Taking HESI before finishing Anatomy I & II

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Hello, I am currently a pre-Nursing student. I switched majors from Biology just before the Spring of 2015, so my schedule for finishing the pre-requisites for Nursing school is a bit hectic.

I have to take Anatomy I & II over the Summer, then finish the pre-reqs in the Fall (Oral Communication, Health Alteration, Pharm. Principles), and hopefully start Nursing school in the Spring of 2016. The issue is that in order to apply for Nursing school, I have to take the HESI and submit my application by the end of July. This means I will be taking the HESI right before finishing A&P I. (I checked both online and with the adviser and I can apply before finishing the pre-reqs as long as I am signed up for them).

I bought the HESI Admission Assessment Exam Review 3rd Edition book, and have devised a rough study schedule for the next month. How good is the book at preparing for Anatomy? I plan on using outside resources already, but would like to know how much to utilize them.

Thank you! c:

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I just took the Hesi and I would advise taking AP before taking the Hesi. The guide definitely doesn't cover all bases and I definitely had questions that I learned in AP that I wouldn't have even thought to study on my own.

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I just took the Hesi and I would advise taking AP before taking the Hesi. The guide definitely doesn't cover all bases and I definitely had questions that I learned in AP that I wouldn't have even thought to study on my own.

Thank you, but I don't really have an option. If I postpone the exam, I won't be able to apply for the Spring, and will have to take a semester off from school. :( My test date is less than a week from my A&P I final, so I'll have about half the section formally taught at least.

Looking at the course catalog, A&P II covers"Structure and function of the human body emphasizing blood, growth, development, genetics, and the endocrine, digestive, respiratory, cardiovascular, lymphatic, immune and urogenital systems." I'll probably have to focus on those subjects while doing my HESI studying, and let my regular A&P I class studying fill in the other half. The adviser was pretty confident I would be fine when I spoke to her last, but this might be a stressful semester haha

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Check out khanacademy!

They have lessons on A&P. Watch them alot. I think it would probably take ~12 hours to go through all the videos once. The study guide for bio and AP did not help alot on the exam( I just took it on the 27th).

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check out crash course on youtube!

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I think you'll be okay on the anatomy if you get the HESI A2 study book (published by evolve, you can easily find it on amazon) and study from it. I, too, had to take the exam without having gotten in most of the A&P II stuff, and I did perfectly fine. At my college, the second anatomy is a lot of really in-depth stuff on systems, while the first is like a survey on how the body is put together/works in general. I felt that most of the questions on the HESI entrance were very simple knowledge level type questions and didn't cover nearly the depth that's gotten into with A&P II.

I did get the book, though. I probably could've passed without it, but because of it, not much surprised me on the anatomy section, and the vocabulary part was also a cake walk because I'd studied all the terms.

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I would definitely study the muscles, an the individual systems. Digestive, Cardiovascular, Reproductive systems, Urinary, Blood, and Metabolism.

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Thank you all! I take it tomorrow, eep! My A&P I prepared me pretty well for the Integumentary, Skeletal, Muscular, and Nervous System, as well as the basic functions and organs of each system. I also bought the app HESI A2 pocket prep, which has helped me narrow down the info I still need. Hopefully all goes well :)

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Hello everyone! I just got back from the exam and did pretty well. :)

Reading Comprehension: 94%

Grammar: 96%

Vocabulary: 90%

Biology: 92%

Chemistry: 92%

Anatomy: 64%

Math: 94%

Cumulative: 88.86%

Critical thinking: 860/1000

The school I am applying to doesn't have a minimum score requirement, and only says that to be competitive to score at least an 80% cumulative and 800+ critical thinking. :)

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How did you end up studying for anatomy?

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