Kaplan Entrance Exam! Please Help!

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Hello everyone! I just registered with this website and need some type of guidance. I need to take the Kaplan Nursing Entrance Exam and was wondering.. What book should I study from? What test taking strategies will help? Was it difficult? I simply need feedback, I've been out of school for 2 years now and need to refresh in all subjects. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.:)

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Specializes in Oncology.

I took my Kaplan exam last Friday and I passed it, but I have an opportunity to take it again to get a higher score. The Kaplan entrance book is not worth buying. If you can get it used from amazon that'll be okay. What I did for the science portion was I used my pathophysiology book. The science portion is all about physiology. Know all of your systems and how they work etc. I got some questions where it gave me scenarios about a certain patient and parasympathetic systems. The math has fractions, ratios, and dosing questions. I had like 7 of those which I didn't study for.

The writing section was the hardest for me. It was my worst score. You read a passage and have to decipher which sentence can be taken out, subject verb agreement etc. one thing that I would recommend is to take a break in between. I didn't do this but I will make sure to do so when I retest. Also wear some ear plugs. Sounds can be distracting. I retake my exam august 8th. If you have any other questions, feel free to message me! I too was trying to get more info about it before I took it but there's not that much out there. Good luck!

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Look up my thread on improving on your Kaplan. It will help you tremendously!

copy the link and go to my second post on page 1.

hope this helps, cus I went from a 64% to an 87 in a month and placed in the top 10 of my accepted cohort.

https://allnurses.com/pre-nursing-student/how-improve-kaplan-904402.html

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Specializes in Oncology.

Thank you! I got a 70 and I know that I can do better! I am not too sure how to study for the writing section.

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Thank you both so much!!!

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Thank you! I got a 70 and I know that I can do better! I am not too sure how to study for the writing section.

Good luck when you retest!?

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With Kaplan each school, gets a unique test with the content the school asks for, so no two schools have the same test. I kinda felt like there was nothing to study for (you either know it or your don't kinda information); however, I do not do well on test when I do not know the syntax of the questions or the type of questions, so I purchased the Kaplan Nursing School Entrance Exam book from Amazon, if for nothing else than my peace of mind.

Good luck!

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Specializes in Oncology.
Good luck when you retest!?

Thank you so much! When are you taking your exam? How do you feel about it?

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