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Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep - Your All-in-One Guide to the Kaplan and HESI Exams (2023) is your key to success, covering all major topics, practice exercises, and insider tips for passing with flying colors.

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Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep - Your All-in-One Guide to the Kaplan and HESI Exams (2023) - Page 1 preview imageKAPLAN)TENTHEDITIONOur80years’expertise=YourcompetitiveadvantageYOURALL-IN-ONEGUIDETOTHEKAPLANANDHESIEXAMSHIGHERSCOREmomsreeGUARANTE3)anddoesnotendorse,thisproduct.+Studyxy
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Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep - Your All-in-One Guide to the Kaplan and HESI Exams (2023) - Page 3 preview imageKAPLAN)TENTHEDITIONOur80years’expertise=YourcompetitiveadvantageYOURALL-IN-ONEGUIDETOTHEKAPLANANDHESIEXAMSHIGHERSCORE>oom
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Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep - Your All-in-One Guide to the Kaplan and HESI Exams (2023) - Page 4 preview imageBooksNCLEX-RN"PrepPlusNCLEX-RN®ContentReviewGuideNCLEX-PN"PrepPlusNCLEX-PN®ContentReviewGuideTheBasics:AComprehensiveOutlineofNursingSchoolContentNCLEX®DrugGuideDosageCalculationWorkbookTalkLikeaNurseATITEASPrepPlusOnlineKaplanNCLEX-RN®QbankKaplanNCLEX-PN®QbankATITEAS’Qbank
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Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep - Your All-in-One Guide to the Kaplan and HESI Exams (2023) - Page 5 preview imageKAPLANNursingSchoolEntranceExamsPrepTenthEditionOur80years’expertise=YourcompetitiveadvantageYourAll-in-OneGuidetotheKaplanandHESIExams
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Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep - Your All-in-One Guide to the Kaplan and HESI Exams (2023) - Page 6 preview imageHESI®isatrademarkofElsevierInc.,whichisnotaffiliatedwithKaplanandwasnotinvolvedintheproductionof,anddoesnotendorse,thisproduct.Thispublicationisdesignedtoprovideaccurateinformationinregardtothesubjectmattercoveredasofitspublicationdate,withtheunderstandingthatknowledgeandbestpracticeconstantlyevolve.Thepublisherisnotengagedinrenderingmedical,legal,accounting,orotherprofessionalservice.Ifmedicalorlegaladviceorotherexpertassistanceisrequired,theservicesofacompetentprofessionalshouldbesought.Thispublicationisnotintendedforuseinclinicalpracticeorthedeliveryofmedicalcare.Tothefullestextentofthelaw,neitherthePublishernortheEditorsassumeanyliabilityforanyinjuryand/ordamagetopersonsorpropertyarisingoutoforrelatedtoanyuseofthematerialcontainedinthisbook.©2023byKaplanNorthAmerica,LLCPublishedbykaplanNorthAmerica,LLCdbaKaplanPublishing1515WestCypressCreekRoadFortLauderdale,Florida33309AllrightsreservedunderInternationalandPan-AmericanCopyrightConventions.Bypaymentoftherequiredfees,youhavebeengrantedthenon-exclusive,non-transferablerighttoaccessandreadthetextofthiseBookonscreen.Nopartofthistextmaybereproduced,transmitted,downloaded,decompiled,reverseengineered,orstoredinorintroducedintoanyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,inanyformorbyanymeans,whetherelectronicormechanical,nowknownorhereinafterinvented,withouttheexpresswrittenpermissionofthepublisher.10987654321ISBN:978-1-5062-9037-9KaplanNorthAmerica,LLCdbaKaplanPublishingbooksareavailableatspecialquantitydiscountstouseforsalespromotions,employeepremiums,oreducationalpurposes.Formoreinformationortopurchasebooks,pleasecalltheSimon&Schusterspecialsalesdepartmentat866-506-1949.Study.
