IMadeItRN

Below is the rubric they are using. In previous semesters they used the conversion score until now. Now this is the way they are choosing to grade all specialty HESI's. A lot of "C" students have failed because it is worth 15% of the course grade and there's no orientation or guidance on how to prepare for HESI. It just seems unfair to me because the conversion score takes into consideration the difficulty of each question answered correctly. I can understand implementing this rubric for the Exit Hesi, because by then the students should be prepared/ preparing for the NCLEX, but for courses prior to the last semester I wish the school would focus more on using the exam as a point of reference on where further instruction/ remediation is needed. > 1200 = 100 1101 – 1200 = 95 % 1000 - 1100 =90 % 950 - 999 =85 % 900 – 949 =80 % 850 – 899 =75 % 800 – 849 =70 % 750 – 799 =65 %

Has anybody else ever experienced this in nursing school? You know how when you take your HESI specialty or HESI exit exams, you get a HESI score and then also a conversion score percentage....well at this program the HESI exams count toward 15% of the course grade, but instead of using the conversion score, the school uses a different rubric. With this rubric, if you score high, it can inflate your grade a bit, but if you score low, it deflates your grade a lot more. For example, a student scored 1026 on a HESI specialty exam and the conversion score was 88%, but with the faculty's rubric they gave a 90% on the other hand a score of 739 on a HESI specialty exam with conversion score of 68%, the faculty's rubric gave a 60%. Does anybody else's school use their own rubric to award grades for HESI??? Does this seem like a fair practice? A lot of people failed out of the program because of this newly implemented scoring. They just started this change this fall semester.

I just registered to this site and this will be my first comment :) I have a B.A. in Psych and I want to go back to school for nursing b/c I can't seem to get a job and I know nursing is always in demand. I have 22 hours worth of prerequisites to do and this fall will be my first semester back in school after 2 years. I'm not fully registered for everything yet, but for now I'm taking A&P1 and either Nutrition or Human Growth & Development. I don't know if I can manage anymore than 2 classes because I am hoping that I can get a job soon! I've been really depressed about my lack of success and going back to school for nursing is giving me an ounce of hope.