Michelle0128
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yeah, lol that was exactly my response! hahaha I'm like the deadline was yesterday! LOL I called and got the same response. CPR, by the way, is BLS. There's no such thing as separate. If someone is offering you CPR without BLS then it's not official from the American Heart Association because it's standard. BLS stands for basic life support and is part of CPR certification Definitely don't waste money and go for BLS and just make sure they are authorized by the AHA to certify you
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Hey, I just got accepted into KBCC nursing program, and by now you should know too - we got our letters yesterday! Hope you got in, but based on your scores, I would say you have, so congratulations! :)
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Unfortunately, you went with the wrong book... while the book for the TEAS 5 has more information, the exam has changed a bit, so there will be things in the book that you either don't need to know anymore or stuff that's missing. My suggestion is to keep the book you have to use as an extra study resource, but also purchase the new version of the book to really know what you should know for the exam. Also, if you can afford it, I highly recommend the 2 official practice exams on the ATI website. It will not only give you an idea of what to expect, it will tell you where you stand. Take it once asap, and then dedicate yourself to studying, and then a week or so before your exam date, take it again. You get to take each practice exam twice. Unfortunately, you will recall some of the questions, so it won't be 100% accurate the second time about what you know vs. don't know, but you'll definitely be able to pick out your strong/weak points and be able to focus your studying better rather than being overwhelmed and not knowing where to even begin. The test is more overwhelming theoretically than it actually is in practice. It truly isn't that horrible of an exam. Think of it as a standard entrance exam one takes to find out if they need remedial courses or are good to go without them. Take it one subject at a time and you'll do fine. Other resources that are good to use are Khan Academy as well as the TEAS Mastery app on your phone for practice questions
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From what I've heard, the only difference between the TEAS 5 and 6 is that earth science was removed from the science section and now the science section includes A&P II. A&P will make up the bulk of the science section, but you'll have a question here and there related to chemistry and general bio. Everything is in the manual, so if you haven't already, purchase the ATI manual for the TEAS 6 and you'll know everything that's on the exam. If it isn't in the book, it's not on the exam. Also, now you are given access to a calculator for the math section. Other than that, it's pretty much the same thing.
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The reading section is truly about getting comfortable with reading a passage, quickly and efficiently, and being able to keep your mind focused on the words and retaining it well enough to either be able to read a question and quickly know where you'd find the answer, remember the information, and be able to analyze a piece of text to come to different conclusions. I'd say the best way to study for this section, besides going through the manual and getting used to the structure of the exam itself, is pick a topic that bores you to death, open websites or news-related sites related to that topic, and just start reading. I say pick something boring because it's easy to pay attention and enjoy reading something that interests you and you will always do better under those conditions, but if let's say you couldn't care less about planets and space-related things (lol), go to NASA's site and start reading things. Although it won't come in the form of reading comprehension, that will get you more comfortable with reading text that isn't interesting to you. You can also do a search for SAT and Reading Regents stuff, which will also prepare you well for reading comprehension. The passages, however, I believe are much longer, so don't stress out over the fact that you'll be faced with the same lengthy texts for the TEAS. The TEAS passages range from 2 very short paragraphs to the longest I experienced was 6 short paragraphs. And when I say short, I really do mean it. It'll be like 3-4 sentences max. But just being able to read text and answer questions is what you need to get good at for this section. Also, if you don't have an extensive vocabulary and sometimes find it hard to figure out the meaning of a word based on the surrounding text, practice that as well. Lastly, my advice is to always skim the questions before reading the text. It'll save you some time because now you have an idea of what you're looking for while reading. Don't read the answers if possible, just the questions, because sometimes reading the answers and knowing you're on a time limit can lead you to now skim the actual text rather than read it because you feel like you should just look for the answer. Not wise imo because sometimes you'll see the answer quickly, but if you had read the text, the next paragraph would have something in there that makes that an incorrect choice. Definitely just practice reading. Again, it's all about being efficient and quick. In every piece of text, there's always filler text to bulk up a passage, so be able to tell when something isn't really relevant and be able to quickly read through it. Good luck! :)
