Okay, I have a dumb question.

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I see all these posts in the student section (and here) about TEAS and HESI. Y'all, I have NO recollection of taking such an exam to get into nursing school. Maybe I blocked it out? I don't even remember what the application process to get into nursing school was like other than submitting transcripts. I admit, it was over 20 years ago that I did all of this, so if it's something new, please tell me but I'm feeling a little weird here about not recalling ANYTHING about taking any kind of exam or whatever.

I graduated from a traditional 4 year university with a BSN, for reference.

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.

Not all schools required them. I never took either of them. Upon graduation they had HESI tests for us to take just to see how we did. It didn't count for or against us or anything. Shoot I did better on the HESI exam then I did in class. haha

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Specializes in Medical-Surgical/Float Pool/Stepdown.

If they're required for entry into the program than I think it's just another way to weed out applicants (duh huh ;-). I had to take the TEAS to get into my ADN program and score high enough on each section, along with maintaining a 4.0, yada yada.

As I remember it, the TEAS measured overall knowledge of the subjects of English, math, science, etc.

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Specializes in ICU.

No entrance exam here either. I was accepted based on my high school grades and ACT score. Our program didn't have pre-reqs, we started as freshmen and graduated 4 years later with a BSN.

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Didn't take them either.

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HESI A2 was just added the semester I applied to nursing school. Assesses basic math, English, A&P etc. It sucked, but I passed. It did weed out a lot of applicants. I have a friend who started the ADN program at the local college same time I started my program. Of 32 students, she said they lost several the first semester. We still have all 64 people we started with, So maybe there is some validity to it.

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Whew! Thanks for the replies, I was really starting to worry about my already spotty mom-memory (kids suck out brain cells, I swear).

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

The nursing school I attended started requiring the TEAS exam after I graduated.

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