subject: Requirements Necessary To Fulfill After Appearing For The Teas Exam [print this page] Nursing exam is taken by thousands of students annually. The stepping stone to achieve the dream of becoming a qualified nurse is the Teas exam. The teas exam consists of four papers reading, English, mathematics and science. After clearing this exam a candidate is eligible for admission to various popular and recognized nursing schools across US. The Teas exam is the entrance test to Accelerated PreLicensure Bachelor of Science and for Regular Prelicensure in nursing degrees.The Test of Essential Academic Skills tests the competency of the candidates appearing for the exam in terms of their mastery over the above mentioned subjects. There are certain other parameters too which the candidates have to pass in order to become a nurse.Firstly a complete background check is done in order to obtain the credibility of the candidate. This is done to ensure that to check whether the candidate has been convicted for any crime or arrested for drug or alcohol abuse. If any of these things are proved, then the candidate will not be allowed to take admission in any nursing school. Drug screening is done and the aspirant also has to pass a physical examination. This is so because a nurse has to work with people of all ages and with children too. So, the background check should prove that the candidate is not an anti-social element. He or she has to work within the society and behave in an acceptable manner with the people.Other requirements are proof of immunizations from hepatitis B, rubella and varicella. The candidate should also have up to date Tetanus vaccination. A nursing school will also demand a proof of current CPR certificate for adult, child and infant.These requirements need to be fulfilled because a nursing school wants the 'right' candidates in their institution. Here the word right means that the candidate is physically fit and fulfills all the conditions that are considered standard in the nursing schools. Thus, all the candidates should know of these requirements if they are willing to choose a nursing career. This is because a nurse has to work with different kinds of people of the society, thus they should have a good background. Also working in the medical field means that the person should be fit as a fiddle because it requires long number of hours. The person should have the stamina to work in this kind of environment where they need to be on their toes every time. A nurse should have a string presence of mind as the medical field is very demanding and there can be an emergency any time.Apart from passing the teas exam, a nursing candidate should fulfill the above necessary requirements.
