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Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep - Your All-in-One Guide to the Kaplan and HESI Exams (2023)

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    KAPLAN Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep Tenth Edition Our 80 years’ expertise = Your competitive advantage Your All-in-One Guide to the Kaplan and HESI Exams

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    HESI® is a trademark of Elsevier Inc., which is not affiliated with Kaplan and was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product. This publication is designed to provide accurate information in regard to the subject matter covered as of its publication date, with the understanding that knowledge and best practice constantly evolve. The publisher is not engaged in rendering medical, legal, accounting, or other professional service. If medical or legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. This publication is not intended for use in clinical practice or the delivery of medical care. To the fullest extent of the law, neither the Publisher nor the Editors assume any liability for any injury and/or damage to persons or property arising out of or related to any use of the material contained in this book. © 2023 by Kaplan North America, LLC Published by kaplan North America, LLC dba Kaplan Publishing 1515 West Cypress Creek Road Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309 All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this eBook on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of the publisher. 10 9 87 65 43 21 ISBN: 978-1-5062-9037-9 Kaplan North America, LLC dba Kaplan Publishing books are available at special quantity discounts to use for sales promotions, employee premiums, or educational purposes. For more information or to purchase books, please call the Simon & Schuster special sales department at 866-506-1949. Study.

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    Table of Contents Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep Tenth Edition Cover Kaplan Nursing Series Books Title Page Copyright How to Use This Book About the Tests PART ONE: STRATEGIES Chapter One: Test-Taking and Test Day Strategies How Nursing School Entrance Exams Are Administered Strategies for Almost Any Test Self-Care and Dealing with Stress Study Timeline for the Kaplan Nursing School Admission Test Study Timeline for the HEST A2 Exam Countdown to Test Day PART TWO: DIAGNOSTIC QUIZ Chapter Two: Nursing School Entrance Exams Diagnostic Quiz Diagnostic Quiz Answer Sheet Diagnostic Quiz Answer Key Diagnostic Quiz Answers and Explanations Interpreting the Results of the Diagnostic Quiz PART THREE: VERBAL AND LANGUAGE REVIEW Chapter Three: Reading Comprehension Review Reading Comprehension Lesson Sample Questions Reading Comprehension Strategies Review Questions Review Answers Chapter Four: Vocabulary, Spelling, and Grammar Review Vocabulary Lesson Vocabulary Strategies Spelling Lesson

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    Spelling Strategies Grammar Lesson and Strategies Review Questions Review Answers Chapter Five: Writing Review Assessing Passage Development Assessing Paragraph Structure and Logic “Fixing” Reading Passages Review Questions Review Answers PART FOUR: MATHEMATICS REVIEW Chapter Six: Mathematics Review Arithmetic Algebra Mathematics Strategies Review Questions Review Answers PART FIVE: SCIENCE REVIEW Chapter Seven: Biology Review Building Blocks for the Test Biology Lesson Cellular Biology The Genome and Gene Expression Cell Structure and Organization Organismal Biology Plants Classical Genetics Evolution and Diversity Biology Strategies Review Questions Review Answers Chapter Eight: Anatomy and Physiology Review Anatomy [Lesson The Role of Electrolytes in the Body Systems of the Human Body Human Reproduction and Embryonic Development Commonly Confused Terms in Anatomy and Physiology

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    Review Questions Review Answers Chapter Nine: Physical Science Review Math for Science Chemistry Lesson Physics Lesson Physical Science Strategies Review Questions Review Answers PART SIX: PRACTICE TESTS AND EXPLANATIONS Taking the Practice Tests Practice Test One, Kaplan: Answer Sheet Practice Test One Answer Key Answers and Explanations Practice Test Two, Kaplan: Answer Sheet Practice Test Two Answer Key Answers and Explanations Practice Test Three, HESI: Answer Sheet Practice Test Three Answer Key Answers and Explanations Practice Test Four, HESI: Answer Sheet Practice Test Four Answer Key Answers and Explanations PART SEVEN: LEARNING RESOURCES Common Word Roots and Prefixes Frequently Misspelled Words Words Commonly Confused for One Another Math in a Nutshell

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    How to Use This Book Congratulations! You've taken the first step to prepare yourself for the two most popular nursing school entrance exams: Kaplan Nursing Admission Test and the HESI A2. This book contains the information you want and need to do your best on both exams and get into the school of your choice. Use the icons beside each topic head to tailor your studies to the exam you are taking: for the Kaplan and (H] for the HESI. To get you started, Part One provides important information about each test and offers practical tips for handling Test Day stress. Chapter One includes test-taking strategies that will boost your confidence on this or any test you take. The tips in this chapter show you how to increase your score. It also includes tips to minimize your stress on Test Day. Learn the habits that will help you keep cool under any testing conditions. Before you start your review, find out exactly what your strengths and weaknesses are. The 60-question diagnostic quiz in Chapter Two will help you focus your studies so you don’t waste time reviewing topics you have already mastered. Parts Three through Five of this book offer you targeted lessons, strategies, and review questions. These sections are tailored to the content tested on the most popular nursing exams: verbal and language content (in Chapters

