HESI is Wrong ! Let's File Suit

[gasguy1960]

i go to school in montgomery co. texas and have done okay in the nursing program making mainly bs through out the course, but i am not good at taking nursing test. comming from a trade background i have found that when i look at the rationals to the questions i miss it is usually that i thought of things in a common sense way not a test way. that said i have suffered through and i am suppose to graduate in may and then comes hesi. i took the test monday, march 26 and missed passing by 53 points. i can take the test again on 4/27 but i don't like my chances any better at passing it then either, i just don't test well or i at least don't nursing test well. what gives collages the right to keep you from taking the boards if you have completed 2yrs of their bs? isn't the hesi about keeping the pass rate on the first try numbers up for the college? so they look good. i have decided even if i pass the hesi i am going to retain a lawyer and sue the college for it's practice and i think that if they are going to use hesi that they should just factor it into your grade and not ruin your life over one stinking test. i would like to hear some of your options on whether or not ya'll think we should bring a national class action lawsuit to stop this madness. some students in ca. sued and won the right to sit for the board even though they didn't pass hesi and i believe that we deserve that right too. (

[lsw1956]

Have you checked into LPN school? The Vo-tech's are usually less expensive. I really hate to see you give up on your dream.

[wannabeanurse13]

To Lsw1956,

I was at Rets for lpn! It was just to much for me to study Hesi, finals and have a house and kid to care for! It was like I was breezing along and then wham! Everything all at once! I am looking into seeing if another school will let me redo the last term but I am not sure they will transfer over the credits. I dont want to give up my dream either. I am 45 now and well the way I am headed I will be able to retire right after I graduate lol.

[lsw1956]

I was 52 when I graduated from RN school. My kids were grown which helped. My poor husband didn't see me for a while because I still had to work (they put me thru school) 32 hrs a week and drove almost 600 miles a week. I graduated in December 2008 and passed Boards in February 2009. I lost my husband suddenly in Feb 2010 and I am so glad he got to see me finish school and how it helped us financially. God will help you do this if it is His well. Best wishes!!!!!

[wannabeanurse13]

Lsw1965

You give me hope!!!! Bless your heart! And I am sorry about the loss of your husband! I am going to try to make it! I just dont have the funds to start over! Its just me and my daughter and Its just hard, I dont think I could work and go to school with it just being us. But I am going to see what I can do!! Thank you for inspiration!!!