HESI

[dillarduniversity]

What is the HESI exam and what is it purpose? There are students at Kennedy-King College in Chicago who are not able to take their boards because they can not pass the HESI. What is the difference between HESI and NCLEX?

[lilyrn86]

HESI has both an entrance exam and exit exam. The exit exam is used to test over the general studies you learn in school. It is said to be a reliable indicator of whether a student will pass the NCLEX. At the school I graduated the score was 850 to pass and I made a 1024. I did pass NCLEX on the first try but I think that the NCLEX was more detailed than the HESI.