Pre-Nursing
Pre-nursing exam prep
Most programs in the United States ask for ATI TEAS 7, HESI A2, or both. Nursier treats them as two different maps, not one mixed pile. Pick the exam your school named. Then study that map until the score report looks boring.
Two tickets, two maps
A TEAS 7 score and a HESI A2 score are not interchangeable. If your catalog says TEAS, do not spend November on HESI chemistry. If your catalog says HESI A2, anatomy comes first.
One total score and four section scores. Reading asks for the main idea and evidence. Math covers fractions, ratios, algebra, and measurements you will use in drug calc later. Science is anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and scientific reasoning. English checks grammar, spelling, and word meaning.
Study ATI TEAS 7 →
Anatomy and physiology first, because that is where most students lose points. Then health-care vocabulary, grammar, reading, math, biology, and chemistry. Some schools add a learning profile. Treat extras as extras. Own anatomy and timed math before you worry about the rest.
Study HESI A2 →
Week 1 rebuilds math and reading. Week 2 is science or anatomy, with vocabulary every day. Week 3 is full-length timing and the English or grammar section you have been avoiding. A second attempt without a new plan usually repeats the same misses.
Start the 21-day plan →Programs in Texas, Florida, California, New York, Illinois, Georgia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Michigan use TEAS 7, HESI A2, or both. Cut scores change by school. The work does not: read the question, do the math, name the body system, and finish before the clock does. Nursier does not sell the exam. ATI and Elsevier do, through your school or their official sites.
Exam guides
Your catalog named TEAS 7, HESI A2, or both. Scores are cutoffs, not personality tests. Open the exam the school listed. Do not study the other vendor because a friend did.
Reading is not a literature exam. You find the main idea, follow directions, read a graph, and tell fact from opinion. If you miss reading items, you are often rushing. Slow down for the stem. Then answer.
Math is fractions, decimals, ratios, percent, algebra, and measurement. Nursing later asks you to convert mL and kg. TEAS is the first time many students meet that precision. Do not skip word problems. They are the exam.
Science is human anatomy, physiology, biology, chemistry basics, and scientific reasoning. You do not need a medical degree. You do need organ systems, cells, and the difference between a hypothesis and a conclusion. English is shorter, and students treat it as optional. Grammar still moves the total.
Anatomy and physiology is the gate. Heart, lungs, kidneys, GI, neuro, and the words that name them. Vocabulary is next because the exam uses health-care English, not casual English. Grammar and reading reward students who still edit a sentence.
Math on HESI A2 is basic, but timed. Biology and chemistry show up when your school turns those modules on. Check your admission packet. Do not study a module your school does not score.
Students who retake HESI A2 without a new anatomy plan usually land in the same score band. Change the plan. Name ten structures a day. Then sit a timed set. HESI is a trademark of Elsevier. Nursier is independent.
Pick TEAS 7 or HESI A2, not both, unless your catalog truly names both.
Exam-style items for TEAS 7 sections or HESI A2 modules. Build a custom set around one leak, or mix when you are ready for a readiness check.
Start entrance practice →Short practice sets for fractions, organ systems, main idea, and grammar. Read the explanation, then do another small set the same day. That is how memory lasts through exam week.
Start a review set →Sit a section with the clock. Eat. Use the restroom first. Untimed brilliance is not the exam you paid for. Use mixed timing in week 3, not on day one.
Time a section →
Nursier does not register you for TEAS 7 or HESI A2. ATI registers TEAS. Your school and Elsevier Evolve register HESI A2. Create the official account your packet names, pick a date, and pay the exam fee. Your program may also give you a school code so scores go to the right admissions office.
Check current fees, identification rules, calculator rules, and retake waits on the official site. Those details change. Nursier is practice, not the registration desk. Open TEAS 7 or HESI A2 for the exam in your catalog.
You do not need a perfect morning. You need a repeatable week. Use this whether you are 16 weeks out or 16 days out.
Take one mixed TEAS or HESI set. Write the two sections you missed most. Those sections own the next 21 days.
Math and reading first if they leaked. Anatomy or science second. English or vocab every day for fifteen minutes, not one Sunday binge.
Twice a week, sit a timed section. Eat. Use the restroom first. The clock is a skill. Untimed brilliance is not the exam you paid for.
In week 3, take a full-length set. Review every miss the same day. Sleep. Then sit the real exam with a plan you already practiced.
Schools set the mix. The table below is the usual picture students study against. Always confirm the current catalog before you pay for a seat.
| Exam | What students practice | Usual timing picture |
|---|---|---|
| ATI TEAS 7 | Reading, math, science, English | Four timed sections plus a total score |
| HESI A2 | Anatomy first, then vocab, grammar, math | Modular. The school picks which modules count |
Competitive programs may want a higher band than the minimum in the catalog. Practice until readiness sets sit above the line, not on it.
If you are not sure, use this table. Then open the matching exam.
| ATI TEAS 7 | HESI A2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Who assigns it | Many ADN, BSN, and PN programs | Many programs, often with a school packet |
| Shape | Four fixed sections plus a total | Modular. The school picks the mix |
| Hardest leak for most students | Math timing and science anatomy | Anatomy vocabulary and timed math |
| Register through | ATI and your school | Elsevier Evolve, your school ID, then the test vendor |
| Start here | Study TEAS 7 | Study HESI A2 |
Local schools set TEAS or HESI cut scores. Nursier keeps the review the same: clear English, timed practice, and a plan you can finish while you still have a job.
Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Miami, Orlando, Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, Phoenix, and Las Vegas. Programs here often want a science or anatomy line that matches the total, not a total that hides weak math.
