Good HESI score - should I bother studying for the NCLEX?

2126 · Mar 30, 2011

First of all, it takes FOREVER for the ATT number to come in...I've been out of school for a few weeks already and feel I'm ready for the NCLEX and still don't have a test date! I scored a 946 as well, but i'm still doing 75-150 questions a day to keep exercising my mind. I'm also curious if anyone has failed with a 900 or above...I think one person on here mentioned she did. I think you still need to practice questions since HESI is more about content. She mentioned she didn't do enough practice questions.

Hope that helps! ...and I hope you get a test date sooner than I am!

caliotter3 · Mar 31, 2011

I recall having read instances of people doing well on HESI but not passing NCLEX. Others who consider themselves well prepared have also failed and the opposite has been reported. NCLEX is known for being unpredictable. I would not advise someone not to prepare. With that being said, you could also pass. If you do not pass, then you should back up and regroup with a steady plan giving yourself enough time to prepare well. Good luck.

Ready2BeAnRN · Apr 1, 2011

YOU SHOULD ABSOLUTELY STUDY!!!! I did just as well as you did on my HESI & have failed the NCLEX TWICE! I graduated last May and have been kicking myself ever since. I took Kaplan after graduating, but didn't really take it seriously. My other mistake was that I waited until September to take it for the first time. I let myself get distracted all summer & wish I had just taken it as soon as I could. It's been almost a year & I'm about to take it for the third time. I'm scared out of my mind and wish more than anything I could go back in time and study much more the first time around. Enjoy the rest of your year, but stay focused!!! Good luck! :nurse:

Aarika · Apr 1, 2011

Thanks for all the input guys! My school pays for us to have a three 8 hour days of live NCLEX content review at the end of April, so I'm really thinking that will help. We also have a fingerprinting/background check service coming at some point in the next couple of weeks, apparently this helps to speed the process. As soon as we take our final on the 15th, our director signs off on our application and faxes it in for us. Our instructors told us that they have had a few students who missed graduation because they were going to take the NCLEX. So I'm not too concerned with having to wait. I'm hoping to take it right around graduation because I need to start working ASAP (bills bills bills, lol). Some people in class have mentioned taking a month or two off to study, but I honestly don't know how much more of it I can take, lol. Again, thank you :)

2126 · Apr 1, 2011

I had the 3 day class....it's pretty useless. Just basic review. She told me with my score I should do 75 questions a day until the NCLEX. I'm doing much more just in case.

akanini, MSN, RN · Apr 3, 2011

I had the 3 day class....it's pretty useless. Just basic review. She told me with my score I should do 75 questions a day until the NCLEX. I'm doing much more just in case.

Sounds like a good plan. That's what my friend did and he passed. No review course whatsoever.

CCL RN, RN · Apr 3, 2011

I remember getting my att PDQ and taking my NCLEX ASAP. I got 1100 on my hesi, didn't study, and found the NCLEX way easy.

It's your choice not to study, but the NCLEX is not really hard at all, especially if you scored that high on the hesi. Good luck!