How do you feel when you pass/fail Nclex/Hesi/ATI?

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Specializes in L & D, Med-Surge, Dialysis.

How do you feel when you see you pass/fail an exam expecially Board Exam/Hesi/ATI? share you experience.:cry::D:uhoh3::up::o

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Specializes in DOU.

Obviously, you are relieved and happy after you pass NCLEX. As for HESI and ATI, I don't even remember taking them. I took some sort of exam at the beginning of nursing school that I was told was supposed to predict how well I would do in the program. It was long, and it was given at the end of a lecture class, and I was tired. I made genuine attempts for the first half of the exam, and then I remembered it wouldn't count against our class grade, so I bubbled in "C" for the rest of the exam and went home. The results cam back that my reading comprehension was a little on the weaker side. :lol:

I ended up with all As except in pharmacology, where I had an 89%, and I passed NCLEX with 75 questions the first time, so I guess my reading comprehension wasn't all that bad after all.

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Specializes in LTC.

When I passed HESI, I was so relieved. We didn't have to pass to graduate, but if you didn't pass you had to develop an NCLEX study plan and do all kinds of extra work that I just did not have the time for during my last semester of nursing school.

When I found out I passed NCLEX, I was so happy all I could do was cry.

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Specializes in NONE.

Hi when you pass NCLEX you feel very happy. It feels like a boulder has been lifted off your shoulders.

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THe HESI and ATi stuff was just more testing. I didn't really worry about that. I was extremely ecstatic when I saw I passed the NCLEX and the reason for that was that when I finished doing the NCLEX exam I honestly felt I had no idea how I did, good or bad. And that was after finishing the exam in the minimum # of ?'s. I think the strategy of the exam is to test you to the limit of your abilities and so you'll never feel "good" after the exam. It will always leave you feeling inadequate. It was a huge relief to know it was done and over. To redo it would have been a real pain: financially, travel wise and emotionally!

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Specializes in ICU.

Passing the NCLEX was probably one of the greatest feelings of accomplishment in my life. It was also a huge feeling of relief. I don't think words could truly describe it when I found out I passed. I hadn't realized the pressure I was carrying with me for the past few years until it was over. It was like cancer was removed or something. truly great!

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I had to take Hesi after each class. And I did not pass any of them. I had to do all of this review. But the thing is they scheduled them right around finals so I was worried about passing finals than passing a Hesi exam that did not count against us. I did not pass the Hesi exit exam and had to take a 3 day review course by you guessed it Hesi for an extra $400 added on to my tuition. I did not feel prepared at all for NCLEX after taking that class. I did Suzanne's plan and Hurst review and passed NCLEX-RN with 75 questions the first time. Of course I felt a big relief after passing NCLEX.

But at first my school had ATI and I passed all of those. They switched to Hesi in the middle of my program. I guess they are a predictor but I did not like how my school would schedule them usually right before my final exams. And a lot of times the topics on Hesi we did not even talk about in class. But hey I passed boards.

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Specializes in ICU.

I did all of the HESI's too and those also felt great to pass and receive good scores, but nothing is quite like the NCLEX!!

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Moved to the NCLEX forum

I felt relieved when I passed on 3rd try

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Re: moonischasingme1

Ditto!!!

It really WAS that big an accomplishment - which I probably didn't let myself realize until it was over.

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Passing the NCLEX was probably one of the greatest feelings of accomplishment in my life. It was also a huge feeling of relief. I don't think words could truly describe it when I found out I passed. I hadn't realized the pressure I was carrying with me for the past few years until it was over. It was like cancer was removed or something. truly great!

When I left the NCLEX (the screen went black at 75 questions and I thought I'd kicked the computer plug from the wall) I literally felt I couldn't breathe. My husband was overseas at the time and my mother had traveled with me to take the test (I had to go two hours from here and it made more sense to get a hotel and get to the test fresh and reasonably rested). I showed up at the room less than an hour and a half after I left and my mother wanted to know why!

I think it was three or four days later - it wasn't long at all - I burst into tears when I saw my license on the NCBON website. I've literally never been so relieved in my life - and I was 34 and a 2-time combat veteran!

I had that feeling you get when you've narrowly missed being in a car wreck.

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Happy. Just plain happy.

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