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Don't be intimidated by the math section. Trust me! If you're studying and getting comfortable with the types of questions you'll see on the TEAS, then you'll be absolutely fine. The only thing I'd say to absolutely know going into the exam - literally you can look at it the morning of and be fine lol - is know the formulas for area and circumference of a circle. No matter what type of question you're given with regard to geometry, as long as you know that you'll be okay, but definitely expect one question about a circle whether it's find perimeter or area and be very careful when reading the question because it's easy to read quickly and realize you just added when you needed to multiply lol On my test, I only had one question related to punnett square and it was VERY basic. The punnett square was given to me and I was asked pretty much to pick out what percentage a certain phenotype will show up. I found the practice questions in the manual that were related to the punnett square a lot more challenging and was actually worried about it. Personally, I still don't understand ratios all that well. I haven't taken a general bio class in god knows how long and I don't even remember covering it. I know the basic principles about the punnett square and how it works and I was absolutely fine, so if you know that much or any more than I do, you'll have no issues. That being said, that falls under a general bio question, so if you end up having one, you should really only have one. From what I experienced, the general bio questions will focus more on cells and cell organelles. But if punnett squares is the only thing you're worried about when it comes to science, you have nothing to worry about because even if that's the one thing you'll get wrong, you will do amazing! Worry more about the A&P stuff because most of the questions will be related to that and you don't want to chance messing those up. The reality is you can't know everything about everything unless you've just taken the classes, have nothing else going on in your life that you can spend the entire month 24/7 not just studying, but teaching yourself everything, or have extensive experience with the material through practice or in some other capacity. What you can do though is try to go into the exam thinking of it strategically and planning for okay, if I don't know X, but I know Y, I will be okay in the end. Focus on what's going to make up the bulk, so you have room to mess up on a random question here and there that you may not have mastered the related subject. So, even with A&P, focus on system thats are more critical or at least have more "basic" questions that can come up. I personally didn't focus on the skeletal system (although I had like 2 questions related, but was okay because my professor for A&P I really focused on osteoblasts/osteoclasts lol), whereas I really, really focused on endocrine because hormones control other systems, which then led me to digestive and reproductive systems. Definitely make those connections - it'll just be easier to retain more information in a shorter period of time. Same thing with integumentary. There's just not that many "basic" questions that can be asked about the system. So, know your layers and the types cells you find in them and what they do, as well as know the diff sweat glands, and you're pretty much covered for that system. For digestion, know the pathway and where things get digested and what enzyme is at work. Reproductive and urinary - here honestly just know the structure and function of the organs associated. Based on practice and my actual exam, the questions that will arise are related to where does X occur or what connects X and Y. Keep it really surface level. You may need to know where sperm is produced, but you don't need to know how long it takes for sperm production to occur or how spermatogenesis occurs, but it helps to maybe know what sperm is called before and after puberty just in case because that can be a basic question. Try to put yourself in the shoes of the test maker. I'm pretty much ranting right now, so I'll stop, but I hope you get my point. Know basic facts and basic connections, and don't worry about the tiny details and you'll be perfectly fine for the science section. ?
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If you haven't bought and taken the official practice tests from ATI, I would highly recommend it if you can afford it. It'll give you a true idea of where you stand in terms of the material. Definitely use the manual as a guide for science. It doesn't go truly into detail, so if it mentions something that you don't know that well, do some Googling and read up about it and you can also watch Khan Academy videos, although those go into greater detail than you are expected to know for the TEAS, but it can't hurt to know more For math, just practice, practice, practice. Do as many practice questions as possible, and if you're using a calculator, practice doing only very simple math on it. Don't use a scientific calculator that makes things extra easy. Use your regular phone calculator (don't expand it), which is more like the one you'll have on the exam. Get comfortable turning a sentence into a math equation and solving, but other than that go page by page and make sure you can solve the questions. Like if you open up the page about order of operations and find yourself confused, do a bunch of practice questions. Math is all about practice. The more you do, the more comfortable you will be and the easier it'll get. You can also use YouTube to your advantage since everyone's got little tricks for different types of math problems and some might work for you better than others :) Good luck!
