I graduated with 45 classmates from an ADN program and everyone basically had a job before even graduating. About 90% were hired at a level 1 trauma hospital and hired in all areas such as ICU, er, or, med surg etc...
If Hesi entrance definitely buy hesi entrance assessment book. Cheap off amazon and covers exactly what type of things you'll see on the real exam. Failed math first try got this book got 93% on math second try!
I graduated with around 45 people in my class and every one of us passed on the first try. I read more stories of people passing then failing. And I have to second that a great program will prepare you for boards.
I did the readiness, diagnostic, qt1-7, samples 1-4, the alternate format qbank and some more from the qbank. I also did the 4 day live online anywhere review. I made sure I read every rationale for every question I did. I ended up doing about 2000 q...
Shockingly I walked out feeling really good which scared me! Passed first time with 75q and maybe I just got lucky and got the questions I knew, but glad its over for good!