Failed Exit Hesi

RoxyHeart · Jan 23, 2016

Hi purelife5001. I completely sympathize with your situation. I graduated in December 2015, but before I could do that I had to pass the Hesi. I needed an 850 to pass and I did a lot of questions primarily from Saunders nclex-rn. I failed the first time with 830. I sucked it up and felt that maybe I needed to do more questions and completed even more than the first time and failed again, I ended up with an 820!

Frustrated I did a come to Jesus talk with myself and decided I need to be completely honest with what I knew about my knowledge. I knew that I kept sliding by throughout nursing school with my sloppy "knowledge" of specific but vital things that were necessary to pass the HESI, which for me in particular were topics like insulin (long-acting, short-acting, peak, etc.), diseases like addisons, graves, myasthenia gravis, RA vs. OA. And more. Those were the topics that I kinda knew but never was completely able to memorize front to back without getting them confused.

I stopped doing questions and for two and a half weeks I dedicated my time on writing down all of the information on the topics that I wasn't comfortable with and studying then thoroughly. Writing down my weaknesses from the HESI remediation areas helped as well. I also bought the hesi nclex-RN book as a study guide (the older edition) and it helped a lot. I spent the week before doing a few more questions just to review overall and passed the third time with a 944!

I hope that this can help you and you can learn from my stubbornness and frustration if you can relate to this and save you some tears. Remember to deep breathe, pray, and do ALOT of positive self-talk! You got this!

Mursedoc2b · Feb 3, 2016

did your school tell you that if you didn't pass your HESI that you could not get your degree and that you only have two chances of doing it? Mine did, I just failed my first one by a couple of points. and I have to remediate and retake in 17 days, If I don't pass this time, they said I don't get my degree and i'm booted from the program after I've passed all my classes and paid them a lot of money for tuition. Seems really wrong to put this kind of pressure on a student. Nursing school is stressfull enough without worrying that you just did all that for nothing.

RoxyHeart · Feb 4, 2016

did your school tell you that if you didn't pass your HESI that you could not get your degree and that you only have two chances of doing it? Mine did, I just failed my first one by a couple of points. and I have to remediate and retake in 17 days, If I don't pass this time, they said I don't get my degree and i'm booted from the program after I've passed all my classes and paid them a lot of money for tuition. Seems really wrong to put this kind of pressure on a student. Nursing school is stressfull enough without worrying that you just did all that for nothing.

Hi Mursedoc. I went through a situation similar to yours. My school set the standard that we had to pass it three attempts if not we were not able to graduate. It is stressful but remember you are still in the game and it's not finalized yet. Keep focused and motivated in the next 17 days and remind yourself why you wanted to persue this career to begin with. Say positive thoughts and study hard since, as I liked to tell myself, this is the last time you have to take this exam! You got this!

Browneyes80 · Feb 4, 2016

I strongly suggest you using Saunders. You will notice the same pictures from the Hesi. Read and do questions! That is your best bet. Good luck!