Watts School of Nursing?

Cathyxis · May 24, 2008

I used the Nursing School and Allied Health Entrance Examinations book, as did most everyone that I have ever talked to about it. Can't say I have ever heard of the other one.

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dreamon · Nov 20, 2008

If 2 or 3 pre reqs are done at another NC community college- will that be taken into consideration when applying?

JMV1129 · Dec 14, 2008

I used the Nursing School and Allied Health Entrance Examinations book, as did most everyone that I have ever talked to about it. Can't say I have ever heard of the other one.
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I'm getting ready to take the entrance exam for Watts. I have the ARCO book. The math in it is alot more than arithmatic. What kind of math is on the test?

JMV1129 · Dec 14, 2008

I'm trying to get into Watts. What is the entrance exam like?

kellmoiselle · Dec 14, 2008

JMV1129,

The entrance exam can be pretty stressful. Study the book they tell you to get (allied health entrance exams). The first part is the academic aptitude portion and you have 90 questions and about 25 minutes to answer then (can't rember the exact time but it's about 20 seconds a question:confused:) 30 are verbal and they are all antonyms. For those I made flash cards of all the words I didn't know and memorized them and it worked like a charm! 30 math questions and you need to make sure you know how to multiply, add, subtract and divide your fractions. Also, be able to change a fraction to a percent and vise versa. Then you have 30 spatial questions, they don't have any practice for those in the books. They are like analogies with shapes. The reading part is kinda tough because you are so burnt out after the first portion and you only have 15 minutes for that. The best advice I can give is work as fast as you can. Answer all the question on the academic aptitude part, even though they say they don't expect you too. I had to retest and went from 33 percentile to 95 percentile all because I was working to slow the first time I took it and the second time I answered all of the questions and did really well. Let me know if you have more questions, I love to help!

JMV1129 · Dec 14, 2008

I'll take any help I can get. I really want to go to Watts. I plan on taking the test in Feb or March. Where did you pick your words for the antomyms from? The ARCO book? Any sugestions for practicing the math? Thanks.

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kellmoiselle · Dec 14, 2008

The antonyms are from the ARCO book, the words are really similar on the test and the flash cards helped so much. I flew through those. For the math I basically studied up on fractions and percentiles, decimals as well. The problems in the book are pretty similar to the ones on the test. I had just forgotten how to do all of those things but once I started practicing it came back. I'm still slow at figuring them out though.

eastcoastlass · Feb 27, 2009

I see there is an "ARCO" book that some have used. What is this book, what does ARCO stand for (or is it the publisher) which edition and who is the author? Has it been a useful tool for studying? Thanks!:wink2:

rnrgrl · Feb 27, 2009

Does anyone know if you need a CPR cert. before starting classes at Watts.

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dreamon · Feb 27, 2009

Anyone study both the Peterson's guide and the Arco guide? Or at least compare them? I am using Peterson's but I am tempted to use both of them...

kellmoiselle · Feb 28, 2009

Nursing School and Allied Health Entrance Exams, is the name of it, by Marion Gooding. I think ARCO is the pulisher and I bought two books, one a little older and one that was the newest edition hopin there might have more practice stuff in it but it was the exact same questions. One edition will do you fine. It was very useful, it helped with the math and antonyms, but there aren't any spatial questions, but personally I don't really think that is something you can prepare for. I'm assuming you are taking the Psychological Services Bureau test?

Lilloman · Feb 28, 2009

rnrgrl,

You need to have a BLS certification before starting the 1st nursing class semester. Best not to do it too soon as you want it to last through your entire tenure and there are only certain ones they accept.