Kaplan Nursing School Entrance Exams: Your Complete Guide to Getting Into Nursing School (Paperback)

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Product Description
Features:

• 2 complete practice tests with detailed answer explanations
• Diagnostic Exam
• Detailed answer explanaions
• Lessons, review, and practice for math, reading comprehension, and science
• Kaplan's proven test-taking strategies
• Admissions information and resources

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Kaplan Publishing; 2 edition (December 5, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419551256
• ISBN-13: 978-1419551253
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #269,769 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Book is only okay, January 7, 2006

By	FreeSpiritedOne "FreeSpiritedOne" (San Rafael, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kaplan Nursing School Entrance Exams (Paperback)

I bought this book to review for the NET but it is clearly designed to encorporate material for other entrance tests.

The NET includes a very remedial math section and a reading comprehension section. There are also sections on test taking skills, stress handling and group dynamics but those are basically presonality tests, not something you can study for.

This book includes math that is beyond the requirements of the NET which is nice because if you can do the majority of the math in this book you can do the math on the exam. It also includes a reading comprehension section that is also harder than the NET. The vocabulary section in the book if helpful if your verbal skills require some polishing. The science section is a waste of time for the NET (though perhaps useful for other entrance tests).

I didn't know what to expect on the NET test so I studied the entire book since I had heard so many conflicting stories about the test. It worked out well. I scored high, but I did a LOT more work than I needed to.

Good luck!

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Helped me to score well on the NET test, June 11, 2007

By	J. Williams - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Kaplan Nursing School Entrance Exams (Paperback)

I used this book to prepare for my NET test. My composite score was 91. The math review in this book is excellent, though you won't have any need to study all of it. The test covers whole numbers (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division), fractions (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division), percentages (converting fractions to percentrages, etc), and a small number of fairly simple algebra equations. There are 60 math questions on the test, divided fairly equally among whole numbers, fractions, percentages, and algebra. This book includes geometry, which you won't need to study for the NET.

I thought the math would be harder than the reading, but I was wrong. You'll want to use this book to help you brush up on your reading comprehension skills...even if you think you'll ace that part of the test, you may be surprised. You'll have to figure out the main idea or theme of each paragraph, make inferences based on what you've read, and predict outcomes. And you've only got 30 minutes in which to complete the questions. Many of the questions are somewhat tricky.....read carefully!

My school only has reading and math questions, I don't think anyone gets any science questions on the NET, but check with your school first. I didn't have to study any of that section of the book.

All in all, I feel that this book helped me to be confident and prepared for the NET test, and so I did well. I'm glad I found it!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the money, July 16, 2008

By	James J. Weisback (philadelphia pa) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Just finished taking NET,did not need Kaplans book, and neither will you if you prepare properly.Test is not that difficult,bone up on % and decimals and you will be ok with math.Kaplans book is loaded with two much useless information.