Afraid of entrance exam!

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I haven't scheduled it yet, I'm too scared I'm going to fail it & then all of my dreams of becoming a nurse will be ruined! Any advice? I bought a book off amazon to study from but in the math section it's a bunch of fractions..no algebra which seems weird to me..Ugh! What did you use to study? Thanks.

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Where are you going to nursing school? Or I guess I should ask what test are you taking? The HESI test I took was truly not that hard if you just give yourself a refresher study session :D

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UPMC St.Margaret School of Nursing in Pittsburgh, PA & it's called PSB's Aptitude for Practical Nursing Examination..at least thats what their website says.

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Hmm I've not heard of it I'm sorry. But on the test I took, there was very little algebra. It was mostly made up of fractions and word problems if that helps at all? Good luck!!! You'll do great! :up:

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yeah the book that i bought to study from is basically all fractions. how was the science and english part?

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I didn't think it was too bad...although there some medical terminology in there that if I didn't already work in the medical field I would be a little stumped on..So I thought studying the book was definitely worth it. A lot of the questions on our tests were "Are the words similar, opposite, or of no relation?" That sortof thing. But there were a few like "If the IV is patent, this means it's _____" and then they will say A. Open B. Closed C. Infected....etc etc..

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HESI not too bad ..buy the study guide from MOMETRIX it was WAY better than the one the school offers.

The math is mainly fractions...Math is my WORST subject and I made a 90.

So relax...and PREPARE ...you will do fine!:yeah:

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Yeah Math is definitely my WORST..and somehow I did the best on the math? I had to laugh at little...I thank measuring formula for my son for the measurements part of the test haha. ;)

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I think the part I'm most afraid of is the synonyms & antonyms because the words they use in the book I'm studying from are pretty big ones..& I have no idea *** they mean! I'm not gonna study all of the vocab words cause there will prob only be a few on the test from the school!

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Yeah I understand. I just went with my gut on the ones I didn't know, and kept the "always go with your first answer" saying in my brain the entire time. You will do well! Does your school allow you to retest to get a higher score if you don't do as well as you would like? If it helps at all..our DON was truly the most concerned with math. Anyways...sending good vibes your way!!!

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I took the TEAS exam at steel tech center in west mifflin,pa and tye exam wasn't to hard the hard part for myself was the science. The math had some fractions but not a whole lot, it was mor algebra and statistic word problems then anything. Hope this helps and good luck!

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Hey Ladies,

Well I'm new to this site and still searching/lurking to find where I belong here... Pre-Nursing is where I'm currently at right now waitin to take the TEAS next weeek! A nervous whack would be an understatement describing my mood BUT I'm not stopping. I've taken the HESI A2 and falled the math (which i hate) so now I've moved on to a school who's entrance exam is TEAS.... any help on study tips to be prepared?

School is Dorsey in Madison Heights Mi.....:confused:

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