Exciting News!!!!!!!!

[peaceful2100]

I just took one of the hardest tests of my life. I took the HESI exam. For those who don't know what HESI is I will explain it real quick. Hesi stands for a company called Health educated systems incorporated which creates comprehensive exams for each individual school that pays them base on the school curriculum. The school gives the exam and HESI has set guidelines for scoring. Hesi recommends that you score a BARE minimum of 85 probability each individual school can decide whether they want to offer points for the test or not. I have heard that some schools don't offer points but some do. At my school we have an all or nothing rule. Either you get 85 and above and you get your 25 points or if you get anything below an 85 even an 84.9 you get 0 points. The test is set up to give an estimate of how well you will do on NCLEX.

In case you have not been able to tell by now I passed!!!!!!!!

So now it looks like I get to keep my B in the class afterall. I have the final left but I would have to do REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY bad on the final not to keep that B. This is such encouraging news especially after my last two classroom tests where I failed both of them. The first four tests I did really well on, however those last 2 tests kicked my butt but I did really well on the HESI test today on the sections that I did fail. However, my highest scoring section in the class which was pysch I did average on the HESI. That may sound weird but I did not focus a lot on psych I focused on the sections that I did bad on during the semester. I did not have a lot of time to focus on EVERYTHING.

Well, anyway I just have to share my news and this really brings me joy knowing that I do know more than what I think I know and that I am really capable of anything I set my mind to. I really believed in myself. I was very anxious and was pacing a lot but I believe in myself and you all have been great because you gave me motivation and encouragement with during the hard times.

ALL OF US can do it and we will make it. I know have one week left for this semester and then I will be moving right on into my LAST and FINAL semester!!!!!!!!!!!!:roll :roll :roll

[katieRNlove]

Vsummer1 I totally agree with you. The students that i know that had to ratake the test said that they did not feel any better after the remedial course and that even though they passed the hesi the second time they did not feel any better about there problem areas!!

[live4today, RN]

Congratulations Tonya on passing the HESI!!! You are almost done, girlfriend! Thumbs up to ya! :balloons:

[peaceful2100, BSN, RN]

Vsummer, I agree about the curriculum part. I think the school does need to seriously look into their curriculum it has some serious flaws in it.

[Vsummer1]

Originally posted by peaceful2100

Vsummer, I agree about the curriculum part. I think the school does need to seriously look into their curriculum it has some serious flaws in it.

Just to clarify... our program has what they call an "assesment". They do not charge for it, and it isn't the HESI, but when I asked the name they stated it was just an "assesment test". Nor does it effect our grade, but helps us to realize our weaknesses. I do not know the name of it, it is not the NET or the HESI. It merely lets the instructors (as well as the students since we get the report individually) know where we need to concentrate our efforts in order to improve ourselves (and them their program).

It is a nationalized test for RN students -- sort of like the ones we took in grade school -- that compares our program to others.

I think it is wrong to charge a student, or to grade us on, a test like this. It is the school that needs to know where they stand on their instruction, and how well they instruct us, not each student.

[peaceful2100, BSN, RN]

Well my school only gives us a grade but it is not like some schools were they kick you out if you don't get an 85% on the HESI. We ONLY get one time to take the test. Some schools get like 2x but I notice that the schools who get 2x to take HESI are often the ones who kick students out if they don't score that 85% on the test. Also we don't have to pay for it either unlike some schools unless they secretly take it out of the fees they charge us but EVERY school charges fees alongside with tutition.

I believe I know what test you are talking about but I can't think of the name right now.

I think test scores have a strong correleation with the school curriculum and how the facility are teaching. Like there were SEVERAL questions on the HESI that the instructors at my school did NOT even cover during lectures. For example Aortic Aneurysm. There were quite a few questions on HESI about it and we never discussed it NOR was it in any of the required reading. Also there was a question on Holter monitor and we never even discussed Holter monitor.

IT was frustarting yet quite a few of my classmates did well and managed to pass. We find it odd though how many of us did better on the HESI then some of the tests the instructors given us? That should say something in itself. You would think it would be quite the opposite.

[Vsummer1]

Originally posted by peaceful2100

Also we don't have to pay for it either unlike some schools unless they secretly take it out of the fees they charge us but EVERY school charges fees alongside with tutition.

I have a tuition waiver, so I paid $1 total tuition for this semester. There is no lab fee at our school for the nursing. The additional costs paid to the school were the combined parking pass / student id for $20. I bought my books mostly online, and uniforms etc were not purchased at the school either.

I take it other schools charge more for nursing than for other classes? Ours didn't, and we don't even have to buy any of our lab supplies (I read on another thread that some programs make people buy a kit for skills). I think this may change soon though due to budget cuts. But for now, it looks like I am lucky!!

[SaraRNin2003]

I think I am the only person in the world who thought the HESI test was a breeze. It was nothing compared to the darn LPN exam. I have no explanation as to why, except we didn't need to get a certain grade on the HESI to pass the semester like some did so maybe I wasn't pressured like i was for the LPN exam. I passed the HESI with a 97% but I am sure I didn't do that well on the LPN exam. I came out of that thing crying hysterically.

Good luck!

SARA