Nursing School Entrance Exams: HESI A2 / NLN PAX-RN / PSB-RN / RNEE / TEAS, 6th Edition (2020)

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Nursing School Entrance Exams
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CONTENTS
1 Introduction
Is This Book for You?
Nurses and What They Do
Is Nursing Right for Me?
Selecting a Nursing Program
Types of Nursing School Programs
Technicians Versus Generalists
Graduate Education
Why Do I Need to Take a Nursing School Entrance Exam?
Getting Into Nursing School
Special Testing Considerations
Financial Assistance
2 Test-Taking Strategies and Your Personalized
Study Plan
Preparing for Your Entrance Exam
Multiple-Choice Test Questions
Test-Taking Strategies
Example Questions

Diagnostic Test
Section 1: Verbal Ability
Section 2: Reading Comprehension
Section 3: Numerical Ability
Section 4: Biology/Chemistry
Section 5: Anatomy and Physiology
Answer Key
Answers Explained
3 Verbal Ability
Enhance What You Already Have
Etymology
Prefixes
Suffixes
Root Words
Medical Terminology
Antonyms and Synonyms
Antonyms Sample Test One
Answer Key
Antonyms Sample Test Two
Answer Key
Synonyms Sample Test One
Answer Key
Synonyms Sample Test Two
Answer Key
Analogies
Verbal Analogy Format

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Verbal Analogy Content
Verbal Analogy Relationship Patterns
Analogies Sample Test One
Answer Key and Answers Explained
Analogies Sample Test Two
Analogies Sample Test Two Answers Explained
4 Reading Comprehension
Questions to Ask Yourself About Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension Sample Test
Answer Key
Answers Explained
5 Numerical Ability
Calculator Use
Basic Arithmetic Review
Whole Numbers
Number Groupings
Order of Operations
Rounding Numbers
Positive and Negative Numbers
Fractions
Decimals
Percentage
Exponents and Powers
Square Roots and Cube Roots

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Simple Statistics
Basic Arithmetic Sample Test
Answer Key and Answers Explained
Algebra Review
Evaluating Algebraic Expressions
Solving Equations with Inverse Operations
Ratios and Proportions
Algebra Sample Test
Answer Key and Answers Explained
Geometry Review
Lines and Points
Geometric Figures
Angles
Circles
Polygons
Pythagorean Theorem
Cubes, Rectangular Solids, and Cylinders
Geometry Sample Test
Answer Key and Answers Explained
Verbal Problem Review
Age Problems
Distance Problems
Ratio and Proportion Problems
Percentage Problems
Sales Problems
Mixture Problems
Tax Problems

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Geometry Problems
Insurance Problems
Investment Problems
Interest Problems
Average Problems
Dosage Problems
Graphs and Charts
Graphs and Charts Sample Test
Answer Key and Answers Explained
Numerical Ability Sample Test
Answer Key and Answers Explained
6 Science
BIOLOGY/CHEMISTRY
Biology
Chemistry
Sample Test
Answer Key and Answers Explained
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
The Cardiovascular, Blood Vessel, and Lymphatic Systems
Sample Test
Answer Key and Answers Explained
The Endocrine System
Sample Test
Answer Key and Answers Explained
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Balance

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Sample Test
Answer Key and Answers Explained
The Gastrointestinal System
Sample Test
Answer Key and Answers Explained
The Hematologic System
Sample Test
Answer Key and Answers Explained
The Immune System
Sample Test
Answer Key and Answers Explained
The Integumentary System
Sample Test
Answer Key and Answers Explained
The Musculoskeletal System
Sample Test
Answer Key and Answers Explained
The Nervous System
Sample Test
Answer Key and Answers Explained
The Renal System
Sample Test
Answer Key and Answers Explained
The Reproductive System
Sample Test
Answer Key and Answers Explained
The Respiratory System

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Introduction 1
IS THIS BOOK FOR YOU?
Are you wondering what might be included on a nursing school entrance
exam, or does the nursing program you’ve applied to require an entrance
exam? If you answered yes to either of these questions, then Nursing School
Entrance Exams is the reference you need.
Nursing school entrance examinations provide associate, diploma, and
baccalaureate nursing programs with specific information relating to an
applicant’s or newly admitted individual’s abilities in content areas that
provide the foundation for nursing courses such as verbal ability, reading
comprehension, numerical or mathematical ability, and life and/or physical
sciences. Nursing school entrance examinations generally use a multiple-
choice format.
Verbal ability includes elements such as vocabulary, antonyms, synonyms,
verbal reasoning, and the use of analogy. Included in verbal ability are
English usage and grammar, spelling, prefixes, suffixes, and root words.
Reading comprehension involves reading sentences, paragraphs, or short
articles and answering questions, interpreting, and/or making inferences
about the literary material. Prior knowledge of the topic is not requisite for
reading comprehension because the examination is asking you to think
logically and make decisions based on the information presented.
Topics for verbal ability and reading comprehension may address
technical or scientific knowledge and/or general, everyday knowledge.
Information may come from discipline-specific vocabulary, English
grammar, history, geography, literature, art and architecture, humanities,
general information, natural sciences, social sciences, and mathematics.
Numerical ability encompasses arithmetic, algebra, and geometry.
Computation and interpretation of word problems, charts, ratios and
proportions, decimals, percentages, and fractions may also be included. Word

