Review Guide for LPN/LVN Pre-Entrance Exam (National League for Nursing Series) [Paperback]

Mary McDonald (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 15, 2000 | ISBN-10: 076371061X | ISBN-13: 978-0763710613

These comprehensive review guides will help those prospective nursing students study for the nursing school pre-entrance exam.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc. (April 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076371061X
• ISBN-13: 978-0763710613
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #355,680 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Better than nothing-- but buy it "used", April 28, 2006

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D. M. Braun "RN and China fan!" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Review Guide for LPN/LVN Pre Entrance Exam, Second Edition (Paperback)

This book was written to help you prepare for the LPN pre-entrance exam, and is divided into Math, Vocabulary, and Science sections. There are plenty of practice questions for each section as well as 3 complete practice tests. Answers are explained. The reviews are very basic and assume you already have a strong background in Math/Science. You may have to supplement the review with other material, as I did, say, for Biology.

Shortcomings:
(1) Many practice questions cover material not reviewed by the book, which was annoying.

(2) There are errors in some of the answers given for the practice questions. For example, the definition and explanation of wave amplitude was factually incorrect. So was the definition of a coverslip.

Good points:
(1) You get to try and answer a wide variety of questions on math and the sciences of Chemisty, Biology, and Physics.

(2) The book gives you somewhat of a guage by which to tell which topics you may need further materials for review.

Bottom line: the book is better than nothing, but if you are thinking of buying one, get a "used" copy and save yourself a few bucks.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank goodness I bought this book!!, April 2, 2008

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A. Poupart (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Review Guide for LPN/LVN Pre Entrance Exam, Second Edition (Paperback)

Just recently decided to change careers and go to nursing school. I haven't been in school for over 10 years and decided to start out with the LPN program (instead of RN) in order to give myself a better foundation since I've never worked in the healthcare industry.
When I found out the topics covered on the LPN pre-entrance exam I freaked out because I had completely forgotten my basic math and science skills, so I decided to buy a review guide.
This is the only book I bought, I read through the review sections several times (verbal once, math twice and science several times) and did all the practice tests. When I got answers wrong on the math sections I went back and practiced those skills some more. When I got answers wrong on the science sections I read the review section again and/or looked up relevant information about the topic online.
I studied about 3 hours a day for about 1 week and just took the exam last night. I found many of the questions quite tricky and the time constraint made me extremely nervous, but I passed. My final score was in the 97th percentile, which is actually much, much better than I expected to receive. I know that if I'd studied the science section a little more thoroughly I would have gotten at least 8 more of the test questions correct since I later found the answers right there in the science review section of the book. Granted, the book does not cover EVERYTHING you will need to know in the science section, but it can't. Some questions you will need to use common sense on and others you will either know or you won't. The book gives you some sample questions regarding basic first aid and health that you should definitely expand on (like I did online).
The bottom line is: I can guarantee you that without this book I would have SURELY failed...no doubt about it, I would have failed miserably! Thank goodness this book was available.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LPN Pre-Exam Study Guide, September 14, 2007

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Mary Wells "future nurse" (Mt Holly, NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Review Guide for LPN/LVN Pre Entrance Exam, Second Edition (Paperback)

This study guide was excellent. The math and algebra preparation was especially useful. The practice tests in the study guide prepared me to take and pass the LPN entrance exam. It would highly recommend this text book to anyone who plans to take any LPN/LVN entrance exam. I purchased three study guides. The LPN/LVN entrance exam prep was the best of the three.