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HESI can be "customized" as you said, or it the school can use the standardized version. As a faculty member of a large nursing program, I can tell you that most schools use the standardized exams for specialty courses- OB; PEDS; Mental Health. Often the first year med-surg exams are customized based on the way the curriculum is set up. I definitely recommend using the HESI Review book- they are the ones who make the test, so it makes sense to use their product. Too many resources is a huge problem, so stick to one or two, do as many practice questions as you can and always think about what is "safest" for my patient. Good Luck!

I wonder how first semester students in a med-surg course would do with not having any prep prior to going in? I know when I was in school- a long, long time ago- we did not go the day before. We were in the hospital for clinical 3 days a week, though. Gathering info on day 1- working through care plan ideas the first night after clinical, then implementing the next 2 days. Our students today have a clinical day a week in the first semester. For only 6 hours. By the time they gather all that data- the day is done and they may have barely seen the patient. Just something else to consider.

Just wondering what other nursing schools are doing about clinical paperwork. Do student still go the night before to get their patient info? Do you have them complete the old-fashioned careplans? Concept mapping? Mind mapping? Electronic medical records? We are trying to streamline this process and curious what others are doing that is working. I personally don't want my students up all night the night before clinical doing prep work. I also do not want them wasting multiple hours completing a careplan, then failing their nursing exams. Just wondering.....