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problems, drawn from common life events, may address such areas as sales,
taxation, insurance, distance or travel, geometry, age, mixtures, investments,
interest, and averages.
Life and/or physical sciences sections focus on basic premises of biology,
chemistry, human anatomy, and physiology. Life sciences specifically
address human structure and functioning, development, and genetics.
This book is intended to assist you to prepare or review for a nursing
school entrance examination. This book is not intended to provide sufficient
instruction on any topic in which you have little or no previous experience.
For example, if you have never taken algebra or geometry, it is doubtful that
the algebra and geometry sections found in this book will provide a
background that will enable you to be successful on similar sections of a
nursing school entrance examination.
Nursing School Entrance Exams is not intended to address a specific
nursing school entrance examination. Nursing programs using entrance
exams have a number of examinations from which to choose. These
standardized exams are used nationwide. A brief overview of selected
nursing school entrance examinations is presented in the following table:
Overview of Selected Nursing School Entrance Examinations*

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NURSES AND WHAT THEY DO
So you think you want to be a nurse. Nursing is one of the most gratifying
careers you’ll ever find. But nursing is not what you’ve seen on television or
read about in books. Nursing is hard work, and learning to become a nurse
requires dedication and long hours of study and preparation.
Unlike many disciplines in which the academic curricula has foundation
courses with many related subjected areas, nursing courses usually build on

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one another. Prerequisite courses, such as anatomy and physiology,
chemistry, microbiology, and biology, are the foundation for what you will
learn in your nursing courses, such as medical-surgical nursing,
pharmacology, obstetric nursing, mental health nursing, and community
health nursing.
When enrolling in prerequisite courses, it should be with the intention of
seriously learning information for use as your basic foundation in your
nursing courses. Weaknesses in your prerequisite courses may cause
problems not only in your nursing coursework, but also on your nursing
entrance exam. Remember, nursing courses depend heavily on knowledge
learned in prerequisites.
Today’s nurses work in numerous roles and settings, and opportunities are
virtually unlimited. The following list includes settings in which nurses may
practice:
Hospitals Cruise ships
Clinics Retirement/nursing homes
Doctors’ offices Volunteer organizations
Business/industry Occupational health programs
Community agencies Ambulatory care agencies
Schools Hospices
Nursing schools (higher education) Federal/state agencies
Military Home care
Resorts and summer camps
What a nurse actually does depends upon the scope of the practice setting.
In the majority of institutional or home health settings, nurses provide care to
individuals with chronic, acute physical, and/or mental conditions. What a
nurse does also depends upon the needs of the individual patient. The nurse
may assume total care of a patient who is unable to meet any of his or her
needs or may help only in areas where assistance is needed.
When working with patients, nurses assume a number of roles. In many
cases, these roles overlap and are interdependent in nature. They include:
Caregiver Role model

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Comforter Decision maker
Advocate Case manager
Teacher Communicator
Counselor Researcher
When practicing in these various roles, the nurse works to meet, or helps
the patient meet, hygiene, elimination, safety, nutritional, spiritual, comfort,
activity, sensory, adaptation, and/or mental health needs. The nurse focuses
on assessing, analyzing, planning, and resolving actual or potential health
problems and evaluates the effectiveness of nursing interventions based on
the patient’s responses.
Most people think of nurses as working with individuals on a one-to-one
basis. In the community setting, however, the patient may not be an
individual but a family or group of families, a group of individuals, or an
entire community.
Educational preparation plays an important role in career planning in
nursing. Career opportunities run hand in hand with a nurse’s educational
preparation. Simply put, opportunities for advancement increase as education
increases. For some levels of practice, an associate degree in nursing is
acceptable. For others, a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree, or a doctoral
degree in nursing or education is required. Career opportunities include:
Staff nurse Nurse educator
Home health nurse Nurse researcher
Clinical nurse specialist Nurse consultant
Nurse midwife Nurse anesthetist
Nurse administrator Nurse practitioner
Hospice nurse Public health nurse
Successful completion and graduation from a nursing program does not
allow you to practice as a registered nurse. A registered nurse license is
required. Note that, as per the Texas Board of Nursing, the “new enhanced
licensure compact, or eNLC, is the licensure model that allows registered
nurses (RNs) to have one multistate license, with the privilege to practice in
the home state and in other eNLC states physically, electronically, and/or

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