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    Three through Five), mathematics (Chapter Six), and Science (Chapters Seven through Nine). In short, the lessons and practice in these sections will prepare you for success. Once you have learned about the test and reviewed the subjects covered, you are ready for more practice. Part Six includes two practice tests modeled on the content of the Kaplan exam and two practice tests modeled on the content of the HESI A2 exam. Each practice test comes complete with answer keys and detailed answer explanations. By taking these practice tests, you will be able to apply the test-taking strategies you have learned, as well as identify areas in which you have improved and areas that still require further study. Finally, the Learning Resources found in Part Seven will serve as a quick reference for useful information. Look here to quickly find frequently used math formulas, commonly misspelled words, and other key study resources. In addition, you will find a directory of State Boards of Nursing. By using Kaplan’s Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep, you are taking an important step in getting the score you need to start a successful nursing career. Good luck! kaptest.com/retail-book-corrections-and-updates The material in this book is up-to-date at the time of publication. However, changes may have been instituted in the tests after this book was published.

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    If there are any important late-breaking developments—or changes or corrections to the Kaplan test preparation materials in this book—we will post that information online at kaptest.com/publishing. Check to see if there is any information posted there regarding this book.

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    About the Tests INTRODUCTION Congratulations! You have chosen to read a book that could very well change your life. When you take the nursing school entrance exam, you will feel confident, and you will be prepared to excel. You won’t face unwanted surprises. In the eyes of the schools you want to be admitted to, your successful test results demonstrate your real potential for learning. The schools need to know that you possess basic math, science, and verbal skills. It’s a win-win situation for both you and the schools. Nursing schools across the country use several different tests to determine who is admitted to their programs. Although these exams have different names and different formats, they all ask you to verify the same skills. In short, nursing schools want to know that you have basic knowledge in 3 main subjects: Verbal and Language, Mathematics, and Science. The two most popular nursing school entrance exams, the Kaplan Nursing Admission Test and the HESI A2 exam (short for Health Education Systems, Inc., Admissions Assessment), cover many of the same areas but have different emphases. For example, both tests include questions that assess reading and writing skills; however, the HESI A2 exam has a section devoted specifically to the topic of vocabulary, while the Kaplan exam

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    does not. Does this mean you should skip material related to vocabulary if you are taking the Kaplan exam? No. But knowing which areas are highlighted on each test can help you concentrate your studies more effectively. This book uses icons to help you identify at a glance which exam each topic appears on: [kK] for the Kaplan and (H] for the HESI. Here’s how the Kaplan exam breaks down, complete with the number of questions and the amount of testing time allotted to complete each section: Section # of Questions # of Minutes to Complete Reading Comprehension 22 45 Writing 21 45 Math 28 45 Science 20 30 Totals 91 165 (2 hours 45 minutes) Here’s how the HESI exam breaks down, complete with the number of questions and the amount of testing time allotted to each section: Section # of Questions # of Minutes to Complete Reading Comprehension 47 60 Vocabulary 50 50 Grammar 50 50

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    Mathematics 50 50 Biology 25 25 Chemistry 25 25 Anatomy and Physiology 25 25 Totals 272 285 (4 hours 45 minutes) The HESI also includes unscored questions to assess the test taker’s learning style and personality profile. These are meant to help you identify your personal best strategies for success in a nursing program. As you can see, the HESI exam is a much larger test, with less time allotted per question. But don’t assume that the Kaplan exam is therefore “easier.” ABOUT THE READING COMPREHENSION SECTION In this section, you will read several passages and answer the questions that follow each of them. All of the questions are multiple-choice, with 4 answer choices (A-D). The Passages The passages in this section range from fairly long (up to 650 words), to medium (around 400 words) and short (around 100 words). The passage topics vary, but many of them have a science- or nature-based theme.

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    The Questions There are 5 main question types: e Main Idea e Author purpose e Detail ® Inference e Vocabulary-in-Context To learn more about these question types, refer to Chapter Three, Reading Comprehension Review. ABOUT THE VOCABULARY, SPELLING, AND GRAMMAR SECTION All of the questions in this section are multiple-choice, with 4 answer choices (A-D). Vocabulary Questions These questions test your ability to understand how to use specific vocabulary terms. In some cases, you will be asked to choose the best definition for a specific word; you might even get to see the word being used in a sentence, which can provide context clues to the word’s meaning. In other cases, you will be asked to choose the best word to complete a sentence. Whatever nursing exam you take, you are likely to

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