TEAS V Advice

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I am planning on taking the TEAS V sometime in the next week or so. I have been using the ATI study manual for my preparation. I also purchased the two online practice exams. When I take the practice exams from the book, I score over 80% in every section. However, when I do the online practice exams, I tank the science section(54%). I am looking for any advice on how to not get a low score on the science section. Should I be using another study guide? I only need a 50% percent to be considered for the program but, I'd definitely like to do better. Any advice would be helpful.

thank you so much for replying guys but i am freaked out about this test like i have to do good and i am struggling to maintain it i want about a 80 ish on the test and i need it in order to get into my program and i am just feeling like its impossible i feel like like i am getting no where i take it july 15 and would love any feed back particularly on the science part

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I know you guys are trying to make us feel better about the TEAS, but all this Chemistry stuff worries me!! I have never taken a Chemistry class before and every nursing program I have looked at doesn't require Chem as a pre-req...I have talked to nurses who say they don't use Chem at all while in nursing school and of course not while in work!! What is it mostly just Chemistry equations?? And what is the McGraw Hill book. Can ayone help me out with some more info and how I can find and get one??

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I know you guys are trying to make us feel better about the TEAS, but all this Chemistry stuff worries me!! I have never taken a Chemistry class before and every nursing program I have looked at doesn't require Chem as a pre-req...I have talked to nurses who say they don't use Chem at all while in nursing school and of course not while in work!! What is it mostly just Chemistry equations?? And what is the McGraw Hill book. Can ayone help me out with some more info and how I can find and get one??

Hey, don't freak out. I used the ATI prep book and got in the 98% percentile overall. But, I have had a chemistry class in the past year. I did not need it but I took it so that I would feel more comfortable in my organ. chem and A&P classes. My advisor recommended that I do this. I have recommended to others to take a chem 101 class because I think it will help you with other classes.

But, if you can't or don't want to take a chemistry class, look at the science section in the ATI prep book. I think you can find the answers to all the chemistry questions from the exam in that book. The problem is that you have to know what to look for. They do give you periodic table, but if you don't understand the properties of the elements it's hard to know how to answer the question, right? There are no complicated equations, but there was one that required some simple balancing. Again, I think they cover balancing in the book, so if you can learn this concept just from reading the book - then you might do fine.

Also - if you are fairly strong in Bio, A&P and have some middle school physics (kinetic vs. potential energy, etc.) you could be okay. You could still pass the science section if you only missed the chem questions.

My advice - get the ATI book and study the science that you don't know. Use the internet to look up concepts - there are tons of great, simple explanations out there. I suggested on some other thread to use those sites intended for kids. They break the tough concepts down to the elementary level which is what you need if you've really never seen this material before.

Just don't give up and don't worry. the actual test was so much better than the online practice tests. Honestly I had more trouble with all the long math problems b/c it was so time consuming since we couldn't use a calculator.

I am in my mid-40s. If I can do this, so can you! Good luck.

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Hi, It was great information provided by you. Can you tell me books besides ATI study manual. English is my second language. What other books did you refer?

Thanks

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Iam just wondering that the result of practice test form A and B online will affect the actual test. school doesn't use that result rite? anyone know?

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No I'm pretty positive the practice tests have no effect on your overall score.

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ok, thank you very much for your responding.

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I discovered that had ATI not lowered my ‪TEASExam‬ score, because they decided my teas exam was easier, I should have passed with a 71% on the reading section. I kept looking at my reading results, and it did not make any sense that I could have possibly scored 66% since on the divided reading sections I scored a 66% correct, and 73% correct. There are 42 total questions on this exam. So ATI failed me by one question essentially because it is impossible according to their standards to get 100%. You need a 69% to pass at my college, and it costs $55 per exam so I'm feeling a bit raped right now since I just t"failed" my 3rd attempt.

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The TEAS test is a joke. I scored my first time an 86% in reading, 73% in math, 54% in science & a 68% in English; making my overall adjusted score 68%. Now at Keiser where I go, they go by individual subject scores. So when I retook certain sections and compared my scores and it brought something to my attention. If you take a test score x the weighted percent, that would give your score. BUT, ATI "adjusts" it and lowers it. So after recalculating each score above, they were actually 3-4% higher originally. I called ATI to ask for the formula they use to compute the adjusted score but they don't have one. They just adjust it to their liking. To me it seems like this test is a big scam for hopeful nursing students because they know we HAVE to take it and achieve a high score or we won't get picked, and if we don't we pay to retake it EACH time until we actually get a high score and almost EVERY nursing school requires it. My nursing coordinator told me there are 5 versions of each subject. I'm like come on... the lady at ATI told me it's not designed to measure academic ability, that's why students with 4.0's score so poorly on it. I mean, my God, the national average is like a 60%. We can't win... there has to be another way to beat this.

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