How to know before taking the teas test
How to score a 95% on the TEAS Exam
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this video i'm going to explain to you how i got a 95 on the teas test and how you can too
in 2021 so if you're trying to be a nurse and get into nursing school this is the video for
you to ac or t's exam because i'm going to tell you exactly how hi my name's jessica and i'm a
second year doctoral student studying nursing practice and on this channel we talk about all
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the tease exam the tease exam is an entry exam in two nursing programs and typically each school has
a minimum grade required for all sections in order to even apply this means if you don't reach those
scores they won't even look at your application and that's why it's so important that we take
this exam and we do well so you can become a nurse and i understand the tease exam can be
very nerve-wracking because you know that you need these minimum scores but that's why i've created
this video to help you guys out so here's what you're going to need to do well on the atit's exam
so the first thing that you're going to need is a study guide these study guides are going to cover
all of the concepts that you need to know for each section i've created my own study guide that you
guys can use but if you'd like to find additional resource that's fine as well you need a good study
guide that is going to go over in detail all of the information that you need to know for each
section of the teas this includes english science math and reading section so the best way to retain
information after you've reviewed the study guide is to use two techniques these are called
active recall and space repetition and these are scientifically proven ways that will help you to
retain information i've created practice problems and flash cards of terms that you need to know for
the teas exams using these you'll be able to retain all of the information that you need to
take the exam these are available through quizlet so you can use the quizlet app on your phone
or on your ipad while you're on the go and you can be able to study these terms to do well
on each additional section and i'll have links to these down below as well additionally i also
recommend getting the ati's practice exam and that is because these exams are on the computer through
the ati website and they are set up exactly like the ati's exams so this way when you go and take
the exam at least you've done the practice exams and you know what to expect you know the setup you
know what the exam is going to look like and you know the type of questions that you're going to be
asked they give you two different exams so you can complete the first one after you've reviewed the
study guide and been doing the practice problems and it will show you what areas you need to focus
more on and then right before taking your t's a week or two before you can take the other practice
exam to kind of look and see what the areas are that you should review right before taking the
exam they're really great because when you get your results it actually breaks each section down
so it will say science anatomy and physiology you scored this much life science you scored this much
so you know if you score low on one of the sections within the science section you know to go
review the study guide for that section which are broken down exactly like the test by certain
sections as well as the quizlet flash cards which are also broken down by sections so go back open
up the life science flash card deck and go through those and start to learn those concepts that
you do better on the exam additionally another resource that is free i've created for you guys
is in ati's science section youtube series so i have a whole series of all the different concepts
that you need to know for the teas exam i've also taken that whole series and combine them into
one long video so if you want to sit and listen to that long video i will link it up above it goes
over all of the concepts you need to know for the science portion of the tease or you can check out
the ati series which i will link here which breaks them up into between two and seven minute blocks
for each particular topic that you need to know so let's go over the different sections so you're
going to get tested on the science section some of you may be nervous about this section because some
of you may not have taken anatomy and physiology i didn't take anatomy and physiology before taking
the teas exam so this was something i can relate to maybe it's just been a while since you've
taken a science course well i have some good news the ati's exam is actually testing you on
high school level science so what this means is you don't need to know all the in-depth concepts
and the pathophysiology of different diseases or the physiology of different organ systems
you just really need to know the basic principles for each organ system so to do this
i would recommend using my study guide to go through each section and then using the
quizlet flashcards to again make sure that you understand those concepts that you need to know
and you can pair that with the video series that i talked about before as well so the anatomy and
physiology section is going to be testing you on cell theory all of the anatomy in the body all
the different organ systems gas exchange process central nervous system peripheral nervous system
muscular system different regions of the brain then there's going to be a life science section
this will talk about macromolecules mendel's law of heredity chromosomes dna atomic structure table
of elements physical and chemical characteristics of substances acid-base balances and chemical
reactions lastly you'll have scientific reasoning which is going to talk about different scientific
measurements and understanding data then there is the math section so on the math section i
actually got 100 it's very i would say easy to get a hundred as long as you study the concepts
and you take the practice exam online through ati they actually are pretty much the exact same
problems that you're going to get on the exam obviously there's different numbers and things
like that but all the same principles you're going to have the basic calculations you're going to
have adding and subtracting dividing multiplying fractions order of operations algebra geometry
converting finding the slope on the graph then you'll also have measurements and data
so interpreting tables evaluating information in tables converting geometry after the math
