great book

This book really prepared me for the TEAS exam. Has great exercises, very easy to follow. There are some mistakes in the answer key but I was able to spot them easily.

future RN!!

I thought this was a fantastic book to use as a review for the pre-entrance RN test. It wasn't too in-depth on any subject yet provided the necessary information for the test.

Good Book for Nursing Entrance Exams

This book was a good review for preparing for my nursing entrance exam. It helped me to prepare for reading comprehension and math which is hit on pretty big on nursing exams. Reading comprehension is sometimes very tricky. A lot of it has to do with the examineer's interpretion of a reading passage, which can be right, wrong or in between. This book helped me with practicing reading comprehension in the interpretation of the examineer. I also used the following which is I found highly helpful for the science section of my nursing entrance exam:Key Facts For Anatomy and Physiology (ISBN: 0971999694)This second book helped my pass my entrance exam. It always good to know a little more than not enough when it comes to nursing entrance exams. I highly advise getting both books.

Mixed opinion

I am giving this book a 4 star, despite it is probably more like a three. This is a good book to use as an over view, and did help prepare me for the NET exam. Compared to others on the market I would buy this one again, although I do feel it is lacking in certain areas. The math section has several wrong answers, or leaves out (+/-) signs on some questions. If you've had some algebra and need a refresher, it's a good overview. The book leads you to believe there are only four sections on the test, reading, verbal ability, numeric ability, and science review. Either the tests have recently changed, or this book is in serious need of update. The sections on my actual NET exam were mathmatic ability, reading comprehension, reading rate, learning styles, stressful situations, social decisions, and test taking ability. These are the actual titles of each section. The Science review from the book is good, but it's just that, a review, and did not pertain to the actual test in any way. There is a verbal section in the book that will make you feel like a total [dumb], unless you spend your spare time reading the dictionary as pleasure. THERE IS NO VERBAL SECTION on the test I took. I wished the book would have had more about the actual test, like the amount of time you have to complete each section and the amount of time the entire test takes (3 hours). I would also like information on how the test is graded, the differences in grading policies for LVN, or RN, and the passing grades needed for each section. And at least 10 people brought calculators assuming they could be used on the test. The book never mentions whether you can use calculators, and that is something I consider important information. There was NO information on test taking skills, which is a section of the test and asks questions a person would otherwise not know, unless they had studied specific statistics on taking tests. Such as: what is the percentage an average person gets correct on a verbal ability exam, a. 10%, b. 20%, c. 70%, d. 50% and some questions were just plain strange, like, is it safer to drive from Austin, Texas to Dallas, Texas or from Dallas, Texas to Austin, Texas. No, that's not an actual question, but similar to one. My suggestion, buy the book, it's got some good review points and a practice exam at the back (which is not exactly like the actual test) but any practice exam you can take is a good one. They really need to update their informtion, and if you can find a more recent edition of this book, go with that one. I DO feel like it helped me be more confident, and I feel I would have likely scored lower, and walked out of the test room feeling a whole lot worse had I NOT bought this book. GOOD LUCK ON YOUR NET EXAM!! If you have any questions about the NET, I'll be happy to answer what I can for you. mepco@centex

How To Prepare For the Nursing School Entrance Exams

If you need to concentrate on math review this is the book to buy! It breaks the answers down & explains them to you. This book refreshes your memory and teaches you what you have forgotten.