Mary, you do need to organize. but how do we do it? I'm a first year student at the school you are referring to and I have heard some alarming numbers regarding the hesi. of the students who had to retake it Tuesday, how many passed that time? how many total took it on Sunday? do you know exactly how many passed? what we need are some hard, factual numbers; then we need to somehow figure out who to go to or what to do with the information. I am curious to know how many students graduated from the program last year and how many are graduating this year. will you be attending this evening?

if we don't do something now, the incoming sophmore students will go thru the same thing. obviously there is something going on here and the extremely low pass rates of students who have completed the entire program would suggest that either the test not reflective of the material covered, or the material covered is not adequate to pass the test. I'll be interested to hear from you.

My school also requires this and one of the graduating classes that took it last week had only 7 out of 18 people pass it on the first try.  The local hospital was so mad because they had already hired a majority of these people so they called the dean and expressed their displeasure with the test. Hopefully they get rid of it before I take it.   (crossing fingers)

NurseD08 says ...

My school also requires this dreaded test to graduate. We have to get an 880 to pass and just last semester it was a 850. We had a review class for 3 days which was okay.  I still did not pass the Hesi test the first time, so i'm studying for it now to retake in a few weeks. This thing really sucks we only get 3 tries and then your out and no degree for which you have slaved for. If I had some money I would get a lawyer to help fight this but since I had to quit my job to concentrate on nursing school there goes that idea. Well good luck to all who has to take it to graduate...I know your pain.

I must get a score 900 to pass Hesi. Do you Have any tips V2 and V3

I am in the same boat. I failed my exit hesi twice and lost my internship position. So I will be taking my 3rd exit hesi on june 30. Can anyone give me pointers on V3? Pleaseeee I am soo desperate and frustrated. Thanks

Hey all, i just took the HESI for the 3rd this past friday and I passed..My school requires us to get a 950 to graduate.. THe best advice I can give to anyone taking it is to not stress out..You know the material and there's no review class or magic book that's gonna help you pass...you know the information and it's all a matter of applying it..ALL of the questions are fundamentals..no lab values or any of that kind of stuff to memorize...Test taking stratgies is where you need to focus..Make sure you know your  CALCULATIONS which are all easy btw--all dosage...but  they're worth a lot...when you feel your heart rate and blood pressure rising, just STOP for a second and take a deep breath..they give you plenty of time to do it so i suggest you use it..

GOod luck to all of you!! and remember to think positive!!

ps

ABC's, MAslow, Erickson, SAFETY!! SAFETY!! SAFETY!!

Any pointer for Hesi exit V3? Please help.

Ladyyou,

At the community college I attended in NC, HESI was required every semester including the exit exam but it wasn't required that we pass even though it was suppose to be a good indicator if we would pass NCLEX. They wanted us to make 800 on the exit exam,and if you di 4 points were added to your class final exam. Needless to say I didn't get 800, I made a 692.  To me personally, HESI isn't a good indicator if you would pass NCLEX, because I passed NCLEX June 23, with 75 questions. My advice would be to take the test with your 1st instincts and move on. Oh yeah I also had the HESI review book 1st edition. GOOD LUCK 2 ALL! :)   

The score on the HESI is a very good indicator of how well you will do on your state boards. It is required for EKU graduates to graduate and without an 850 you probably will not pass boards. Good Luck do all of the sections in the study guide and take all of the practice tests.

Just use this as your studyguide to review for boards. When you encounter and unknwon think about the best possible answer do not focus on the fact that you have never heard of this!

You will ocntinue to learn every day as a nurse if you are not learning something new then you are dangerous!

My school also requires HESI we need 850 in order to graduate. I am a guy and guys normally do not vent our concerns but I am going to share this with all you because I know all the stress associated with HESI. I graduated from LVN-RN program on May 2009. I took the diagnostic HESI test and I passed I got 910. Therefore, I feel relaxed and I was sure that I was going to pass. Here was my problem do not get too confident always study, I was too confident that I did not study or reviewed enough for my real HESI. A week later I took the real one, and I failed I got 780 I felt like it was the end of the world. After that, our college gave us  1 month in order to study and get prepared to take the HESI again. On May 2009, I took my HESI for the 2nd time and thanks GOD I passed with 910. This is what I did, hope this can help

1. - I read the whole HESI book but slowly trying to understand and assimilate the concepts,but I focused on my weakness.

2. - I practiced test question with the CD Saunders NCLEX-RN (I practiced 1500 questions and I reviewed rationale on all wrong questions)

3. - However, I concentrated on HESI book because I was going to take the HESI not NCLEX.

4. - I tried to relax while I took the HESI, which I found that was not easy especially after failing my first HESI

5. - So, guys concentrate on your HESI book, try to understand the concept if you do not understand something, get a medical dictionary, refer to Med-Surgical textbook , OB/Pediatrics book ot talk to your instructors they are a good resource.

6.- Also, on the Evolve student page, there is a link under quick reference guides, there is a good tutorial about test taking strategies that could help to do good on your HESI.

7.- In addition, the most important thing, guys do not forget to pray, get in touch with God, sometimes we students are so busy with school and our family that we forgot that important part in our life that should be one of our priorities. Go to church, talk to your pastor, priest or minister. But the most important thing, do not forget to talk to God he is a good source get in touch with him, we need his support.

