Darton College summer 2011

inhouse · May 21, 2011

Thanks mcurtis111 ... You have been the most helpful

denise0402 · May 21, 2011

mcurtis111, I've heard there is a HESI exit exam at Darton? How many chances do you get to pass it? What score is required? What happens if you don't make the required score? I've read it is worse than NCLEX.

curtRN · May 23, 2011

There is a HESI exam but you don't have to pass it to pass the class. The HESI is B.S. in sooo many way but this is how it is now. The HESI counts as a test grade and it goes by your percentage score. Lets say you make an 900 on the HESI out of 1400. Your percentage score may be 82 or somewhere in the B area. It depends on you how hard your questions were that you got right, etc, etc.... You get to take it twice. Trust me, your instructors will explain it to you next week. All of other schools make you take it an an end of course exam, but not Darton thank God. lol... Ummm, I hear its worst than NCLEX also but I've done well that pass couple of semesters. It can really hurt your grade in the class if you do bad enough. But It will not be the cause of you failing the class.

denise0402 · May 23, 2011

Thanks mcurtis for the information!!!! I'm still a little confused about the last semester to graduate. I've been reading treads about schools where school wouldn't give student degree because the last semester of school they didn't make a certain score on what they call an Exit Hesi. They had the class grades to pass the last semester but because they didn't make whatever the school required ...850, 900 or whatever on the Hesi they weren't allowed to graduate even if they had an

a in the class. Some schools appears they give them 2 chances...some schools they instead make them take a Kaplan or whatever review class...seems to vary. Some people were taking it for 3rd and 4th time trying to make a certain grade.

So at Darton the Last Semester of the program it is just a % test grade averaged in with your other class grades for that last class?

curtRN · May 24, 2011

Yes Denise thats right. We take a HESI every semester 2 times and the best score of the two is calculated into a test grade. Typically having 5 or 6 unit tests a semesters + the HESI and + the final. I'm taking my last class now which is med-surg 3. Our HESI is a little different and we take two different HESI's. One contains Med Surg, Psych, and Maternal/Child Nursing. The other one is Pharm. But the Med Surg is 0.7% and the Pharm is 0.3% which equals one test grade if you understand what I'm saying. BUT EVERY OTHER CLASS BESIDES MED SURG 3 YOU TAKE ONE HESI WHICH EQUALS A TEST GRADE. I know ALOT of other schools are more strict but thank god my school isn't. lol... Hope that helped and good luck!

inhouse · May 24, 2011

mcurtis111 .. do we take a pharm HESI every semester?

and denise0402 are u enrolled at Darton and if so are u starting tomorrow?

youcandoit · May 24, 2011

Hey Roni! I see your feeling mighty generous :rolleyes: I thought you would just want to get the hell out of there like the rest of us did. You are too funny lol.

curtRN · May 25, 2011

lol.... I'm just trying to help and besides they're gonna need it messing around with darton. I just can't wait to graduate!

sappergirl · Sep 28, 2011

Hi, I was reading this thread and just wondering inhouse, how classes were going? I am applying to the school and about to apply for the hybrid traditional nursing program at Ft. Benning and was wondering if you or anyone had any advice for me? This will be an online program except we have to come in for testing and clinicals of course, but I am completely new to the school and hopefully will get accepted to the ADN program. I will have to take the HESI pre-nursing test that will be used toward my admission to the program and just wondering what to expect and what I need to study the most. I am assuming the A&P is the most important? Any advice would be helpful!