ERI Exit exam

moomoo111 · Mar 18, 2008

My school in South Carolina requires this. We have to pay $60.00 a semester to use ERI also. On the ERI website you can do the practice exams. There are also books for ERI testing. Take the practice exams if you can on the website but you have to be a member to use it. The questions are all based on priority interventions. I agree they should have told you this. Our school uses it because the fail/pass ratio's are so bad. You would think that they would look at the instructors in that case which is what is wrong at our school. We did our final exam review today and there were several questions we had that our instructor couldn't even answer and they were not complicated questions and she has been a nurse for over 15 years. One of the questions was "what is a classic sign of a pulmonary embolism?". Go figure. You would think with the nursing shortage being as bad as it is, the schools would get their stuff together and help us pass. Also, our last exam that was on Musculoskeletal Adults/Peds, Hypovolemic Shock had questions that had two right answers or were so tricky, nobody got them right. The entire nursing dept. failed the test. You would think somebody would wake up. I have already let them know that if I fail this semester, I will not be returning to the same school. Good luck, it's tough to get through nursing school.

Kiren · Mar 18, 2008

we have eri at our school and we will be taking the exit exam. however, the test has no bearing on our course grade. we are being offered the eri nclex review course the week after we graduate, but it is optional.

TSURN2B · Mar 19, 2008

For those who have the ERI, is it something that you have been using throughout nursing school? The reason I ask is because he were just introduced to it our Senior 1 semster (just introduced, not required to take any tests) and now that we are about to graduate I just don't understand why we have to take this test and make 3 points above the national that we were hugely unprepared to take. I would understand if it was something we were told about earlier in our schooling career and prepared for.

moomoo111-It's funny you say that your instructors can't pass it, because I overheard one of my instructors the other day talking to another one and they both said that they couldn't even make the national average :nono: So why in the world do they expect us to do it:uhoh3:

onyx77 · Mar 19, 2008

We were required to take the ERI tests with each theory class and we had to take the ERI NCLEX test prior to graduation. The only effect the tests had on our grades was if we were above the national average. Our class was always well above the national average - we would have an extra .5% added to our grade as long as we had at least an 80% in our class. I don't think there is any way you can study for these tests. Infact, we were told NOT to study for them. We found the ERI to be extreemly helpful. It does prepare you for the NCLEX more than you realize! Yes, we all grumbled about it when we had to take them, but after taking the NCLEX we all agreed that it was a valuable resource.

TSURN2B · Mar 19, 2008

Thank you all for your posts :redbeathe I think the reason our school recently implemented the ERI NCLEX Exit test is because the pass rate for the NCLEX was not very high not too long ago and the school was put on probation. I guess I am just complaining about how our nursing school thinks that it is the students fault for not having a high pass rate and not thier own.

I really wish that we were exposed to the ERI in theroy classes because it sure would have helped us to know what to expect instead of them just telling us about it our last semester and expecting us to do well on it. We have never had any sort of NCLEX or ERI questions on tests during nursing school. I think it is of poor taste of the school to throw this on us our last semester saying we HAVE to make three points above the national average or we cannot graduate without properly preparing us in order for the school to look better. If they really want us to do better and pass the NCLEX on the first try they should have implemented the ERI throughout school, or have some sort of NCLEX review class.

After taking the ERI exit exam for the first time 6 weeks ago, I pretty much determined it is a game of good guessing:lol2: I made the national average, just not the required 3 points above. Futhermore, I already have a job lined up and I would feel so embarassed to say sorry I can't pass the exit exam to graduate so you can't hire me :bugeyes:

Sorry if I rambled, I am just a little overwhelmed right now and you all make perfect shoulders to cry on since I KNOW you all understand!

jasper77 · Mar 21, 2008

My nursing school requires that we pay $80 per semester for ERI testing. If we're late paying the fee they charge us a $25 late fee and will not consider adding it into our tuition so that grants and loans can pay for it. This and they all but demand we do not work. This isn't feasible for non-traditional students such as myself.