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I'm with you. I felt the reading section was trickier than the study manual and practice tests prepare you for. I too kept going back only to realize that in some cases, I could probably go back and still not find the answer because it was more about thinking about the passage as a whole, which is something I'm not a fan of when I'm being graded! lol To set your mind at ease though about your grade, you honestly did not do THAT bad! It's easy to get tunnel vision on here because most people that are actually posting are posting grades in the mid-80s to high-90s, although some will only say hey, I got a 90-something in one section. So, definitely easy to feel like you did awful. What I can tell you from the batch of people that took the test with me - it was spread out among three days with the three groups applying to the same program - 70s is better than average. Most popular number I heard was a 60-something. Some people got 40s and 50s even. The average national score is like a 60-something, which with my 86 put me in the 96th percentile, so look at the bigger picture to not feel to bummed out about your score. That all being said, as I told the other poster, what it truly comes down to is the program you're applying to. Find out what their lowest acceptance score is and then decide how you do it in relation to it. If your program is asking for a 60, you might have performed well enough. The grade won't follow you the same way a class grade does. When you apply to things in the future, they'll be more concerned about your transcript grades and average, not the TEAS. If you do plan on retaking it, I would go to outside sources for the English section, and I wish I had something good to recommend to use as a resource. I didn't find mometrix helpful. Telling me a verb is an action is telling me (and probably most people) something I already know. I think a better way to prepare for this section, is practice rather than knowing definitions. Maybe by Googling, you might be able to find practice sheets with answers. I think that's best only because as you practice and get things wrong, you can figure out why you thought it was something else and kind of work backwards and understand it better. If I were to take the exam over, that's what I would do. Math honestly is just practicing. If you're uncomfortable with a specific thing - let's say order of operations. Do 100 different practice problems and I promise you by the time you reach the 50th one you'll be flying through them without a mistake. With this section though, it's most important to get used to turning a word problem/sentence into a math equation more than anything. The calculator makes the actual calculations easier. Seriously though, don't be discouraged. While I don't know what your program accepts, I can tell you based on what I've heard, you truly didn't do as bad as you think.
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I wouldn't retake it. An 87.3 is excellent, so don't worry about it. I, like you, set high standards for myself and was disappointed with how I did overall, but the last thing I'd think is to retake it. There's a chance you won't score as high the next time, and even if you scored a little higher, would it truly matter? All that aside, it DOES depend on the program you are applying to. If the program you are applying to has an acceptance score in the 80s, I would retake it to be more competitive and shoot for the 90s. My school's program what I found out recently isn't even looking for a 64 this semester. So many people failed or did poorly that they've lowered their acceptance to a 57.5 for a chance to get one of the seats. It really just depends on the program's acceptance you're trying to get into. If you won't have any issue getting a seat with an 87, then don't bother retaking it since it really won't hurt you in any way. Instead take the time to rest before the semester begins because once it starts, you won't have much "me time."
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Agree with both previous posters! I bought the ATI practice tests A and B - came out to about 100$ after tax - and it was 100% worth it. I found test B to be more challenging than test A, if anyone plans to only buy one version instead of the bundle and wanted the "harder" one. And yeah, math I think changed because of the calculator. They want you to know how to do it more than getting the correct number because they know you'll be using that calculator to do all calculations.
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I got an 86% and fell into the advanced category. I know if you look at "grade explanation" on ATI, it should have a chart you can look at to see which grades fall into which categories :)
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Sorry, been a little busy, so didn't have a chance to respond till now. @nurse_chelle - absolutely! I had roughly 3 weeks to prepare for the exam and studied for about 2 weeks of that time. The last week I was more relaxed about it too, so if you dedicate yourself, you'd have absolutely no issues excelling. Just make sure you go through the manual and know as much as possible before the test. Remember the reality is you do NOT need a 100, and honestly I've never even heard of anyone who has gotten a 100 on the TEAS, so you don't need to know everything about everything. Go in knowing as much as you can though and master the most challenging stuff while brushing on things that are easy. As humans, we tend to study what we already know lol. It's just easier to do it, but study the stuff you hate and the stuff that makes you stressed and uncomfortable. However, don't neglect the stuff you are just aren't 100% at either because of course if you don't use it, you lose it. I hadn't taken A&P for over a semester when I had to study for the TEAS, so I had to go back and brush up on most things, but don't worry. You will be absolutely fine!! Study and practice, practice, practice. The more practice questions you can do and see what you got wrong and why, and then commit those things to memory, you'll be fine @Shawn91111. I saw your post. We scored roughly the same, but our exams were on different difficulty levels I think. My adjusted score (after calculating the breakdown) actually was lower than what I got based on my answers most likely because my exam just had "easier" questions, whereas maybe yours was brought up because you had "harder" questions. I do know they have a