My spring sem. of my Sr. year we had 2 clinicals (critical care/comm. health), 3 nursing classes (critical care/com. health/nclex rev(something they made up)), and on top of that other classes we had to take to be able to graduate. We also had to do a number of questions for the sem (5000 or more) to be elgible to even take the Hesi Exit exam. I know, I know it's a lot. But i got thru my classes, now time for the exit. Most of the students barely had enough time to even look thru the Hesi nclex review book b/c of the crazy, heavy courseload. When it came time to do the exit, everyone was nervous b/c we really wanted to make it, unfortunately, we only had about 25% of our class pass on the first try. Crazy, right? Going into this exam we as a class felt unprepared b/c this was our 1st encounter w/ Hesi. Other schools have Hesi their 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year. We had ATI all our 4 years. We've gotten so used to ATI style that Hesi was just way out there.
So basically, according to our BSN nursing program, you have to pass the exit in 3 tries to obtain your degree. Also, b/c of the size of our school, we were requried to get a 900 or better. If you have failed the test 3 times, you would have to either become a LPN (w/ RN knowledge), or start from scratch. Crazy, huh?
Now we took the test on our 2nd try, only one has passed, and several others have failed yet again. How can we pass this test? We know we know the information, it's just our test taking skills. What tips could you provide for us students who have taken the test 2 times and about to strike out on the 3rd try? Help, please!
