Exam guide
What does the HESI A2 look like?
HESI Admission Assessment, for nursing school applicants.
The HESI Admission Assessment is the other entrance exam nursing programs use, alongside the TEAS. It differs in one important way: your program chooses which subjects you sit. Most require math, reading comprehension, vocabulary and grammar, and many add anatomy and physiology. Check your school's own list before you plan your studying.
What each one asks of you, and how much practice QuizNucleus has for it.
Ratios, percentages, unit conversion and the arithmetic behind dosage calculation.
Finding the main idea, drawing conclusions and following an argument through a passage.
Everyday and clinical vocabulary of the kind used on a ward and in a textbook.
Parts of speech, sentence structure and the usage errors that cost marks.
Body systems, their structures and how they keep the body in balance.
Cells, metabolism, genetics and the chemistry of living things.
Atomic structure, bonding, reactions, solutions and the gas laws.
Motion, force, energy and waves, required by fewer programs than the rest.
Both formats, as they appear in practice. QuizNucleus accepts an answer typed in your own words.
Sympathetic stimulation of the kidney promotes release of the enzyme ______, which raises blood pressure.
Answer: renin
Sympathetic fibers stimulate kidney cells to release renin. Renin starts the reaction sequence that produces angiotensin II, which constricts blood vessels and promotes aldosterone release, raising blood pressure. This is one way sympathetic activity contributes to high blood pressure.
Estrogen and progesterone are produced mainly by the ______, the female gonads.
Answer: ovaries
The ovaries are the female gonads. They produce oocytes and function as endocrine organs by secreting estrogen, progesterone, inhibin, and other signals that regulate the reproductive cycle, pregnancy preparation, and secondary sex characteristics.
The same bank covers the HESI A2, MCAT, DAT and OAT, and every topic can be practised on its own.