We are required to take an ERI exam to move forward after every class. There were 24 people in my Psych Nursing class and out of those 24 people, 8 passed by "national standards." My friends in OB said their pass/fail ratio was worse than ours.

Its a bit silly for us to take these tests and be required to pass them in order to move forward even if we passed the class. I personally haven't passed an ERI test yet and I am sitting on a 3.29 GPA, so I'm no idiot.

I understand the instructor's purpose in preparing us for the NCLEX but they need to start teaching us the material covered on the ERI tests. Half of the question I come across are topics I have never even heard of.

Anyway, I think the ERI is crap. I think the fees are crap; they can print the questions on paper and get the same point across. I despise the entire concept but that is just my opinion. thanks for letting me vent.

MikeyJ, RN · Mar 21, 2008

We have an ERI in each of our classes and the ERI is 10% of our grade in each of our classes. We also need to pass the "Mock NCLEX" ERI to graduate.

I personally don't find ERI's that tough. The first few were kind of hard but after getting the hang of how they question, I don't think they are that difficult.

onyx77 · Mar 21, 2008

My nursing school requires that we pay $80 per semester for ERI testing. If we're late paying the fee they charge us a $25 late fee and will not consider adding it into our tuition so that grants and loans can pay for it. This and they all but demand we do not work. This isn't feasible for non-traditional students such as myself.
We are required to take an ERI exam to move forward after every class. There were 24 people in my Psych Nursing class and out of those 24 people, 8 passed by "national standards." My friends in OB said their pass/fail ratio was worse than ours.
Its a bit silly for us to take these tests and be required to pass them in order to move forward even if we passed the class. I personally haven't passed an ERI test yet and I am sitting on a 3.29 GPA, so I'm no idiot.
I understand the instructor's purpose in preparing us for the NCLEX but they need to start teaching us the material covered on the ERI tests. Half of the question I come across are topics I have never even heard of.
Anyway, I think the ERI is crap. I think the fees are crap; they can print the questions on paper and get the same point across. I despise the entire concept but that is just my opinion. thanks for letting me vent.

I would have to agree that in your case this sucks! We did not have to pay extra for any of the ERI tests and we had access to practice tests on ERI as well, it was all included in our tuition. Another thing that helped was that we were not required to pass any of the tests inorder to move on, but if we got a score higher than the national average then it counted as extra credit as long as we had at least an 80% in the class. So, for us it was just good practice. Yes, a lot of what was on the ERI wan't covered in class exactly as on the test, but this helps with practicing our critical thinking. And remember - with the NCLEX, you will think the same thing! I promise!

Nurse Rachet RN · Apr 19, 2008

We are also required to take ERI to graduate...We have to make National average or above. If we fail...we have a mandatory ERI NCLEX Review next week fail or pass, then a second chance. I wish my school made the exit exam...Afterall, I didn't attend ERI University!!

moomoo111 · May 1, 2008

Jasper, I'm right there with you. It's nothing but a way to give the instructors a break and putting the blame on somebody else. If the pass/fail ratio's are bad, look at the instructors or the material that is being taught. I have compared my school's test's to the NCLEX review books and I'm gonna be busting my tail to pass NCLEX. So there you go. And it costs me more money to have to take ERI. I'm trying to pass the Growth and Development part now and none of my six NCLEX review books are helping and the ERI coaching materials on the web site are helping so I don't know how to study for this test that I have failed except look up some of the particular questions that I had problems with. So if I fail the test again, I don't go forward and I only have one semester to go in nursing school. So if this keeps me from graduating, I'm not going to attend the same school. What a let down and frustrating thing to get this far and have this happen. And to top it off, you ask your instructors for help on this test and all they can tell us is review what they have already given us. We have and we all tested on it in class and passed but we none of us can pass the ERI G&D test. So now what????? :crying2:

chinadollie · Mar 15, 2010

If u fail u will get a second chance and its the same eri questions so just look up what u remembered.. Even though the teacher says its not the same.. It is