New York City, Buffalo, Boston, Philadelphia, Newark, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. Timed reading practice fits commute hours. Do a section on the train, then review misses at night.
Chicago, Detroit, Columbus, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, St. Louis, and Kansas City. Community colleges and university programs both use TEAS 7 or HESI A2. Confirm the current catalog before you pick a date.
Los Angeles, San Diego, the Bay Area, Portland, Seattle, Denver, and Salt Lake City. Pages stay light so study works on phones and campus Wi-Fi.
International applicants who need a U.S. nursing program can use the same two-exam map. The English is the exam English. Learn the words on the page, then time the section.
These notes show the kind of support Nursier is built to give. Your score still depends on your plan, your practice, and your rest. We do not publish fake pass rates.
Aisha, pre-nursing applicantAtlanta, Georgia“TEAS science looked fine until math pulled the total down. Section sets and same-day review beat another random mixed bank.”
Marcus, PN applicantColumbus, Ohio“I stopped highlighting the whole chapter. I timed reading twice a week and named ten structures a day. The second HESI attempt felt like a different exam.”
Lia, working studentFresno, California“Fifteen minutes of English after a shift is realistic. Grammar was the section I kept skipping. It still counts on TEAS 7.”
How to prepare
Most students do not miss an entrance exam because they are not smart. They miss it because they study in a way that feels busy and still leaves holes. They highlight a whole chapter. They watch six hours of video. They bounce between three apps. Then they sit the exam and freeze on a fraction word problem. Nursier is built around a slower method: diagnose, learn, practice, and remediate.
Search results will offer you more TEAS and HESI books than you can carry. That is not a plan. Pick TEAS 7 if that is the exam in your catalog. Finish a diagnostic. Make a list of five weak topics. Study those until you can explain them to a classmate in plain English. Then add mixed practice. If your school wants HESI A2 instead, leave the TEAS page and open that map. If you truly must sit both, finish TEAS 7 first, then move anatomy-heavy HESI A2 work onto the same calendar.
TEAS reading uses a small set of tasks: main idea, supporting detail, author’s purpose, fact versus opinion, and follow the directions. Math uses “how many,” “what percent,” and unit conversions. Science uses “which structure,” “which process,” and “what does this result support.” HESI A2 uses anatomy names, health-care vocabulary, and timed math. Nursier explanations name that task so you stop treating every item like a memory quiz.
Both exams are timed. If you only practice untimed, test day will feel like a different sport. Use short timed sets during the week. Use a longer mixed set on one weekend morning. Eat. Use the restroom. Practice sitting still. That physical rehearsal is part of exam prep, even though no one puts it on a flashcard.
Heart, lungs, kidneys, GI, neuro, cells, genetics, atoms, pH, and how an experiment is built. These are not the whole curriculum, but they are the leaks that sink science and anatomy scores. Name structures out loud. Draw one pathway. Then do a short set. Ten structures a day beats a four-hour weekend.
Retake rules belong to ATI, Elsevier, and your school. Some programs allow another attempt after a wait. Some count the highest score. Some count the most recent. Read the catalog. Then change the plan. A second attempt with the same mixed cram usually lands in the same band. Repair the two weakest sections for 21 days, then sit again.
Your entrance score is a snapshot, not a prophecy of the nurse you will be. It is still a gate. Remediation is not punishment. If a question feels unfair, write down the idea and keep going. The next item may be the one that shows your true level. Nursier is here to make that process calmer and easier to repeat. We are not ATI. We are not Elsevier.
Buttons, timers, and review flags stay easy to find so you spend energy on the stem, not on the software.
Multiple choice that looks like TEAS and HESI: a passage, a table, a conversion, an organ, a grammar line. Distractors teach common mistakes.
Mixed assessments show whether you are guessing or ready. Use them in week 3, after the leaks are named.
Open a ten-question set on a phone in a waiting room, on a laptop in the library, or on a classroom screen.
Practice covers the facts entrance exams use every day: fractions, body systems, main idea, and clean sentences. Must-know first, extra detail second.
Some students need 12 weeks. Others need 21 days. Mark weak areas and keep moving without guessing what to study next.
No. TEAS 7 reports a total score and four sections. HESI A2 is modular, with anatomy first at many schools. Study the exam your catalog named.
Each school sets its own cut score. Many look at the total and the science score. Check the current catalog. Then practice until your readiness sets sit above that number, not on the line.
Only if your school truly requires both. Otherwise finish one map. Mixed study is how students stay busy and still miss the section that decides admission.
Register through ATI for TEAS 7, or through your school and Elsevier Evolve for HESI A2. Nursier does not sell the exam. Open TEAS 7 or HESI A2 for official links.
Create a Nursier account, pick TEAS 7 or HESI A2, and begin with a short diagnostic.
No. Nursier is independent. TEAS is a trademark of ATI. HESI is a trademark of Elsevier. We are not endorsed by either company.
Retake policies vary by school and by vendor. Read the catalog. Then change the study plan. Repair the two weakest sections for several weeks before you pay for another seat.
If your catalog says TEAS 7, rebuild math if it leaked, then science. If your catalog says HESI A2, anatomy comes first. Do not study a HESI module your school does not score.
Follow the rules for your test date and site. Many sittings provide an on-screen calculator and do not allow a personal one. Practice the math by hand first so a tool does not hide a weak fraction skill.
Yes. Study on phones, tablets, laptops, and classroom screens.
Each page has 15 questions. Five include answers and rationales. HESI A2 anatomy and physiology practice questions, HESI A2 biology practice questions, HESI A2 chemistry practice questions, ATI TEAS 7 English and language usage practice questions, HESI A2 grammar practice questions.
