Table of Contents
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How to Use this Book |
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Getting into |
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What is a Nurse? |
1 |
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Is a Nursing Career
Right for You? |
2 |
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Advantages and
Rewards of a Nursing Career |
3 |
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Types of Nursing
Education Programs |
4 |
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Which Program is
Right for You? |
7 |
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The Admissions
Process and How to Apply |
8 |
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Financial Aid for
Nursing Students |
10 |
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All About the Exams |
13 |
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National League for Nursing
Pre-Admission Examination (NLN PAX-RN) |
14 |
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Nurse Entrance Test
(NET) |
17 |
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Test of Essential
Academic Skills (TEAS) |
20 |
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Psychological
Services Bureau (PSB) |
24 |
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Center for Nursing
Education and Testing (C-NET) Pre-Nursing Assessment Test-RN |
26 |
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3 |
Setting Up Your Study Plan |
29 |
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Create a Plan that
is Right for You |
29 |
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Use Time Wisely |
31 |
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Strategies to Raise Your Score |
33 |
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General Test-Taking
Strategies |
33 |
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Tips for Test Day |
35 |
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Diagnostic Test |
37 |
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Section 1. Verbal
Skills |
41 |
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Section 2. Reading
Comprehension |
47 |
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Section 3.
Mathematics |
51 |
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Section 4. Science |
56 |
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Answer Key |
61 |
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Explanations |
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Verbal Ability |
73 |
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Grammar |
74 |
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Sentence Structure |
83 |
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Spelling |
90 |
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Punctuation |
93 |
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Vocabulary |
98 |
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Answers to Verbal
Ability Quizzes |
101 |
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Reading Comprehension |
107 |
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Preparing for
Reading Comprehension |
107 |
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Types of Reading
Comprehension Questions |
109 |
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Test-Taking Tips for
Reading Comprehension |
111 |
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Quizzes and Answers |
111 |
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Mathematical Ability |
133 |
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Integers |
134 |
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Computation |
136 |
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Exponents |
145 |
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Roots |
146 |
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Decimals |
147 |
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Fractions |
149 |
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Percentages |
154 |
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Converting
Fractions, Decimals, and Percents |
154 |
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Mean, Median, and
Mode |
160 |
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Algebra |
161 |
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Charts, Graphs, and
Tables |
167 |
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Geometry |
173 |
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Proportions and
Ratios |
187 |
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Converting English
and Metric Units |
191 |
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Applied Math |
194 |
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Spatial Relations |
198 |
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Solutions |
199 |
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Science Review |
213 |
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Review of Biological Sciences |
213 |
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Cell Structure |
213 |
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Organ System Anatomy |
224 |
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Plants |
242 |
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Mendelian Genetics |
244 |
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Ecology |
246 |
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Diversity of Life |
249 |
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Answers to Biological
Sciences Quizzes |
250 |
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Review of Physical Sciences: Chemistry |
253 |
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Scientific Notation
and the Metric System |
253 |
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Atomic Structure |
254 |
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The Periodic Table |
259 |
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Bonding |
263 |
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Phases of Matter |
266 |
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The Mole |
269 |
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Solutions |
271 |
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Organic Chemistry |
274 |
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Acids and Bases |
277 |
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Answers to Chemistry
Quizzes |
281 |
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Review of Physical Sciences: Physics |
286 |
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Kinematics |
286 |
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Newtonian Mechanics |
287 |
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Work and Energy |
288 |
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Waves |
289 |
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Electricity |
291 |
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Answers to Physics
Quiz |
294 |
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Practice Tests |
295 |
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Verbal Skills Test 1 |
297 |
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Verbal Skills Test 2 |
311 |
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Reading
Comprehension Test 1 |
325 |
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Reading
Comprehension Test 2 |
337 |
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Mathematics Test 1 |
349 |
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Mathematics Test 2 |
361 |
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Science Test 1 |
373 |
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Science Test 2 |
385 |
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Answer Key |
396 |
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Explanations |
400 |
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