Since its' founding in 1880, Elsevier has evolved from a small Dutch publishing house devoted to the promulgation of classical scholarship to an international multimedia publishing company that currently provides over 20,000 titles and products to science and healthcare communities worldwide. The company achieved dramatic growth with its' acquisition of Harcourt, including an educational publishing group with a long and rich medical publishing heritage, courtesy of imprints like Mosby, Saunders, and Churchill Livingstone.

The Elsevier acquisition of Health Education Systems, Inc. (HESI) in January of 2006 provides a significant product line enhancement by incorporating the leading provider of exams that predict how students will perform on the NCLEX examination with the market leading textbooks in nursing education. With its field-tested exams, HESI has been providing the tools to measure student progress throughout the nursing curriculum since 1999.

HESI was founded by Susan Morrison, PhD, RN, a respected nurse educator with over 36 years of experience. It was Susan?s vision to utilize a team of on-staff nurses that are committed to nursing as a valuable and worthwhile profession. The Evolve Reach - Powered by HESI Nursing Team now consists of seven nurses, all dedicated to improving nursing curricula and helping to train nurses more effectively. The Evolve Reach Editorial Board consists of experienced nursing educators, committed to providing the most complete testing and remediation tool available to nursing programs.

Many Partner Schools have assisted in the development of Evolve Reach - Powered by HESI by providing feedback on test content, and helping to improve remediation functionality and ease of use.