Teas Test (Advice-n-Support needed please)

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I am freaking out because I have to take the teas test this week, Im excited but Im also panicking I dont know if Im studying to much or not studying the right material I have the ATI study guide which pretty came out to be basic stuff I just had to brush up on the chemistry. Im great in math, reading, and english its just the chemistry and physics and anatomy thats freaking me out honestly are there really tough questions on chemistry and physics and anything within that nature? Besides my school requires a 40% passing rate to be required to get into the LPN program, is 40% for the whole test in general or each section is graded individually?

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

i don't know what the questions on the test are like, but i can give you a web site for high school chemistry review, and you might find basic physics on there also:

there are online links to all kinds of anatomy websites on post #45 of this sticky thread:

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Honestly, there wasn't a lot of chem and physics on the test I took. Most of the science was general earth science that you learned in high school. Or if you're like me....slept through in high school. LOL

The study guide is pretty dead on. The little diagrams in there with the pyramids and such, pay attention to those. Math was a lot of general life type stuff, interest rates, etc. Very little algebra. Don't spend a lot of time studying anatomy and physiology because there was like one question like that on there. Um....what else? Know how to read the periodic table and how to calculate numbers or protons, neutrons, etc. Honestly, its a lot of common sense stuff.

One thing that needs to be mentioned. Don't spend too much time on any one problem in the math section because you will run out of time. If you find yourself spending more than a couple minutes on a problem, make a note of the problem number, and move on. You can go back at the end of the math section and work that one. You won't have time to check and recheck your answers either. Backsolving is a good time saver if you can do that. Make sure you don't leave any one section until all the answers are done because it won't let you go back. For instance....if you get to the end of the math section, and then move on to science, you can't go back to math later. The Reading and English portions were super easy and they give you tons of time for those. It might seem silly, but brush up on commonly misspelled words. Even if you think you know it, they throw in some tricky ones. It helped me to actually write the word out.

Just take a deep breath when you go in and try to relax. It's not as bad as you think it will be. The science....alot of them are like a little puzzle that you have to put together in your head. You already know the answers. You just have to reason them out and don't second-guess yourself.

On the scoring, our school required that we score a certain percent in each individual section to be consiered for the program. I believe it was 80% in Reading, 70% in English, 60% in Math and 60% in Science.

Good luck!!!

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Thank you so much I found that link to be very helpful.

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Thank you very much your explanation actually lifted a load off of my chest honestly.

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I was wondering when your school requires to pass each section of the test at the 40th percentile, are they requiring that we pass each section with a 40% or higher?

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I was wondering when your school requires to pass each section of the test at the 40th percentile, are they requiring that we pass each section with a 40% or higher?

Yes.

Did you already take your test? How did you do?

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No I have not taken it, Im actually still stirred up with the whole chemistry and physics questions but Im actually scheduled to take the test July 12 Im excited and extra nervous.

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I was wondering when your school requires to pass each section of the test at the 40th percentile, are they requiring that we pass each section with a 40% or higher?

No they mean that your score must be at the same level or higher than 40% of other students that took the test. example: if 40 percent of test takers got 70 in reading then you have to get 70 or better to pass. hope it helps i took mine in Jan worried myself to death and did awsome. just study the book and don't stress. Remember you are your own worst critic :jester:

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