Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep - Your All-in-One Guide to the Kaplan and HESI Exams (2023)

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Table of Contents
Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep Tenth Edition
Cover
Kaplan Nursing Series Books
Title Page
Copyright
How to Use This Book
About the Tests
PART ONE: STRATEGIES
Chapter One: Test-Taking and Test Day Strategies
How Nursing School Entrance Exams Are Administered
Strategies for Almost Any Test
Self-Care and Dealing with Stress
Study Timeline for the Kaplan Nursing School Admission
Test
Study Timeline for the HESI A2 Exam
Countdown to Test Day
PART TWO: DIAGNOSTIC QUIZ
Chapter Two: Nursing School Entrance Exams Diagnostic Quiz
Diagnostic Quiz Answer Sheet
Diagnostic Quiz Answer Key
Diagnostic Quiz Answers and Explanations
Interpreting the Results of the Diagnostic Quiz
PART THREE: VERBAL AND LANGUAGE REVIEW
Chapter Three: Reading Comprehension Review
Reading Comprehension Lesson
Sample Questions
Reading Comprehension Strategies
Review Questions
Review Answers
Chapter Four: Vocabulary, Spelling, and Grammar Review
Vocabulary Lesson
Vocabulary Strategies
Spelling Lesson

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Spelling Strategies
Grammar Lesson and Strategies
Review Questions
Review Answers
Chapter Five: Writing Review
Assessing Passage Development
Assessing Paragraph Structure and Logic
“Fixing” Reading Passages
Review Questions
Review Answers
PART FOUR: MATHEMATICS REVIEW
Chapter Six: Mathematics Review
Arithmetic
Algebra
Mathematics Strategies
Review Questions
Review Answers
PART FIVE: SCIENCE REVIEW
Chapter Seven: Biology Review
Building Blocks for the Test
Biology Lesson
Cellular Biology
The Genome and Gene Expression
Cell Structure and Organization
Organismal Biology
Plants
Classical Genetics
Evolution and Diversity
Biology Strategies
Review Questions
Review Answers
Chapter Eight: Anatomy and Physiology Review
Anatomy Lesson
The Role of Electrolytes in the Body
Systems of the Human Body
Human Reproduction and Embryonic Development
Commonly Confused Terms in Anatomy and Physiology

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Review Questions
Review Answers
Chapter Nine: Physical Science Review
Math for Science
Chemistry Lesson
Physics Lesson
Physical Science Strategies
Review Questions
Review Answers
PART SIX: PRACTICE TESTS AND EXPLANATIONS
Taking the Practice Tests
Practice Test One, Kaplan: Answer Sheet
Practice Test One
Answer Key
Answers and Explanations
Practice Test Two, Kaplan: Answer Sheet
Practice Test Two
Answer Key
Answers and Explanations
Practice Test Three, HESI: Answer Sheet
Practice Test Three
Answer Key
Answers and Explanations
Practice Test Four, HESI: Answer Sheet
Practice Test Four
Answer Key
Answers and Explanations
PART SEVEN: LEARNING RESOURCES
Common Word Roots and Prefixes
Frequently Misspelled Words
Words Commonly Confused for One Another
Math in a Nutshell

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How to Use This Book
Congratulations! You’ve taken the first step to prepare yourself for the two
most popular nursing school entrance exams: Kaplan Nursing Admission
Test and the HESI A2. This book contains the information you want and
need to do your best on both exams and get into the school of your choice.
Use the icons beside each topic head to tailor your studies to the exam you
are taking: for the Kaplan and for the HESI.
To get you started, Part One provides important information about each
test and offers practical tips for handling Test Day stress.
Chapter One includes test-taking strategies that will boost your confidence
on this or any test you take. The tips in this chapter show you how to
increase your score. It also includes tips to minimize your stress on Test
Day. Learn the habits that will help you keep cool under any testing
conditions.
Before you start your review, find out exactly what your strengths and
weaknesses are. The 60-question diagnostic quiz in Chapter Two will help
you focus your studies so you don’t waste time reviewing topics you have
already mastered.
Parts Three through Five of this book offer you targeted lessons, strategies,
and review questions. These sections are tailored to the content tested on
the most popular nursing exams: verbal and language content (in Chapters

