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I need any infomation on the hesi exit exam if anyone has taken it. We have to have a 950 or better in order to get our degree and take state boards and have 3 shots at taking the test. Most other schools only have to have 850, so can anyone please help me.

I work in the Pediatric ICU and the nurse who initially fills the order is the one who notes it. Finally a 24 hour chart review is done on all orders for the past 24 hrs by the nite nurses anytime after 12 am.

I am so sorry that you didn't pass. I know that the news had to be absolutely devastating. Take your moment (or two) to mourn and grieve, but then you must DEFINITELY move on. This is by no means the end, and it does not define you. When you are able to look at the situation objectively and without so much emotion, try to analyze what exactly was the problem. Did you read more into the question? Did you answer based on "real world nursing" instead of "textbook nursing"? Did you not know the content? or Did you have a hard time with prioritizing? Answering these questions will help you focus on what you need to the next time. Now here's the advantages of having to take the test again. Fear of the unknown can be absolutely crippling! You don't have that fear anymore. You know what to expect. You know the type of questions that are asked, and you know the manner in which they are asked. When I took it, it took me a long time while I was taking it to get used to the WAY that they were asking the questions. NCLEX questions are nothing like school, Kaplan, or Saunders. It is truly a unique test. My prayers are with you, and while I can imagine how you feel, I thank God that I don't exactly know how you feel. But I realize that up until last nite, it definitely could have been me in your position. Good luck! Oh yeah.... you mentioned in your post that you felt good about the test afterward and that you took 75 questions. At 75, it usually indicates that you did really well, or really bad since the computer was able to tell that u were above or below the passing standard in the minimum amount of questions. Since it turns out that u were below the passing standard, try to go over some of the questions or your feelings when you took the questions. Why were u so confident? Did u REALLY KNOW the answers or did you take a guess? Did you answer too quickly? Did you mis-read the questions? Once again, i know that u will not be able too ask yourself these questions until you are through with the emotional part of not passing. Good luck again. Brina

Hi Raingel. I know exactly how you feel. I took my NCLEX on March 1st too, and my state also does not subscribe to the quick results. So i was having to check my state BON website daily. I waited and waited checking everyday and then on the 7th day (last nite at 7:30to be exact) they posted the results. How it works is like this: As someone else mentioned, if u have a temporary license issued to you you can check on your BON website, and see your name, social and expiration date of the permit. When the results have been posted, and you click on your permit status, it will say something about not recognizing your social in that particular database. That is when u know that the results are in. Thats when u should click on the Registered Nursing license verification and put your social in, if u see your name and an expiration date you know u passed, if that database does not recognize your social, then u did not pass. I was concerned like you, wondering if the reason my name was not on the RN licensure database, meant that i had failed. But thats not true. As long as you can access your temp. permit on that website, the results are not in. When u no longer can, the moment of truth has arrived. Good luck to you, and be encouraged. I was sure that i had failed with 160 questions, that i felt like I had guessed 90% on. By the grace of God, I passed, and you will too. Let us know the good news when u find out. Brina, RN

THANK YOU EVERYBODY!!!! I yelled it, did everyone hear it? This place is like my family. I barely told my hubby and mommy before I jumped on the computer to tell you guys!! lol To everyone who is scheduled to take the test in the near future, my prayers are with you. I had many prayers going up for me, and it was so comforting this past week. So know that you too, have many prayers going for you. Good luck! Brina RN !!

It's officially OVER..... I passed the NCLEX. After a week of waiting for the results, I just found out tonight. Thanks to everyone for the prayers, warm wishes and supportive, kind words. Allnurses was there for me as a nursing student, graduate nurse, and now RN. Thank you. Thank you Jesus!! I can now officially write.... legally write... Brina RN :balloons:

Thanks Pitbullgirl, and to everyone else that has replied. Exactly one week later and I am STILL waiting for the results. I have been told by former classmates that have taken the test that our state board updates their databases on Friday at 6pm. Sooooo, that means TWO MORE DAYS of not knowing. I just pray that when i put my social in that RN license verification box, that i'm recognized. You guys.... this is just awful, I am so scared. I'm trying to put on a front for my hubby and kids, but there are moments when it hits me that I literally don't know if i'll be working in the same capacity when I go to work next week. Pay just cut all the waaaaaaay down to $9 an hour!! Well, thanks you guys for your words of encouragement, and congrats to everyone who has found out that they have passed. Brina

CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!! I am soo happy for you. I can imagine how happy you must be that it is FINALLY all over. I pray that i will be in your position soon. Again a big congrats!! Brina

Hello Zarina and ArmyKitten..... Yep, this waiting game SUCKS!! We just have so much riding on the results, and its so hard to concentrate on anything else because my future is so up in the air! Its been 4 days today and i'm kind of numb. I'm just trying to keep breathing and walk with one foot in front of the other. Good luck to all of us. I pray to God that this NCLEX test will be the completion of our nursing school journey's. To think about having to re-take this test literally makes me sick to my stomach. Let's keep each other posted! Good thoughts to you guys! Brina

