hesi exit

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Sep 17, 2015

Hi, there. We are glad you've finally decided to make your first post.

Your thread has been moved to our HESI forum with the goal of attracting more responses. Good luck to you.

AceOfHearts<3 · Sep 30, 2015

I passed my exit HESI the first time with close to 1000. My best advice is to focus on areas you are weakest and pay particular attention to safety, fundamentals and leadership. There is also a HESI review book (it's not very large) that gives you "HESI Hints" which are great because they help you see what the exam is looking for. A lot of people I know loved the website YourBestGrade. I really liked Prioritization, Delegation, & Assignment by La Charity. It's a great book and helps so much. I noticed a big difference after working through it. A lot of my classmates also really liked the website YourBestGrade.

Since you've taken the exam twice already you need to look over your score reports. It will help guide you in your studying by showing you what areas you are weakest in. You also need to look at how many questions from that subject make up the exam. For example, I knew going into my exit exam that I tend to score the worst on the women's questions. My worst subject hesi was in women's even though I did awesome in the course. However I also didn't spend a lot of time reviewing women's because it is not heavily tested (we were told on average about 10 questions). On my exit exam there were only about 10 questions relating to women's health. Compare that to almost 50 questions on fundamentals, over 25 questions on professional issues, and over 100 on med surg. So if you are weak in an area like women's that makes up only about 5% of the questions and also weak in an area like fundamentals that makes up over 25% of the questions you are better off spending most of your time reviewing fundamentals.

When I took my senior seminar class this is what we were told:

4 knows-

Â· Know your material!!!

o Leadership/professional

o Fundamentals

o Med surg- half the test

Â§ Patho

Â§ Electrolytes

Â§ ABGs, etc.

Â§ Pharm is spread throughout

Â· Know the rules

o Maslow's laws

o Nursing process

o ABCs

Â· Know how to read (don't misread or read too much into the question)

Â· Know the test (numbers below are from old exam)

o Assessment-

o Analysis

o Planning

o Implementation

o Evaluation

o Safety and infection control-- FUNDAMENTALS

o Physiological integrity-- Med Surg

o Maternal health (not a lot of questions)

Fundamentals

Â· Basic nursing skills

o Safety

o Infection control

o Med admin

Â· Med math

Professional issues

Â· Leadership

Â· Legal & ethical issues

Mental health- therapeutic communication!!

Med surg

Â· Cardiovascular

Â· Endocrine

Â· Resp

Â· GI/Hepatic-

Â· Physical assessment

Â· Growth and development (not a lot, so don't spend a lot of time studying)

Â· Biophysical

Â· F&E!!! worth a lot of points

Â· Acid base-

Â· Mobility- questions are worth moderate amount (not as much as F&E, but still significant)

Â· Comfort- PAIN!!!! VERY IMPORTANT

Psychosocial

Â· Developmental

Jevohah's witness and consent

Standard precautions and infection control

Go over electrolytes

Med reconciliation

Good luck! You can do it!!

PS. The NCLEX RN Mastery App (about $30) is a really great resource. Download it on your phone, so when you are out and about waiting around you are making the most of your time and answering questions (like when stuck in the line at the grocery store).

Natasha A., CNA, LVN · Oct 1, 2015

Thanks for sharing JM101, how long did it take you to prepare to earn that score? And did you only use Lacharity and nclex app?

tonvik · Oct 2, 2015

Thanks a lot for your advice, am really going to give it a try. thanks again

tonvik · Oct 2, 2015

Thanks a lot for your advice

Lovely007 · Oct 14, 2015

Good afternoon, can anyone help me, my school is in the process of giving HESI EXIT 5,6 and &7. Most importantly is Exam 6 & 7. If anyone has taken the version listed above in 2015, please let me know how to study for the exam.