Good look to every body, do not get discouraged my best wishes, and I will be praying for all you guys that are having problems with HESI.  I will be taking my NCLEX-RN exam on July 21 so please pray for me.

 After taking hesi 3 times and still not passing by 23 points, this is what i learned so far - 850 is passing

The  nursing school program that I will be attending at Northwest Shoals Community College requires students to pass the Hesi with an 850 to graduate and you only get three times to take it! I am so nervous about having to take this test.If anyone is in the same boat make me a friend and we can give each other advice and support!

My school also requires the HESI - as i read through each one of everyone's posts i feel your pain and completely understand what you're all going through.  I finished classes in March 09 - still have not passed the HESI, so that means still have not graduated.  The first 2 trys were free - the 3rd try we had to sign up for a review ($75) and then pay our school ($100) just to re-take the hesi, from the first try to now 5 out of 30 have passed.  After we all failed for the 3rd time we had to again sign up for a remediation course ($75) and once again we will have to pay ($100) to retake the hesi for the 4th time and we are required to show proof of 3000 nclex style questions completed.  The first 3 tests were all different versions, does anyone know what the 4th is like? is it completely different again??   I don't  know what to do at this point, we're in the works with a lawyer, but this is really just a big mess.  Any suggestions?

   cdnurse says ...

And this is required to graduate? Do the schools that require this provide the students with prep courses? This sounds like a tremendous amount of pressure to me. Pass all of your classes but you get no degree without this? Sounds like an invitation to a law suit.

I was inspired by your post because I ' m also one of those students that need to pass the HESI in oder to sit for my licensure examination in New Jersey. Actually, today is my third time,  I still didn't get that 900 passing score required. So  I have to repeat a so class called nursing 263  which is a management class that has nothing to do with the HESI. And also spend a 90 hours working one and one with a preceptor in a hospital in their choice, and retake the Hesi again. It's really frustrating.  I feel like my life is on hold. I got a loan to pay my tuition, used tremendous amount of time from my job, and I still can get my degree.  Please help !  

if you feel like you have been mentally abused and put through hell in the last few months then i believe i am from your school.  If half our class can not get a 900, what does that say about the school or for that matter the test itself.  I have talked to many students who have gone down by 100 points in between hesi.  I am pretty sure that anxiety played a big part in this also.  the school we are in contradicts itself all the time.  At pinning the v p gave a speech saying how we are the number 1 nursing school in NJ.  but yet we can't all get 900's. Why do we have to take a class we already passed? MONEY MONEY MONEY.  something has to end this insanity.  in obama's address to the nation he mentioned how universities and colleges need to help out with the economy and lower tuition costs.  here is a perfect example of abuse.  You know what 263 consists of, that will not help us pass hesi but just generate more moeny for the college.  As joel stosel says "give me a break". uhmm anyone know him?  he could bring some light into all of this hesi testing. 

I agree with all of the posts....The concerns that has been expressed by students at my school is the inconsistence of how the HESI is used. For instance when we started the program HESI was 10% of our final grade (but because many of us didn't do well on it and we don't get a second chance, the percentage was dropped to 5%)...then it was 10% (this percentage was mantained) in the next course offered that is suppose to be on NCLEX, then in the third class of like it became 15% (this percentage was also dropped to 10% to avoid a few fails)...but then when we got to the Med-Surg (the main material covered on NCLEX) the exam became 23-24%, NOT OF OUR FINAL GRADE but of our exam grade. There was so much wrong with this: A) this was our first med-surg course B) we pretty much had 2 finals in ONE day...our original final for the course and then 30 min-1 hour later the HESI (this was based on a 8-10 week course of Med-Surg)...think of the mindset people were in. I'm not sure how many of your programs prep you for the HESI but at our school they lecture on the material they have selected and at times students are sitting in the HESI thinking I NEVER learned about this...so there's no prep time for the HESI at all. I've heard many students in Advisors offices complaining, but our school, like most of yours, do not care to listen or make it better. It is sad because there have been people who struggled on the HESI but then aced the NCLEX...when i was rotating I had one nurse who graduated from the same program 2 years earlier who said she went to the next state, took her test and had her license tranferred...I think things were a bit more loose back then, because when I look at that state I don't see she could have gotten by without involving her school. I get that the idea behind the test is to improve students passing rate on the NCLEX and of course to increase the passing rate percentage of that school...but I think with most regulations, each school have taken it into their hands to make it what they want it to be. I mean how is it that another nursing school 15 minutes away with the same degree requirements only have their students taking the HESI at the end of their program but from what I heard a lot of their students do well on this and on the NCLEX....you would think it would be accross the board. I have been trying to contact the head person of HESI for a long time  but never know where to start, i mean who was the brainiac behind this plan...as nurses we work with our hands and yes brains too...it's not ALL about passing test. some people do extremely well in the clinical setting and mediocre in the exam setting. I know; I'm one of them and I don't think I should have some test telling me that I am not capable of being a nurse because I can't take test. What's frustrating is that I can pass a CPR/ACLS or the written part of this type test...but when it comes to these test I freak and my mind goes blank. I CERTAINLY see this becoming a huge problem in the future but it'll take a collaboration of Nursing Students from all over to make a change!