test bank filled with an endless amount of questions, so in general I agree that someone should know as much as possible going into the exam because no one really knows what questions will get asked. That was my biggest fear with the science section. I was like for A&P alone, forget chem or anything else, there could be a billion and one questions just for one system! LOL But personally, I didn't find anything too crazy on the exam that if someone went through A&P and spent a little time brushing up on things would find too challenging. I had maybe one or two very specific questions. Everything else was in my opinion (of course that also factors in... 10 people can read the same question and we can all feel it's at a different difficulty level) was very basic things. Knowing where fertilization occurs or the structure and function of the kidneys, knowing the different cells that create and breakdown bone, etc - stuff like that. @WCSU1987.... I had like one question that was microbio-based, but I found it to be more of a common sense question. However, I had finished microbio literally 3 weeks before the exam, so it is possible that I felt it was common sense because of that. Also, don't forget there are some questions that actually don't count towards your grade. I personally think any microbio questions would fall into that group because the manual does not expect people to know microbiology before taking the TEAS. I wouldn't stress too much about microbiology, but don't forget some questions that might seem like a microbio question might actually be a chem question or a general bio question. @mergatonin... First off, good luck and do NOT stress. I know it's easier said than done lol. I've been where you are, and once you're done, it's like a weight has been lifted off your shoulders because at that point you're not fearing what you might get asked haha But seriously, try not to stress. It'll just mess you up on some questions that you probably wouldn't mess up if I had asked you the same question on a random day when you knew you weren't going to be graded on it I had absolutely no earth science questions and you shouldn't either. Earth science was removed from the exam, so if you find that you have one, I'd bank on that being one the questions that doesn't get factored into your grade and is just for ATI to collect statistics. So, don't even waste your time and study for the earth science stuff. Focus on A&P. It WILL make up the bulk of the science section, so if you mess up on a chem question and you know A&P very well, it'll balance out in the end and you'll be fine :) I did not have any physics questions on my exam, but I did have some while practicing. Also, the manual doesn't expect you to know physics. I just completed that class prior to the exam, so all that stuff was fresh in my head and none of it got used. If anything, I had one question that maybe was physics-related in the math section, which really is just basic and anyone who has never taken physics could work through it. It was a question where you had to find the rate of acceleration or something like that, so really nothing crazy, but know the basic basic stuff just in case. Personally, I didn't study physics at all prior to the exam because it's not in the manual, so it wouldn't be on the exam. When you get your grade breakdown after completion, it will actually point out which section you should look at for the questions you got wrong. It doesn't specifically tell you the questions you got wrong, but it'll say review section 3.2, for example, so any question you will be given will be covered in that manual. If it's not even mentioned in the manual, don't worry about it. Really focus on everything in that book.
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Don't stress about the balancing too much. I'm not amazing with it either, but I had no issues. The question was very simple, and my suggestion (and the method I used) is use the answer options to your advantage. You are given 4 options and one IS going to be correct. Just stick the numbers in and check to make sure that you have the same numbers of atoms on both sides. Don't forget to check if you have a subscript and multiply But I promise nothing too crazy. The questions are meant to be able to be solved within a minute, so they won't give you anything that you'll have to sit there calculating something insane. :) Anatomy definitely is basic. Like know the parts of each system and the pathway. So, for digestive, know where food goes from mouth to rectum. Urinary - same thing. Know the path. Same thing with reproductive. I had at least two questions that just asked me how things were connected in terms of pathways. So, if you know the parts and the general/surface level function, you are good to go. And nope, this test will feel like a breeze compared to the NCLEX based on just me doing some searches. I'm hopefully starting clinicals in the March, so I have some time before the stress of that exam haha I'm sure you will be fine... main thing is to just be calm and have as much confidence as possible, which is a good frame of mind to go into any exam. Even people who I know who scored 60s said the exam wasn't hard. Some of them felt crunched for time while others just admitted they weren't prepared enough and if they had dedicated a little more time, they would have been better off. I'm one of those people that even on classroom exams, I'm the first to finish. I don't go back. I don't check or change an answer. If it's wrong, it's wrong lol But for this exam I just used my extra time to double and triple-check and I only changed something if I knew 150% that I was wrong. I only changed one answer because I caught the mistake and was like wow, that would've just been dumb haha I just felt like if I didn't take advantage of the time and just flew through it and ended up with a bad grade, I'd never be able to forgive myself. haha But I'm a calm test taker because I know going into it I either know it or I don't. I don't study the morning of or do any last minute cramming because I truly believe if you don't know it already, you're not going to learn it now lol But this test really isn't that challenging as much as it is about getting lucky. No one can possibly know everything there is to know. We all are better at certain things and bad at others, so just go in and cross your fingers that what you DO know is what will be asked, and of course remind yourself that you studied and you are prepared, so there's no reason to stress :)
