HESI-RN Exit Exam

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Hello everyone I am new to this site and had a couple of questions. I am in my final semester of nursing school and will be taking the HESI-RN exit exam in a couple of weeks. I am already really paranoid because I only have a couple of attempts to pass it with a min. score of 850. I would like to know if anyone out there has taken it already who could tell me how the exam is and offer me any tips for successfully passing it.

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Same thing happened to me puglove. I think I got a 680 on the Hessi. Thank god we didn't need to get a certain score to graduate. All throughout nursing school I always got high Bs on exams and passed the nclex on the first try with 75 questions in exactly one hour!

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I passed with over a 900....

I started studying Mosby's questions, daily, 6 weeks in advance and going through the Hesi book line by line, page by page, and do the cd. There are always a few questions that seem familiar off the cd.

Know labs. The back of the Hesi book has which ones for that test. Hesi hints are there for a reason. Review those. Know what a person will look like with electrolyte imbalances. Look for the lab that is usually the most "off".

Practice questions. Math.

My attitude going into Hesi was that "oh well, I'll just take it again" because it's not the big test like NCLEX. Some of Hesi's questions just don't apply to the rules that nclex questions are supposed to adhere to but I think the weighted score makes it better.

Also, I took some cd tests on Hesi the night before and score around a 70! Then I got over a 900 on the test - so do the cd rom and know those questions but I don't know if I'd get too upset on the score. Always try to get at least a 75, of course, but percentages are different than the weighted scores. The weighted scores are much better!

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here's some motivation for ya...i took the hesi exam in january, i think i MAYBE got somewhere in the 600's. Awful, i know. I took NCLEX on 7/12 and passed with 75 questions in about an hour. Goes to show its possible to do poorly on HESI and well on NCLEX (the test that matters:D)

That's so interesting! I hear that alot. I sure hope I pass. This website has me a nervous wreck. It seems like extreme cases here - either 75 questions or 265 and failed. Yet, the average tester is 120 questions.

What advice would you give me then? What did you feel would be the best thing to practice?

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Has anyone out there ever taken the ATI-RN exit exam. It's a fairly new test from what i have heard. I'm a couple of weeks away from graduation and not looking forward to it. Does anyone have any tips. I think this exit exam worries me more than the NCLEX-RN.:confused:

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definitely get the hesi rn review book. it contains a cd that is very helpful with studying... also read through it. there are hesi hints throughout the book. saunders also helps.

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Hey guys, has anyone ever taken the ATI-RN exit exam. I'm gonna be graduating in a couple of weeks and a bit nervous bout it. It's a fairly new exam from what i have heard. I think i'm more nervous bout this exit exam than i am the NCLEX-RN. Nah! Who am i kidding i will probably be pulling my hair out with the NCLEX-RN too. Well if anyone has any study tips or expirences would luv if you share.:plsebeg:

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I have the book with CD and want to practise it..but it is asking for id , where do you get the id so I can practise the CD?

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If I recall correctly, you can just use either your school id or ss#. You get 5 tests per computer or something. I can't remember.

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What is best book to study for NCLEX RN

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What is the access to get into this site? Not able to log in.

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What is best book to study for NCLEX RN

The hospital where I was hired as a graduate nurse strongly emphasizes Saunders' 4th Edition. Do all the questions in the book and on the disc.

I also took Kaplan and did their review questions online, but don't know that that was the driving force behind my passing in 75 questions. I honestly don't know that I would spend the money on that review course again. I felt that Saunders pretty closely represented much of the content you will see on NCLEX.

Don't forget to review the Pharm section that's on the disk also.

Do LOTS of questions daily; understand, or at least review, the rationales.

And good luck!! :nurse:

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How long does the test last?:banghead:

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