HESI A2 Reading case studies
HESI A2 Reading · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The HESI A2 Reading section is one of the subject-area tests in the HESI Admission Assessment, a standardized entrance battery used by many nursing and allied-health programs to screen applicants. It is intended for prospective nursing students and others preparing to apply to health-professions programs that require the A2. The HESI A2 Reading case studies are 5 cases and about 3,777 words.
1Main Idea Versus Striking Detail: A Shift-Length Memo
The decision follows a six-month pilot on the fourth-floor telemetry unit, where medication errors fell from 11 to 4 per 1,000 doses administered and staff-reported fatigue scores dropped 22 percent. Overtime hours, however, rose 15 percent during the same period, and two of the unit's most experienced nurses transferred to the emergency department, citing fragmented handoffs between shifts.
727 words, about 4 min2Triage Judgment From a Discharge Instruction Sheet
A triage nurse takes a call using the discharge packet given to a patient after abdominal surgery. Clear or slightly blood-tinged drainage that dries to a thin crust is also expected.
805 words, about 4 min3Two Sources, One Claim: An ED Nurse's Post and a State Bulletin
A nursing student is writing a short paper on seasonal influenza and has collected two sources. We've seen more flu this week than in the entire month of last December, and about half of the sickest patients told me they got the shot.
757 words, about 4 min4Sequence, Cause, and Tone in a Hand-Hygiene Account
Ignaz Semmelweis, a physician on the staff, observed that the physicians' ward also handled autopsies. He proposed that 'cadaveric particles' carried on the hands were causing the deaths.
737 words, about 4 min5Reading a Quality-Improvement Summary: Association or Cause?
The two clinics that did not adopt reminders fell from 18 percent to 17 percent over the same period. During the quarter, the two adopting clinics also began offering two evenings of extended hours each week.
751 words, about 4 min