TEAS vs. TABE / NLN PAX???

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Hey. Nori. I took a TABE for worker retraining eligibility, another version of TABE for LPN, and also took PAX and HESI for RN admissions. Another LPN scvhool here uses Wrok Keys, and I don't know wth is on it, lol.

TABE reading and math are straight out of the GED review books. Especially the math. Lots of annoying hand calculations on those tests.

For that LPN exam, there were lots of biology disease / general health / medical condition questions that I relied on my college microbiology to answer. I never had a general biology course.

If you want a general test prep book, I'd say buy the HESI guide because I think it has the hardest questions plus it covers all the bases in one book. See my post that I quoted below for ISBN numbers to order a book. I posted all of that in another thread and I just copy/pasted here.

The TEAS, the HESI, and the PAX are all much more rigouous in science than the LPN's exams. See the books & study guides that I listed below. I think the language skills stuff is pretty equivalent on all of them, except maybe the passages you read for the HESI especially are college level reading skills.

The free web site http://www.testprepreview.com/teas_practice.htm is a great resource for the typical questions that all of those tests ask. Covers all the sections.

Best of luck! :)

(PAX) It's one of those tests where the number or correct answers is what counts. So if you think you won't finish, start marking boxes the rest of the way through to help your chances of getting some extra points.

I took the PAX on Mar 6, so I haven't gotten scores back. But I finished the English and math sections with ease and loads of time to spare. I used all but 5 minutes on the science and that included re-checking my answers.

A few weeks ago I took a HESI exam that was broken into 7 sections: vocabulary, grammar, reading comprehension, math, chemistry, biology, A&P. It took me 2.5 of the allowable 3 hours to complete it, and I did finish the whole test. I thought it much more difficult than the PAX, and I scored a 94.3% composite. No physics on that test.

PAX had a problem about transport of material through cells. Has CO2, H2O, and some N compound (urea?) in the sell and outside. Asks what happens next. I think it was material covered by the urinary system, but I haven't studied that yet.

The math had a figure-out-the angle prob. A set of 2 parallel horizontal lines and one line diagonally interesting them. Gives you one angle and asks what some other angle is. Know triangle geometry and complementary angles from geometry. I had forgotten what that stuff even was, lol.

Both tests had those problems like "Bill paints a house in 2 days, Sally in 5 days, and Ira works twice as slow as Sally. If all work on the same house, how long will it take them to paint it?" See online sites for algebra word problems. Like http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/al...-problems.html

I studied from:

HESI admission assessment book from evolve/reach company, and I think that book pretty well covered the PAX material, too. The language skills stuff in PAX and HESI is almost identical. I relied on the chemistry & science stuff in there, too. I think their book is one of the best out there for the really difficult science & health prep. ISBN 978-1-4160-5635-5 WWW.ELSEVIERHEALTH.COM

TEAS and nursing pretest samples here: http://www.testprepreview.com/teas_practice.htm

http://www.mo-media.com/teas/ TEAS Secrets but what I got out of it that wasn't duplicated elsewhere was test-taking strategies and shortcuts to analyze the questions and cut some time off choosing answers. My years of engineering experience help me loads there, too. :-) If you buy the TEAS Secrets from them, the set of bonuses included 2 practice tests, a list of vocabulary, a handy reference table of muscles, their origins, actions, and insertions (very good to have for A&P. Get a jump start on all that memorization before you take A&P. Know bones names, and their features, too. Memorize, memorize.)

Cliff's TestPrep Nursing School Entrance Exam , ISBN 978-0-7646-5986-0, Wiley a good reference for $16

Cliff'sStudySolver Biology ISBN 0-7645-5842-0. Paid $3.99 for it at some discount outlet store here. Good reference because it covers both plants and animals and I never had any general biology so I had to fake whatever wasn't covered in A&P or Micro in college, lol.

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The TEAS and TABE test for the same skills: Basic academic standing. The scores that you'll receive from these tests reveal what type of general knowledge you have and are not pass/fail. I've taken 2 TABES in the last year (difficult and advanced) and neither were tough what so ever. I can equate these to high school level tests, so brush up on your English and Math if you've been out of school a while. I thought Math would give me a run for my money, but it amounted to fractions, percentages and very basic algebra on the Advanced TABE. I also just took the NLN PAX a few weeks ago and that one was much harder than I anticipated. For a TABE/TEAS study guide I'd recommend a GED-type study guide. For the NLN PAX, I've heard great things about "Review Guide for LPN/LVN Pre-Entrance Exam". Unfortunately I did not use this book to study from...I SHOULD have since the one I used was terrible. The Science portion of the exam was brutal so I would strongly recommend getting re-familiarized with biology and physics for this exam. Good luck to you!