Half of class excused from HESI and the other half not

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I really hope I can get some help with an issue alot of students are dealing with. We have on campus students and on-line students. We are all considered the graduating class of 2010 even though the in class students graduate a few months before the on line students. The in class students were exempted from having the HESI stand because the school felt they were not prepared in the right manner for it. When we signed up at this school we were not under the HESI policy but under ATI. ATI was not pass or fail. If you failed you remediated and then passed, not so with HESI. We have 3 chances to pass and have been told under no circumstance will they allow us to be exempted from policy. How are we any different then they are? We have had no more teaching than them and no preparation for HESI. Is there any advice anyone can give me to stop the unfairness at this school?

Thank you in advance,

Very frustrated student

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Specializes in Home Care.

So are you saying that one group is doing HESI and the other ATI?

If so then what does it matter?

All of you will have to write the NCLEX.

Get a Saunders NCLEX review book, do hundreds of questions each week and be sure to read the rationales. Doing this will help you pass the HESI/ATI and the NCLEX.

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Itsmejuli,

Sorry I did not clarify better. No the school did away with the ATI and put HESI into place when we were over half way through our nursing program. We were not told about the switch until so late in the program that we could not drop at that point. The in-class students were exempted due to the fact that they did not have enough prep for HESI. We had the same prep and are not being exempted. We have tried to fight the unfairness of this but to no avail. We are at a loss as to what to do. We are so confused as to how they were exempted but we will not be. There is no talking with the school on this issue, they say their decsion stands firm.

Thanks for any help

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I would say....life ain't fair!

If you need it to graduate, then just do it. We have taken HESI section tests for each term. We are not taught anything specific to help pass the HESI. Some of the students do well, others don't....but those who complete the HESI exit exam with an 850 or better can feel fairly confident of their ability to pass the NCLEX! I love taking the HESIs for that very reason....of course, I haven't scored below 850 on any of them.

I have Final for AH II on a Monday, HESI AH II two days later then the HESI exit exam 9 days later. :rolleyes:

After that.....I will feel prepared for the NCLEX.....:nurse:

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Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

Sounds like you need to put the energy you are putting into fighting this...into studying for it. Fair or unfair isn't the point. You have to do it to graduate and it sounds like that is just the way it is. Stop fighting it and focus on what is important. Graduation.

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Specializes in NICU.

I would think you'd have the advantage. When you take the HESI exams, even when you do well, it will send you a report of things you can study up on for the NCLEX. The in-class students don't have that advantage. My program has us take HESI's (used to be pass/fail, now it's pass/remediation) but we get NO preparation for it, just "bam, HESI time!" So it's not like you've missed out on anything. Practice your NCLEX questions, study the rationales, and work on being prepared.

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