TEAS is used by Nursing and Allied Health schools to measure the academic preparedness of program candidates. This test consists of 170 questions that cover the subjects: Reading, Math, Science, and English/Language.
More information and details about the TEAS test can be found at this site.
TEAS STUDY GUIDES:
The following are study guides located in the library's collection. TEAS study guides are available at all of the County Campus Learning Resource Centers.
LEARNING EXPRESS LIBRARY
Use Learning Express Library's Health Careers Practice Entrance Tests to prepare for the TEAS.
(Learning Express Library users must register to create personal accounts in order to save their work in progress, store score reports, and revisit any practice tests, tutorials, or eBooks. Registration only requires a valid email address and a password.)
(For off-campus access to the library's databases and other electronic resources, you will be prompted for your P-number and PIN (your six-digit date of birth).
The TEAS reading test section is used to measure and test your reading comprehension. The reading section of TEAS consist of the following 3 subsections.
I. Key Ideas and Details (22 scored questions)
II. Craft and Structure (14 scored questions)
III. The Integration of Knowledge and Ideas (11 scored questions)
(For a more detailed overview of this section, visit this site.)
The TEAS Mathematics test section is used to measure and test your ability to use algebra, to measure, to interpret data and to perform different mathematical operations using numbers. There are 32 questions in this section. The following two subsections of the make up the TEAS Mathematics section.
I. Numbers and Algebra: 23 scored questions
Some of the tasks that you are expected to be able to perform:
II. Measurement and Data: 9 scored questions
Some of the tasks that you are expected to be able to perform:
(For a more detailed overview of this section, visit this site.)
The Science section of TEAS has 53 questions, 6 unscored placed randomly. The 3 subsections that make up the Science section are the following:
I. Human Anatomy and Physiology (32 questions)
The questions in this section cover the following:
II. Life and Physical Sciences (8 questions)
The following is a sampling of the topics covered in the questions for this section:
III. Scientific Reasoning (7 questions)
The questions in this section cover the following topics.
(For a more detailed overview of this section, visit this site.)
The TEAS English and Language Usage test section is used to measure and test your knowledge of spelling, grammar, punctuation, sentence structure and contextual words.
The TEAS English and Language Usage test consist of the following 3 subsections.
I. Conventions of Standard English (9 scored questions)
II. Knowledge of Language (9 scored questions)
III. Vocabulary Acquisition (6 scored questions)
(For a more detailed overview of this section, visit this site.)
HEALTH CAREERS INFORMATION
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DATABASES
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The following are nursing test prep books located in the library.