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Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep - Your All-in-One Guide to the Kaplan and HESI Exams (2023) - Page 7 preview imageTableofContentsNursingSchoolEntranceExamsPrepTenthEditionCoverKaplanNursingSeriesBooksTitlePageCopyrightHowtoUseThisBookAbouttheTestsPARTONE:STRATEGIESChapterOne:Test-TakingandTestDayStrategiesHowNursingSchoolEntranceExamsAreAdministeredStrategiesforAlmostAnyTestSelf-CareandDealingwithStressStudyTimelinefortheKaplanNursingSchoolAdmissionTestStudyTimelinefortheHESTA2ExamCountdowntoTestDayPARTTWO:DIAGNOSTICQUIZChapterTwo:NursingSchoolEntranceExamsDiagnosticQuizDiagnosticQuizAnswerSheetDiagnosticQuizAnswerKeyDiagnosticQuizAnswersandExplanationsInterpretingtheResultsoftheDiagnosticQuizPARTTHREE:VERBALANDLANGUAGEREVIEWChapterThree:ReadingComprehensionReviewReadingComprehensionLessonSampleQuestionsReadingComprehensionStrategiesReviewQuestionsReviewAnswersChapterFour:Vocabulary,Spelling,andGrammarReviewVocabularyLessonVocabularyStrategiesSpellingLesson
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Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep - Your All-in-One Guide to the Kaplan and HESI Exams (2023) - Page 8 preview imageSpellingStrategiesGrammarLessonandStrategiesReviewQuestionsReviewAnswersChapterFive:WritingReviewAssessingPassageDevelopmentAssessingParagraphStructureandLogic“Fixing”ReadingPassagesReviewQuestionsReviewAnswersPARTFOUR:MATHEMATICSREVIEWChapterSix:MathematicsReviewArithmeticAlgebraMathematicsStrategiesReviewQuestionsReviewAnswersPARTFIVE:SCIENCEREVIEWChapterSeven:BiologyReviewBuildingBlocksfortheTestBiologyLessonCellularBiologyTheGenomeandGeneExpressionCellStructureandOrganizationOrganismalBiologyPlantsClassicalGeneticsEvolutionandDiversityBiologyStrategiesReviewQuestionsReviewAnswersChapterEight:AnatomyandPhysiologyReviewAnatomy[LessonTheRoleofElectrolytesintheBodySystemsoftheHumanBodyHumanReproductionandEmbryonicDevelopmentCommonlyConfusedTermsinAnatomyandPhysiology
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Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep - Your All-in-One Guide to the Kaplan and HESI Exams (2023) - Page 9 preview imageReviewQuestionsReviewAnswersChapterNine:PhysicalScienceReviewMathforScienceChemistryLessonPhysicsLessonPhysicalScienceStrategiesReviewQuestionsReviewAnswersPARTSIX:PRACTICETESTSANDEXPLANATIONSTakingthePracticeTestsPracticeTestOne,Kaplan:AnswerSheetPracticeTestOneAnswerKeyAnswersandExplanationsPracticeTestTwo,Kaplan:AnswerSheetPracticeTestTwoAnswerKeyAnswersandExplanationsPracticeTestThree,HESI:AnswerSheetPracticeTestThreeAnswerKeyAnswersandExplanationsPracticeTestFour,HESI:AnswerSheetPracticeTestFourAnswerKeyAnswersandExplanationsPARTSEVEN:LEARNINGRESOURCESCommonWordRootsandPrefixesFrequentlyMisspelledWordsWordsCommonlyConfusedforOneAnotherMathinaNutshell
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Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep - Your All-in-One Guide to the Kaplan and HESI Exams (2023) - Page 10 preview imageHowtoUseThisBookCongratulations!You'vetakenthefirststeptoprepareyourselfforthetwomostpopularnursingschoolentranceexams:KaplanNursingAdmissionTestandtheHESIA2.Thisbookcontainstheinformationyouwantandneedtodoyourbestonbothexamsandgetintotheschoolofyourchoice.Usetheiconsbesideeachtopicheadtotailoryourstudiestotheexamyouaretaking:fortheKaplanand(H]fortheHESI.Togetyoustarted,PartOneprovidesimportantinformationabouteachtestandofferspracticaltipsforhandlingTestDaystress.ChapterOneincludestest-takingstrategiesthatwillboostyourconfidenceonthisoranytestyoutake.Thetipsinthischaptershowyouhowtoincreaseyourscore.ItalsoincludestipstominimizeyourstressonTestDay.Learnthehabitsthatwillhelpyoukeepcoolunderanytestingconditions.Beforeyoustartyourreview,findoutexactlywhatyourstrengthsandweaknessesare.The60-questiondiagnosticquizinChapterTwowillhelpyoufocusyourstudiessoyoudon’twastetimereviewingtopicsyouhavealreadymastered.PartsThreethroughFiveofthisbookofferyoutargetedlessons,strategies,andreviewquestions.Thesesectionsaretailoredtothecontenttestedonthemostpopularnursingexams:verbalandlanguagecontent(inChapters
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Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep - Your All-in-One Guide to the Kaplan and HESI Exams (2023) - Page 11 preview imageThreethroughFive),mathematics(ChapterSix),andScience(ChaptersSeventhroughNine).Inshort,thelessonsandpracticeinthesesectionswillprepareyouforsuccess.Onceyouhavelearnedaboutthetestandreviewedthesubjectscovered,youarereadyformorepractice.PartSixincludestwopracticetestsmodeledonthecontentoftheKaplanexamandtwopracticetestsmodeledonthecontentoftheHESIA2exam.Eachpracticetestcomescompletewithanswerkeysanddetailedanswerexplanations.Bytakingthesepracticetests,youwillbeabletoapplythetest-takingstrategiesyouhavelearned,aswellasidentifyareasinwhichyouhaveimprovedandareasthatstillrequirefurtherstudy.Finally,theLearningResourcesfoundinPartSevenwillserveasaquickreferenceforusefulinformation.Lookheretoquicklyfindfrequentlyusedmathformulas,commonlymisspelledwords,andotherkeystudyresources.Inaddition,youwillfindadirectoryofStateBoardsofNursing.ByusingKaplan’sNursingSchoolEntranceExamsPrep,youaretakinganimportantstepingettingthescoreyouneedtostartasuccessfulnursingcareer.Goodluck!kaptest.com/retail-book-corrections-and-updatesThematerialinthisbookisup-to-dateatthetimeofpublication.However,changesmayhavebeeninstitutedinthetestsafterthisbookwaspublished.
