city college students who took hesi on may 7th

[noelle07]

I was just wondering if anyone could tell me what version of the hesi they had. The version is listed on the top of the printout that we received when we finished the exam. I am trying to determine if all of the schools took the same version. Thanks

[Sabira]

HESI is an exam that many schools are using as an midcuricular and exit exam. The exam is written by health education systems incorporated (HESI) and it is supposed to test whether or not a student will succeed on the NCLEX. Truman requires students to take the exam after the first year. If you get less than an 840, you have to take a summer course. The midcurricular HESI is written according to what the school gives HESI to test. In other words, on what they taught you so far. However, the exit HESI exam is everything. Even if Truman didn't cover it, it might be on there. If you get less than an 870 on the exit HESI, you get one more chance to pass it. If you fail twice, you have to repeat your second year of school.

I highly recommend getting disks to do practice questions throughout school. Now that I've purchased Saunder's Comprehensive Review (comes with a disk with over 4,000 questions), I am finding questions that appeared on our exams at Truman. Also, HESI sells a disk and study guide... http://portals2.elsevier.com/portal/portal/hesi

I hope this helps and good luck to you!

P.S. Are you waiting on a decsion for this Fall? Have you considered RUSH?

[sayalittleprayer]

Hi jeffery--

I am a current Triton student. Can you tell me what happens if you don't pass the HESI? Also, can you tell me what the job market has been like for you and your class? What have some of the pay rates been? Also when will you take the NCLEX?

[jeffrey930]

you have 4 chances to pass the hesi in triton which is good, i heard from other school they only have 2 chances to pass it. 1st hesi is on march26 in the middle of the last semester, 2nd Hesi in on may 10-14 i think before graduation. if you failed the 2nd time 3rd hesi is on the last week of july. 4th is on august, after that if you still did not pass you take the management class again on spring and take the hesi for the last time, if failed again your out of the program. that's why is also good to take the LPN in triton, so if can't pass the hesi and get kick out, you can go to a different school bridge from LPN to RN again for 1 year.