How I Studied for the TEAS

This is a breakdown I did of all the important topics I see in the book. I WILL NOT POST TEST QUESTIONS. I hope this helps someone. Nursing Students TEAS Article

I also posted my study "techniques" and websites that might be helpful if you do not have the ATI book or any book for that matter. I guess any book will do as long as you study what is below. I still suggest getting it if you can. Whatever works.

Science

  • General heart anatomy: follow blood flow through the heart in order, and know if the blood is oxygenated or not, know the valves
  • General vascular anatomy(veins, arteries, etc)
  • Respiratory System: general functions and structure
  • Nervous System: Know the subcategories, their functions, and know the anatomy of a neuron and the synapse WELL
  • Digestive System: Just follow a bolus down to the orifice and know generally what is happening to it. Like where the digestion of fat occurs first and where the absorption of water occurs, etc.
  • Immune System: Cell-mediated immunity, Humoral immunity; interferons; know the response to inflammation
  • General Biology: taxonomy(King Phillp Came Over For Granny's Soup); purines and pyrimidines; DNA functions; RNA functions; Transcription & translation; Cellular Organelles: mitochondria, ribosomes, rough/smooth ER, etc etc and their functions; Know plant cells too!!!!! ; prokaryotes vs eukaryotes; mitosis and meiosis stages: know their outcomes; mutations; punnet squares & alleles; difference between protozoa, bacteria, viruses, algae, and helminths AND their basic components(like what do they eat? how to they reproduce?)
  • Chemistry: Again, know your heterotrophs and autotrophs... who uses cellular respiration and whatnot; mass numbers and atomic weights; know what isotopes are, how to find the number of protons in them; know what catalysts are... what decomposition and synthesis reactions are; chemical bonds; know which elements are your metals PLEASE!; acids and bases... know which accept protons and know the logarithmic scale; balancing chemical equations.

English & Language Usage

  • Parts of Speech: Subject, verbs, article, pronouns, adverbs, adjectives, etc. They'll make you read sentences and know which word is what.
  • First person, second person, third person verbs, pronouns, in singular and plural forms.
  • Active and Passive voice
  • Context Clues: Synonyms and Antonyms; Compare and contrast
  • Know common prefixes like un-, re-, in-, and dis-.
  • Know common suffixes like -ia, -ic, -ism, -ology, etc.
  • Know common root words like geo, cardio, ped, ortho, bio, psych, etc.
  • Know commonly misspelled words and common homophones.

Math

  • Add, subtract, multiply, divide decimals and fractions (lots of paycheck, rent, and menu questions)
  • Add, subtract, multiply, divide mixed numbers
  • Convert decimals, percents, and fractions
  • The probability of something occurring
  • Dependent & independent variables... can you find which is which in a word problem?
  • Read charts, graphs, tables etc.
  • Know to find the LCD
  • Order of operations & FOIL
  • Solving for x
  • Roman numerals to Arabic numerals... M=1000 D=500 C=100 L=50 X=10 V=5 and I=1.
  • So they can ask you what's 2011 in Roman numerals and you'd choose MMXI.
  • Know PERIMETER because there appear to be lots of "fencing" word problems.

Reading

  • Know more or less how to read nutrition labels & recipes
  • Be able to read directions clearly
  • Be able to identify the summary of a short story.
  • Read movie times, schedules, and invitation letters.
  • Be able to read line graphs, temperature, simple maps, and blood pressure screens
    • Can you find the main idea of an essay, letter, or story?
    • Can you find the supporting details?
    • Can you tell if the writer is trying to explain, entertain, or persuade?(Author's purpose)
    • Can you identify the different supporting details in each paragraph?

How I Study

I take test #1 for each separate section to know where to focus my study.

I use the ATI book and underline the important keywords, directions, or numbers. I look over EACH answer even if I think I know the answer. NEVER think you know because there might be another answer better than the one you chose!

If I think I need more practice, I use websites online. I will go over the ATI notes again, do all the practice questions, and will take the second test for the section (let's say, math). If I don't get AT LEAST 15 points higher, I'll do it all over again, going over similar questions online.

Resources

Science:

Math:

English, Reading, etc.

Yes know one has one near me

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have you asked if they could set up a paypal so you can pay for them to ship it to you? maybe to a PO Box??

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Are you taking the TEAS on a computer?

I think the TEAS V paper version is much easier (the science portion) than the computer version. My friends' who took it on the computer said that many of the questions were random while I found the paper version to be consistent with the ATI study guide

The practice tests are harder than the real test so if you study what you got wrong on the practice tests ( easier to do with ATI manual) and understand those concepts you should do fine.

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I just wanted to say I got the teas v book last night :) I've been reviewing it and found it to be very similar to the McGraw hill book.I also have the secrets to the teas someone emailed me and that's pretty helpful also.

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For anyone that's taken the ati manual practice test what did you get on the science? I got 17wrong out of 48

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Hello everyone!

I am getting ready to take the TEAS test in December and this is a question for people who have already taken the actual TEAS test: What version of the practice test did you find was the closest copy of the real test?

Whenever I take the online practice test, I do poorly but when I take the ATI study guide book version of the test, I do fairly well. So I just want to see what you guys think when it comes to the accuracy and relevance of the online and book practice tests.

Thanks :)

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Thanks..simply superb!

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Hello everyone!

I am getting ready to take the TEAS test in December and this is a question for people who have already taken the actual TEAS test: What version of the practice test did you find was the closest copy of the real test?

Whenever I take the online practice test, I do poorly but when I take the ATI study guide book version of the test, I do fairly well. So I just want to see what you guys think when it comes to the accuracy and relevance of the online and book practice tests.

Thanks :)

Hi margritamix,

I only used the ATI study guide book version of the test and the actual test was very similiar. Although questions were not identically drawn word from word from the study guide book on the ATI test, about 95% is the same content or concepts that are presented on the actual exam. I didn't buy either of the practice tests online (cause to me they are kind of expensive) and the book already gives you two practice ones, I thought that was enough for me to get an idea of how the actual test was. I studied a week before the exam and scored a 76%, then retook it and got a 88.7%. The online tests provide you with areas of improvement which can be helpful, but based on the practice exams from the book I could already tell which areas I needed to go over. Hope this helped :)

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Hi margritamix,

I only used the ATI study guide book version of the test and the actual test was very similiar. Although questions were not identically drawn word from word from the study guide book on the ATI test, about 95% is the same content or concepts that are presented on the actual exam. I didn't buy either of the practice tests online (cause to me they are kind of expensive) and the book already gives you two practice ones, I thought that was enough for me to get an idea of how the actual test was. I studied a week before the exam and scored a 76%, then retook it and got a 88.7%. The online tests provide you with areas of improvement which can be helpful, but based on the practice exams from the book I could already tell which areas I needed to go over. Hope this helped :)

did you take the computer version?

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did you take the computer version?

I took the paper pencil version twice.

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Thanks a lot ST1004!

One last question: when you took the actual tests both times, did you think that the study guide appropriately prepared you for the actual tests? I am just concerned that there are some things that we may be tested on that was not published on the official study guide, for example I am hearing from other people that there are geology and rock formation questions on the real test. I feel that the ATI company would be very unfair if they will test us on such things that are not found in the study guide and not even NURSING related!

I sure hope this is not the case :eek:

Thanks so much! :)

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For those who say it was a lot of chemistry on their exam, what kind of chemistry questions were on there? The ATI study guide does not really go that deep into chemistry.

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