Review Guide For RN Pre-Entrance Exam Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
The Review Guide for NLN-RN Pre-Entrance Exam, Third Edition provides an overview of the math, science, and reading comprehension skills necessary for admission to AD and BS programs in nursing. This best-selling study guide includes review questions and practice exams in each of the three test areas: math, science, and reading comprehension. Also includes helpful tips for test preparation and for becoming a more effective learner and test taker.
Series: Review Guide for RN Pre-Entrance Exam
Paperback: 407 pages
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning; 3 edition (October 8, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0763762717
ISBN-13: 978-0763762711
Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 0.8 x 11 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (395 customer reviews)
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I purchased this book to help study for the NLN pre-nursing exam. This book is an excellent tool for learning about this exam. But the most important factor in determining which study tool to purchase is to remember that most of the information that is included on the CD and in the book is actually on the exam.
Took the NLN on 6/12/2012. Scored 150 (81% verbal, 91% math, 86% science). All relative scores were above the 90th percentile.The usefulness of this review guide is going to vary from person to person. Some people need a refresher in science from 2 years ago; some have not taken it at all. For me, I was somewhat strong in verbal, very strong in math, and weak in science before reviewing. This guide will let you know what you have to study. I read every word of the guide, did every practice problem, and completed every test (By the way, the CD included with the guide are the exact same questions in the book. You are not getting anything extra with the CD). When I took the test, there were no surprises in terms of structure. The practice tests in the guide (when used under a time limit) mimic the actual test environment. This is good because you can save time simply starting the problems instead of reading the instructions. I ran right to the end of the clock in the math section because most of the problems were very wordy and time consuming (but not necessarily difficult).Verbal: Vocabulary and reading comprehension. The review guide will allow you practice picking out important information while reading the passages and managing time. It also highlights common questions (ex. What is the main topic? What is the best title for this passage? What can you infer from the author?). The vocabulary section will not help you that much. You will have to depend on your years of reading, schooling, media, etc if you want to nail the more complex words. Learning roots and suffixes helps marginally.Math: Easiest section. You learn the formulas and procedures and you can answer any question, just check your arithmetic (test takers tend to rush and make small mistakes in adding or subtracting). No need to study anything else.Science: The book helped the most in this section. While it reviews many many topics that will be on the test, you will run across problems that the book did not explicitly cover. For example, the book covers general information about electricity and magnetism, but my test included a quantitative problem regarding Coulomb's Law (which is a little more advanced than what the book gives you). If you're looking to perfect your scores, you will want to study each topic presented in the guide in more depth on your own. I took Anatomy/Physiology and Microbiology prior to taking the test and they helped me answer many fundamental questions.Overall a very good review guide. The most important part was that it shakes the nerves when you actually take the test. If you do every practice exam understand time constraints, it will allow you to feel comfortable with the exam structure come test day. Taking a test not knowing what kind of test you are taking is half the stress. Good luck!
This book has 3 things it covers, reading comprehension, math and science.I would rate the math and science as 5 star and reading comprehension at 4 or so. It has lots of practice questions. I think 4 tests on just math, 4 on just science and 4 on reading then the 3 complete practice tests that cover everything in the book. The math covers about anything you can think of and explains how to do it also. Fractions, decimals, some geometry and algebra etc..The science is also nice, a lot of facts on biology, chemistry and physics. Probably everything you need to know to get into the lpn course.Reading comprehension is ok, but no explanations on why the answer they have is the right one. It is up to you to figure it out when some questions seem to have more than one answer.It also has a good bit of verbal ability questions mixed in with the reading comprehension part, for example something like:'They had an impromptu meeting today. Impromptu means' and then gives 4 multiple choice answers.I only gave it 4 stars because from what I hear, there are things on the entrance exam thats not covered at all by the book.There is no section for spelling which is on the test. It would be nice if it had a section for frequently misspelled words such as:accomplish or acommplish, satelite or satellite, acomodations, accomodations etc...It was written supposedly by the national league of nurses so they shoud have an idea of the words that will be on the tests. At least some of them.Also nothing at all about the pattern recognition section of the test (what comes next in this series) type questions. Not even a mention.They could of at least put a few tests to let you get some practice on how to look for patterns or something.If you just need to brush up on math or your biology/science (which is really what i needed the most) this is a great book.
This is a fine study guide but it is not perfect. First of all, this Jones and Bartlett SG is endorsed by the NLN so it supposedly covers all of the areas covered on the actual test. I took the test this morning and I am going to say that you will need a little more than this to be fully prepared. After I tell you that there are very few questions that are repeated on the test from the study guide, let's start with the major point:The science section does not quite prepare you for what is covered.You should review any textbooks or information covering all of the different science disciplines covered on this section. This SG will prepare you to score about 75 to 85% on the science. You will see a few areas that are not covered in the SG. Crack open a few textbooks, and I think that you will do fine.The math section will prepare you well. Do every problem that is available and you will do fine.The reading section is difficult to prepare for.The questions in this SG are not repeated on the test (for the most part). The math section is probably the most valuable, and if you can answer the math on the SG you will do fine on the test. The vocabulary is not repeated on the test, but if you can answer question at the same level as the SG, then you will do well on the test.Don't try to get away with minimal study time, be prepared, be prepared, be prepared!
Please be aware that the CD is for Windows ONLY! So if you own a MAC you will not be able to access this CD.
THIS BOOK WAS VERY INFORMATIVE AND IT GAVE ME THE AMMO I NEEDED TO PASS THE EXAM! THANK YOU !!!!:)
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