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Three through Five), mathematics (Chapter Six), and Science
(Chapters Seven through Nine). In short, the lessons and practice in these
sections will prepare you for success.
Once you have learned about the test and reviewed the subjects covered,
you are ready for more practice. Part Six includes two practice tests
modeled on the content of the Kaplan exam and two practice tests
modeled on the content of the HESI A2 exam. Each practice test comes
complete with answer keys and detailed answer explanations. By taking
these practice tests, you will be able to apply the test-taking strategies you
have learned, as well as identify areas in which you have improved and
areas that still require further study.
Finally, the Learning Resources found in Part Seven will serve as a quick
reference for useful information. Look here to quickly find frequently used
math formulas, commonly misspelled words, and other key study
resources. In addition, you will find a directory of State Boards of Nursing.
By using Kaplan’s Nursing School Entrance Exams Prep, you are taking an
important step in getting the score you need to start a successful nursing
career. Good luck!
kaptest.com/retail-book-corrections-and-updates
The material in this book is up-to-date at the time of publication.
However, changes may have been instituted in the tests after this
book was published.

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About the Tests
INTRODUCTION
Congratulations! You have chosen to read a book that could very well
change your life. When you take the nursing school entrance exam, you will
feel confident, and you will be prepared to excel. You won’t face unwanted
surprises.
In the eyes of the schools you want to be admitted to, your successful test
results demonstrate your real potential for learning. The schools need to
know that you possess basic math, science, and verbal skills. It’s a win-win
situation for both you and the schools.
Nursing schools across the country use several different tests to determine
who is admitted to their programs. Although these exams have different
names and different formats, they all ask you to verify the same skills. In
short, nursing schools want to know that you have basic knowledge in 3
main subjects: Verbal and Language, Mathematics, and Science.
The two most popular nursing school entrance exams, the Kaplan Nursing
Admission Test and the HESI A2 exam (short for Health Education Systems,
Inc., Admissions Assessment), cover many of the same areas but have
different emphases. For example, both tests include questions that assess
reading and writing skills; however, the HESI A2 exam has a section
devoted specifically to the topic of vocabulary, while the Kaplan exam

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does not. Does this mean you should skip material related to vocabulary if
you are taking the Kaplan exam? No. But knowing which areas are
highlighted on each test can help you concentrate your studies more
effectively. This book uses icons to help you identify at a glance which
exam each topic appears on: for the Kaplan and for the HESI.
Here’s how the Kaplan exam breaks down, complete with the number of
questions and the amount of testing time allotted to complete each
section:
Section # of Questions # of Minutes to Complete
Reading Comprehension 22 45
Writing 21 45
Math 28 45
Science 20 30
Totals 91 165 (2 hours 45 minutes)
Here’s how the HESI exam breaks down, complete with the number of
questions and the amount of testing time allotted to each section:
Section # of Questions # of Minutes to Complete
Reading Comprehension 47 60
Vocabulary 50 50
Grammar 50 50

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Mathematics 50 50
Biology 25 25
Chemistry 25 25
Anatomy and Physiology 25 25
Totals 272 285 (4 hours 45 minutes)
The HESI also includes unscored questions to assess the test taker’s
learning style and personality profile. These are meant to help you identify
your personal best strategies for success in a nursing program.
As you can see, the HESI exam is a much larger test, with less time allotted
per question. But don’t assume that the Kaplan exam is therefore “easier.”
ABOUT THE READING COMPREHENSION SECTION
In this section, you will read several passages and answer the questions
that follow each of them. All of the questions are multiple-choice, with 4
answer choices (A–D).
The Passages
The passages in this section range from fairly long (up to 650 words), to
medium (around 400 words) and short (around 100 words). The passage
topics vary, but many of them have a science- or nature-based theme.

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The Questions
There are 5 main question types:
To learn more about these question types, refer to Chapter Three, Reading
Comprehension Review.
ABOUT THE VOCABULARY, SPELLING, AND GRAMMAR
SECTION
All of the questions in this section are multiple-choice, with 4 answer
choices (A–D).
Vocabulary Questions
These questions test your ability to understand how to use specific
vocabulary terms. In some cases, you will be asked to choose the best
definition for a specific word; you might even get to see the word being
used in a sentence, which can provide context clues to the word’s
meaning. In other cases, you will be asked to choose the best word to
complete a sentence. Whatever nursing exam you take, you are likely to
Main Idea
Author purpose
Detail
Inference
Vocabulary-in-Context

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