Thanks you guys for your words of encouragement. I know that God did not bring me this far to leave me, but if I failed I failed because I did not help myself. I truly did not do everything that I could have and should have done to prepare for the test. This is day #1 after the NCLEX, and i'm trying to put things into perspective. You know...."what's the worst thing that can happen if you fail?" Are you gonna die if you fail?". Those kinds of questions I ask myself. Its not the end of the world, and no matter what, i'm going to be ok. I'll just have to pick myself up, dust myself off, and go for it again. Again, thanks you guys. Through my tears yesterday, I felt good reading your replies. I'll let u all know the outcome. Brina........ NURSE Brina

Hey everybody. Just got through with the NCLEX..... Let me say this 1st. I graduated Dec. 16th, of '05, and I live in Louisiana. Well, because of Hurricain Katrina, all paperwork that goes through the state is late. So I was late getting my temporary license and late getting my ATT, which meant it was going to be late before I could take NCLEX. When I 1st graduated I was very confident about the NCLEX. Now almost 3 months later and working full time I'm not. The test was AWFUL. I felt like I guessed on about 90% of the test. It stopped on 160 or 162 and I don't even think I got the last question right. So, i've read all about the people whose test stopped on 75, 85 or 265, but I have not ever heard anything about the 160's. I really think i've failed you guys! Whats even worse is instead of just my family and friends knowing I failed, everyone at work will know I failed, my pay will be cut down more than half, and i'm going to be a nurse tech instead of a graduate nurse. I am so sad, and depressed. I really feel like if I was able to take my test in January, that I would have done much better. It was like the 2nd week in Feb. before we received our ATT's. Oh well.... thanks for listening. Brina

RNA = RN Applicant This is what my title is until I take (and pass) the NCLEX. You work as an RN with RN pay and privileges, but you're just an app!!

My biggest pet-peeve after reading a lot of these posts, is how it seems to be okay and accepted to make vast generalizations about BSN students or BSN prepared nurses! It has really teed me off time and time again when I read some of these comments from people who LOVE to say all kind of negative things about BSN's. Everyone chose their particular entry into the nursing practice for whatever reasons..... if you are TRULY comfortable and happy with the path that YOU chose, then I feel that you would not feel the need to constantly find ways to down the BSN's (be it the program itself or the nurses) just to somehow try to elevate your particular educational choice! I personally think that people who tend to down others are doing so out of jealousy and/ or insecurities about their own whatever.... you fill in the blank. I am proud to be a BSN graduate, I will be proud to be a RN (as soon as I take my NCLEX),....... I will be proud to be whatever I choose to be and I DON"T have to down ADN's or LPN's to feel that way. The differences in the educational levels are indeed differences, if it weren't then they would all be called the same, right! There's absolutely no need to say "Well, the ADN and the BSN programs are the same except those BSN's have "fluff" classes" or "We ADN's have much better clinical skills than those BSN's and yada yada yada. Anyway.... that is probably my biggest pet peeve since I have entered into this wonderful world of nursing. I have just started my 1st nursing job in the PICU and I am sure that in a couple of months I will have others, lol!! :) Brina BSN Graduate....... and PICU RNA!!!!

Hello Salsaking. By being a nursing student you are entitled to tons of loans, programs, and grants. These vary in the amount of money you receive, but you can DEFINITELY live off of them. I am married and the mom of 2 and I just graduated from a BSN program on December 16th and we managed pretty well. I had to quit my job once I got into clinicals, because you are right, it is very demanding and alot of times you just can't do both. You can apply for a pell grant that will probably cover your tuition and you can also apply for a Federal Stafford Loan that shoul at least be a couple of thousand. There are also Perkins Loans (these are loans that will be "forgiven" as long as you work as a RN in the state that you reside. A certain amount is paid back to the institution from the state until it is paid off) There is a lot of financial aid that is available to you, and a lot that is available especially for nursing majors. Go and talk to your financial aid dept. at your school, and they can tell you about everything including scholarships, and some of those are need based. Good luck! If I can do it, anyone can! Brina

Thank you everyone for your replies. I feel alot better now, about opting out of the review course. I had to hurry and make a decision because my money is due on Dec.1st.... so time was running out. I am the type who studies independently. I don't really like study groups and I don't get too much out of them. I have the NCLEX made insanely easy CD, and the questions from our ATI Comprehensive Predictor. I just figure that its about applying the information.... that you can't really "STUDY" per se because they can ask 1000 questions in 1000 different ways about lets say.... myasthenia gravis. So the best thing is for you to know about myasthenia gravis. I don't know if I'm making any sense, but I am pretty good at taking tests and critically thinking. I just now have to find the best material to study about facts. Thanks again everybody! Brina..... December 16th.... Here I COME !!!!