Chapter One: Key Takeaways

CHAPTER ONE: KEY TAKEAWAYS

Here are your key chapter one takeaways:

1. Passing the HESI-A-Two exam is the gateway to beginning your nursing career.

It’s the first step. When you pass this exam, you can be accepted into a nursing program.

2. Once you complete your nursing program, you may have to take the HESI Exit

Exam. The content of that exam is based on your nursing curriculum. It checks your readiness to take the actual licensing exam: the NCLEX.

3. This course is not only to prepare you for the exam itself; I will also inform you about all the practical parts of the exam, such as how to schedule it.

4. Each chapter in this course will begin with a brief introduction before I move on to the chapter content. After that, I will present you with a quiz. I encourage you to take these quizzes to see how much of the content you’ve retained. Quizzes help to provide direction for which areas you need to study more. At the end of each chapter, I will give you a list of takeaways: important points from the chapter that you need to remember. Repeating these key points helps to reinforce them in your memory.

5. At the end of the course, you have a practice exam of one hundred questions.

6. I gave you an overview of what material this course contains. The separate exams for the HESI-A-Two are: Math, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary and

Grammar; Biology, Physics, Anatomy and Physiology, and Chemistry; And finally, the personality profile and learning style assessment.

7. Not all nursing programs require you to take all of these exams. I’ll explain more about that in the next chapter.

8. The Follow Along PDF Manual contains summaries of important course material as well as links to supplemental information. It contains the quizzes and your final exam. Again, use the quizzes to test how much knowledge you’ve retained.

9. When you hear ideas that have been repeated, especially multiple times, take note of them. They are important.

10. Listen to every chapter in this course at least twice, or even more. This puts you in the best position to remember everything you need to know to pass the exam.

That’s all for this introductory chapter. In the next chapter, I will explain everything you need to know about the exam. If you are ready to get started, be sure to have your Follow Along PDF Manual close at hand. Get comfortable, gather all the necessary supplies, and let’s begin!