Salem Community College Nursing Program!

By the way... FYI, half of an LPN,is qualified to take the state NA exam without the special skills test!

This is for those of my classmates who have not ALREADY been CNA's for the last 20 years, of course...

I'm not going to hard-sell the idea, but for the record, it's what I'm planning on doing to brush up on my patient care skills..

OK fast forward half a year!

80 students, 29 were able to pass the exit exam!

Drama! Thrills! Chills! Spills! Did I mention Drama!

I'm taking my ball and going to Philly! I've had enough of this school and the monkey business that goes on behind closed and not-so-closed doors!

For professional reasons, I'll leave it at that!

PPppbbbpbpbpbpbpbpbptptptptptptptptptptpttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:angryfire:yawn::argue:!!

Yes, Salem Community College requires the HESI exit exam to graduate.

Be warned, the exam itself is tied to other courses, meaning if you cannot pass the HESI exam, your grade in another class will be transmuted into a very heavily weighted "F". (The class it was tied to for the LPN Class was a 10-credit hour one). With that "F", not only do you have to repeat ALL the classes of spring semester (23 hours worth) but to even get into the program again, you must re-take all your 1st semester finals and take your place last in line for consideration on admission back into the program. With the "F" on your transcripts, you won't be able to just transfer into a program at a different school, either.

Last but not least let it be known: About half the class statistically can pass the HESI. Not just the top half of the class, there were many students with better GPA's than me, who missed by just a few points and now have nothing to show for their last year in school. A few students who were at the very bottom of the class grade-wise passed the HESI. It is not a reflection of academic aptitude.

Good luck!

Think of it as a massive horse race... where the horses that do not place, get a leg broken for their trouble.

More and more nursing schools nationwide are jumping on the HESI bandwagon, because it artificially raises their ranking through finding a new and creative way to make sure that students who won't pass the NCLEX on the first try, don't even get to sit for the exam regardless of their academic performance. Don't ask me what kind of nurses this system will produce, because real life isn't multiple choice. One of the girls in my class who failed the HESI, saved a patient's life during one of her clinical rotations. (She noticed that the RN she was shadowing was about to give someone a killing dose of the wrong insulin IV!!!) Meanwhile, one that left an incontinent patient in a bed full of his own waste when it was time for post-conference because "She already changed him THREE TIMES" got an award for her high GPA at pinning.

Go figure.

I'm sorry, I was so busy ranting that I didn't answer your question!

The only ADN program I know of that doesn't require a "Do or Die" exit exam, is Del Tech in Georgetown, DE. NY nursing schools, do not require a HESI, but they do require a very, very high score on the NCLEX to get your license. (2nd only to California)