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Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep - Your All-in-One Guide to the Kaplan and HESI Exams (2023) - Page 12 preview imageIfthereareanyimportantlate-breakingdevelopments—orchangesorcorrectionstotheKaplantestpreparationmaterialsinthisbook—wewillpostthatinformationonlineatkaptest.com/publishing.Checktoseeifthereisanyinformationpostedthereregardingthisbook.
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Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep - Your All-in-One Guide to the Kaplan and HESI Exams (2023) - Page 13 preview imageAbouttheTestsINTRODUCTIONCongratulations!Youhavechosentoreadabookthatcouldverywellchangeyourlife.Whenyoutakethenursingschoolentranceexam,youwillfeelconfident,andyouwillbepreparedtoexcel.Youwon’tfaceunwantedsurprises.Intheeyesoftheschoolsyouwanttobeadmittedto,yoursuccessfultestresultsdemonstrateyourrealpotentialforlearning.Theschoolsneedtoknowthatyoupossessbasicmath,science,andverbalskills.It’sawin-winsituationforbothyouandtheschools.Nursingschoolsacrossthecountryuseseveraldifferentteststodeterminewhoisadmittedtotheirprograms.Althoughtheseexamshavedifferentnamesanddifferentformats,theyallaskyoutoverifythesameskills.Inshort,nursingschoolswanttoknowthatyouhavebasicknowledgein3mainsubjects:VerbalandLanguage,Mathematics,andScience.Thetwomostpopularnursingschoolentranceexams,theKaplanNursingAdmissionTestandtheHESIA2exam(shortforHealthEducationSystems,Inc.,AdmissionsAssessment),covermanyofthesameareasbuthavedifferentemphases.Forexample,bothtestsincludequestionsthatassessreadingandwritingskills;however,theHESIA2examhasasectiondevotedspecificallytothetopicofvocabulary,whiletheKaplanexam
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Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep - Your All-in-One Guide to the Kaplan and HESI Exams (2023) - Page 14 preview imagedoesnot.DoesthismeanyoushouldskipmaterialrelatedtovocabularyifyouaretakingtheKaplanexam?No.Butknowingwhichareasarehighlightedoneachtestcanhelpyouconcentrateyourstudiesmoreeffectively.Thisbookusesiconstohelpyouidentifyataglancewhichexameachtopicappearson:[kK]fortheKaplanand(H]fortheHESI.Here’showtheKaplanexambreaksdown,completewiththenumberofquestionsandtheamountoftestingtimeallottedtocompleteeachsection:Section#ofQuestions#ofMinutestoCompleteReadingComprehension2245Writing2145Math2845Science2030Totals91165(2hours45minutes)Here’showtheHESIexambreaksdown,completewiththenumberofquestionsandtheamountoftestingtimeallottedtoeachsection:Section#ofQuestions#ofMinutestoCompleteReadingComprehension4760Vocabulary5050Grammar5050
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Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep - Your All-in-One Guide to the Kaplan and HESI Exams (2023) - Page 15 preview imageMathematics5050Biology2525Chemistry2525AnatomyandPhysiology2525Totals272285(4hours45minutes)TheHESIalsoincludesunscoredquestionstoassessthetesttaker’slearningstyleandpersonalityprofile.Thesearemeanttohelpyouidentifyyourpersonalbeststrategiesforsuccessinanursingprogram.Asyoucansee,theHESIexamisamuchlargertest,withlesstimeallottedperquestion.Butdon’tassumethattheKaplanexamistherefore“easier.”ABOUTTHEREADINGCOMPREHENSIONSECTIONInthissection,youwillreadseveralpassagesandanswerthequestionsthatfolloweachofthem.Allofthequestionsaremultiple-choice,with4answerchoices(A-D).ThePassagesThepassagesinthissectionrangefromfairlylong(upto650words),tomedium(around400words)andshort(around100words).Thepassagetopicsvary,butmanyofthemhaveascience-ornature-basedtheme.
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Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep - Your All-in-One Guide to the Kaplan and HESI Exams (2023) - Page 16 preview imageTheQuestionsThereare5mainquestiontypes:eMainIdeaeAuthorpurposeeDetail®InferenceeVocabulary-in-ContextTolearnmoreaboutthesequestiontypes,refertoChapterThree,ReadingComprehensionReview.ABOUTTHEVOCABULARY,SPELLING,ANDGRAMMARSECTIONAllofthequestionsinthissectionaremultiple-choice,with4answerchoices(A-D).VocabularyQuestionsThesequestionstestyourabilitytounderstandhowtousespecificvocabularyterms.Insomecases,youwillbeaskedtochoosethebestdefinitionforaspecificword;youmightevengettoseethewordbeingusedinasentence,whichcanprovidecontextcluestotheword’smeaning.Inothercases,youwillbeaskedtochoosethebestwordtocompleteasentence.Whatevernursingexamyoutake,youarelikelyto
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