by KAYBDT6

How do you feel when you see you pass/fail an exam expecially Board Exam/Hesi/ATI? share you experience.: o

Re: How do you feel when you pass/fail Nclex/Hesi/ATI?

Obviously, you are relieved and happy after you pass NCLEX. As for HESI and ATI, I don't even remember taking them. I took some sort of exam at the beginning of nursing school that I was told was supposed to predict how well I would do in the program. It was long, and it was given at the end of a lecture class, and I was tired. I made genuine attempts for the first half of the exam, and then I remembered it wouldn't count against our class grade, so I bubbled in "C" for the rest of the exam and went home. The results cam back that my reading comprehension was a little on the weaker side.

I ended up with all As except in pharmacology, where I had an 89%, and I passed NCLEX with 75 questions the first time, so I guess my reading comprehension wasn't all that bad after all.

Re: How do you feel when you pass/fail Nclex/Hesi/ATI?

When I passed HESI, I was so relieved. We didn't have to pass to graduate, but if you didn't pass you had to develop an NCLEX study plan and do all kinds of extra work that I just did not have the time for during my last semester of nursing school.

When I found out I passed NCLEX, I was so happy all I could do was cry.

Re: How do you feel when you pass/fail Nclex/Hesi/ATI?

Hi when you pass NCLEX you feel very happy. It feels like a boulder has been lifted off your shoulders.

Re: How do you feel when you pass/fail Nclex/Hesi/ATI?

THe HESI and ATi stuff was just more testing. I didn't really worry about that. I was extremely ecstatic when I saw I passed the NCLEX and the reason for that was that when I finished doing the NCLEX exam I honestly felt I had no idea how I did, good or bad. And that was after finishing the exam in the minimum # of ?'s. I think the strategy of the exam is to test you to the limit of your abilities and so you'll never feel "good" after the exam. It will always leave you feeling inadequate. It was a huge relief to know it was done and over. To redo it would have been a real pain: financially, travel wise and emotionally!

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Passing the NCLEX was probably one of the greatest feelings of accomplishment in my life. It was also a huge feeling of relief. I don't think words could truly describe it when I found out I passed. I hadn't realized the pressure I was carrying with me for the past few years until it was over. It was like cancer was removed or something. truly great!

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I had to take Hesi after each class. And I did not pass any of them. I had to do all of this review. But the thing is they scheduled them right around finals so I was worried about passing finals than passing a Hesi exam that did not count against us. I did not pass the Hesi exit exam and had to take a 3 day review course by you guessed it Hesi for an extra $400 added on to my tuition. I did not feel prepared at all for NCLEX after taking that class. I did Suzanne's plan and Hurst review and passed NCLEX-RN with 75 questions the first time. Of course I felt a big relief after passing NCLEX.

But at first my school had ATI and I passed all of those. They switched to Hesi in the middle of my program. I guess they are a predictor but I did not like how my school would schedule them usually right before my final exams. And a lot of times the topics on Hesi we did not even talk about in class. But hey I passed boards.

Re: How do you feel when you pass/fail Nclex/Hesi/ATI?

I did all of the HESI's too and those also felt great to pass and receive good scores, but nothing is quite like the NCLEX!!

Re: How do you feel when you pass/fail Nclex/Hesi/ATI?

Moved to the NCLEX forum

I felt relieved when I passed on 3rd try

Re: How do you feel when you pass/fail Nclex/Hesi/ATI?

Re: moonischasingme1
Ditto!!!
It really WAS that big an accomplishment - which I probably didn't let myself realize until it was over.