Health Educational System Incorporated
Please note that Remote Testing has retired. HESI testing is now offered on all campus,
Warwick, Lincoln Providence. We are now offering HESI testing during the days, evenings
and Saturdays for your convenience. To schedule on campus HESI exam, email [email protected] your name, student ID#, and phone# and a team member will be in contact with you
to schedule an appointment.
HESI is short for Health Educational System Incorporated. HESI a 4-part (web-based)
supervised scored assessment. It is strongly recommended that this test be taken after completion of prerequisite
courses. All sections contain 55 questions and takes approximately 4 hours to complete, testing
is now timed for 4 hours.
The Math section covers basic math skills needed for health care fields, including basic addition,
subtraction, multiplication, fractions, decimals, ratio and proportion, household
measures, and general math facts that are useful, for example, when calculating drug
doses and solutions. (Recommended time: 50 minutes)
The Reading Comprehension section covers scenarios that are not health-related. This section also provides reading
scenarios in order to measure reading comprehension, including: identifying the main
idea, finding meaning of words in context, passage comprehension, making logical inferences,
etc. (Recommended time: 60 minutes)
The Vocabulary and General Knowledge section contains basic vocabulary that is often used in healthcare fields. (Recommended
time: 50 minutes)
The Grammar section contains basic grammar, including parts of speech, important terms and their
uses in grammar and commonly occurring grammatical errors. (Recommended time: 50 minutes)
**Please be advised that the completion of this testing is a mandatory requirement for the CCRI Nursing Program, DMSD Program, and XRAY Program. Students
are limited to two (2) attempts. Students who do not meet the benchmark after the
second attempt can retest after three (3) months from the second attempt.
- HESI Prep Resources
- Testing is by appointment only.
- For students taking the HESI A2 for admission to the RN, PN, XRAY, or Sonography
Programs, there is a $54 fee due prior to testing.
- For students taking the LPN to RN HESI, there is a $66 fee due prior to testing.