section you will have a reading section in this section you will have to summarize text
identify topics main ideas supporting details and text follow a given set of directions so they'll
show you a map they'll be like go down this street take a left on this street what's on your right so
you know reading a map you'll have to read memos announcements communications labels bills graphic
information different sequences all of these things the answer is right in front of you
it's just trying to see if you can interpret it then within the reading section you'll also
have what's called craft and structure this is going to be facts first opinions and biases
and stereotypes it will have you recognize structures of text understand the meaning of
words and phrases see the author's purpose and point of view and understand different features
within the text and lastly within the reading section they want to know that you can use
knowledge to understand ideas so what this means is identifying types of sources primary secondary
tertiary make predictions and conclusions related to the text compare and contrast and evaluate an
argument lastly you will have the english and language section and this section for me was the
most challenging because there's only 20 questions which means that every question counts for a lot
more points than within other sections meaning that you have to get less questions wrong to
be able to hit that mark that you need to apply to a nursing school program so this section is
going to be testing you on spelling grammar punctuations analyzing sentence structure
and the eight parts of speech we'll also test you on developing paragraphs and analyzing word parts
you also need to be able to look at a word and understand what it means related to its prefix
suffix or root word all right so i scored 95 on the t's and you can too i we just went over what
the tease is and what you will be tested on in the best strategies in order to do that so if you
really want to do well on the teas this is what you do i'm telling you i'm giving you a set plan
all you need to do is initiate it get the study guide review the study guide make sure that you
feel like you understand all of the things within the study guide if there is something that you
really really don't understand after you've read through the study guide you can use resources like
youtube to go a little bit more in depth so that you can understand but again you only need to
know the basic principles so you don't need to go super in-depth what is in the study guide is
what you need to know once you've reviewed the study guide you then have the option to further
instill those concepts in your mind using the quizlet flash card decks that i've created
the link for those will be down below as well there are hundreds and hundreds of problems within
these decks so you can really pick the section that you want to focus on so you can say science
anatomy and physiology gastrointestinal system over a hundred questions that you can go through
on that system even smaller sections like the english language section are then broken down
just like the t's you can go into knowledge of the english language into the grammar section
and you have a bunch of flashcards that you can also do so they're set up this way so you can
study the flash cards for the areas that you need to focus on the most then once you've completed
this use the atis practice exams online the two tests which will evaluate how they believe that
you're going to do on the teas again when i took these tests one time i scored in 86 and the other
time i believe i actually scored in the 70s and then when i took the tea's i got a 95 so they
are more difficult i i thought um but they give you a good overview of the areas that you should
study before taking the teas exams and where your weaknesses lie and remember that your mindset is
key in taking the teas exam it's a very stressful time because you want to get into nursing school
and you know that you need to gain a minimum grade in order to even get your application looked at
so having a good mindset taking the day off before the exam to relax and de-stress is very important
make sure to get a good night's sleep so the day before the exam i always usually
will wake up early so that by the time it's 9 or 10 at night i'm really tired and that's kind of
a little hack or trick that you can do so that you don't find yourself staying up late
um you know if you wake up late the day before you it might hit 10 11 o'clock and you're not
tired and then you start to panic because you have to get up early to take a test so
just make your life easy and the day before the exam get up at five in the morning so
that when it is 10 pm you are ready to go to bed and remember that the day of the exam to arrive
early don't bring anything into the exam with you except in id i also like to do breathing exercises
before i take a stressful exam i know this sounds a little ridiculous when i say it but it actually
works taking deep belly breaths into your stomach actually stimulates your parasympathetic nervous
system and this actually lowers your blood pressure lowers your heart rate and helps you
really to relax so you can focus on the problems and pulling that knowledge from your brain and
remember you can get a 95 on the teas test as long as you put in the energy time and effort
you can teach yourself anything with practice and determination remember having a growth mindset
knowing you can teach yourself anything is very important let's not have a fixed mindset people
are not born innately intelligent they're just not it is based on life experience and effort
that they've put in and if they've learned to study the correct way so you can learn anything
you can get a 95 on the teas test you can get into nursing school you can do it so i want to wish you
all the best of luck on your nursing journey i am so excited for you and i really really love
people going into the nursing field and that's why i create these videos because i want to be
supportive for future nurses and also just keep in mind if you don't do well your first time you
can take the t's again you are allowed to take it again you're allowed to take different sections
over if maybe you just didn't score well on one section so if you don't do well know that you can
go back and do it again it is not a roadblock in your nursing journey if you want to become
a nurse you can become a nurse you can do it i'm here to support you hope you guys enjoyed
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resources that i've referenced are in the video description so i'll see you guys next time bye
