HESI A2 Vocabulary tests the words you'll meet in a nursing program and on the ward — health care terms alongside general academic vocabulary. It is one of the most learnable sections, because it rewards steady exposure: flashcards and reading beat cramming. Many items give a word in a sentence and ask for its meaning.
What vocabulary covers on the HESI A2
- Health care and medical vocabulary in context
- General academic vocabulary and word skills
- Using roots, prefixes and suffixes to decode unfamiliar words
- Choosing the meaning that fits the sentence, not just the dictionary
- Common terms that look alike but differ in meaning
Where candidates lose marks
Leaving it to the last week; vocabulary rewards spaced repetition, not cramming.
Picking a word's most common meaning when the sentence calls for another.
Ignoring word parts that would give the meaning away.
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