Kaplan Nursing School Entrance Exams: Your Complete Guide to Getting Into Nursing School

Let me start by saying that overall quality of this book is quite adequate, and someone who uses it to prepare for tests other than the TEAS, might have a different opinion.

After using 3 different books to study for the exam, I found that no single book prepared me completely. I did like the one published by McGraw-Hill the best, even thought it, too, fell short from ideal. All three books had essentially he same problem: none of them was specific enought to the TEAS. The authors tried to kill many birds with one stone aiming to please every possible nursing exam. As a result, I over studied for some parts, and was underprepared for the others.

The test was not hard. I had enough time to complete each section. If you were a decent student in high school, you will probably be ok.

The main problem I encountered is not knowing exactly what to expect.

This book served me well for the Math part. However, I also wasted time studying what I did...Read more

I bought this book to review for the NET but it is clearly designed to encorporate material for other entrance tests.

The NET includes a very remedial math section and a reading comprehension section. There are also sections on test taking skills, stress handling and group dynamics but those are basically presonality tests, not something you can study for.

This book includes math that is beyond the requirements of the NET which is nice because if you can do the majority of the math in this book you can do the math on the exam. It also includes a reading comprehension section that is also harder than the NET. The vocabulary section in the book if helpful if your verbal skills require some polishing. The science section is a waste of time for the NET (though perhaps useful for other entrance tests).

I didn't know what to expect on the NET test so I studied the entire book since I had heard so many conflicting stories about the test. It...Read more

I used this book to prepare for my NET test. My composite score was 91. The math review in this book is excellent, though you won't have any need to study all of it. The test covers whole numbers (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division), fractions (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division), percentages (converting fractions to percentrages, etc), and a small number of fairly simple algebra equations. There are 60 math questions on the test, divided fairly equally among whole numbers, fractions, percentages, and algebra. This book includes geometry, which you won't need to study for the NET.

I thought the math would be harder than the reading, but I was wrong. You'll want to use this book to help you brush up on your reading comprehension skills...even if you think you'll ace that part of the test, you may be surprised. You'll have to figure out the main idea or theme of each paragraph, make inferences based on what you've read, and predict outcomes. And...Read more