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CONTENTS About HESI A2 Scoring the Test Parts of the Test Strategies for Top Scores A2 Training Schedule This guide works well as a companion to McGraw-Hill Educations 3 HESI A2 Practice Tests, or it can stand alone. The goal of the book is to present a review of general skills and concepts that you may find on the test. The A2 Exam is used for admission to certain nursing schools.

It is a product of Evolve Learning Systems, a division of Elsevier Publishing. Different nursing programs require different exams; for example, some schools expect applicants to take the Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS). Other schools give you a variety of entrance exams from which to choose. Still others require the A2 exclusively. To know whether the school or schools of your choice require the A2, visit their websites or call their admissions offices. They may call this particular test the HESI A2 test, the Evolve Reach A2 test, or the Admission Assessment Exam.

Before you begin to study, make sure that you are studying for the correct test. You may need to use McGraw-Hill Educations 5 TEAS Practice Tests or Nursing School Entrance Exams instead. The exam is given at a variety of sites, often at nursing schools or community colleges. The dates of the exam may depend on the application dates for the nursing school where you take the test. Some schools offer the test every few weeks throughout the year. You may also take the exam at one of more than 350 Prometric testing sites around the country.

To register for an exam, set up an account at the https://evolve.elsevier.com website. To take the exam at the nursing school or community college of your choice, log on to that schools website to learn how to sign up for the next available test. To take the exam at a Prometric site, log on to http://www.prometric.com/Elsevier. Plugging in your state, clicking Admission Assessment, and typing your zip code lets you locate the testing site and date that best suit your needs. From there, you may use your confirmation notice to help schedule the test at a time convenient for you. The cost of the test will vary depending on where you take it.

You will pay either the business office of your school or Prometric when you set up your test date. Check with your chosen nursing programs to find out when they need score transcripts. Then work backward from that date to determine when you should take the test. If you take the test at the nursing school that you hope to attend, the date of the test will be designed to mesh with that schools application dates.

The A2 consists of eight academic modules. Not all nursing programs require every module.

If you take the test at a nursing school or community college, the school will probably only test you on the modules that its nursing program requires. For example, some programs do not require any of the science modules. Some require Reading Comprehension and Grammar, but not Vocabulary and General Knowledge. If you wish to send transcripts to several schools, visit their websites to learn which modules they require. Then make sure that the site where you are taking the test offers all of those modules. Your scores may be reported in three waysas a percentage score for each module administered; as a subject-area composite score (for all science modules, for example); and as a composite score (the average score for all the modules you complete).

As soon as you complete your online test, you will receive a printed score report from the proctor. Your testing fee automatically includes the submission of scores to the school where you took the test. If you took the test at a Prometric center, or if you want your transcript sent to additional schools, order transcripts from Elsevier via their website or by calling 1-800-950-2728. Elsevier will charge a processing fee for each transcript sent. Whether your score is acceptable depends on the program to which you are applying. Some nursing programs have specific cut-off points for each module.