Who's at fault here?

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So about a quarter of the graduating class at my school didn't reach the 925 benchmark for the Exit Hesi...TWICE. Who's to blame? The school for not adequately preparing people? Hesi for not providing a good test? Or us, because it is possible that we are dummies? I mean obviously the students should have met benchmark and studied and blah blah blah but I know that I am not alone as being one of the people that studied 4-5+ hours a day on straight HESI and doing good remediation, but it still wasn't enough.

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I'm willing to bet at least 75% of OP's class would know which "your/you're" is appropriate. Hint, it's not the one you used...

your all dumb, go back to grade school.
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your all dumb, go back to grade school.

Thanks for that helpful insight and contribution to the conversation.

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Whose fault is this? Is not the question you need to ask.

It's on you to take your life where you want to take it, regardless of whose fault this is.

The first question to ask is

What is possible for me now?

And then

What do I choose to do next from my available possibilities?

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WHAT did you study, OP?

How "good" was your remediation?

What were your weaknesses during the other HESI exams?

Did you improve, or get worse?

There are many factors that are at play.

I took the HESI each semester and each benchmark inched higher; the final HESI was the one that was the only one that required for graduation. I think our benchmark was 950; I found out I did exceptionally well on the exam, to my surprise-and I assure you, I struggled with test anxiety all my post-secondary educational career.

Is there an action plan for you and your peers? I think if this is required for graduation, then yes, taking a step back, looking at the analysis and then preparing for it again will be the plan; if not, then you will look at the analysis, and make a study plan to succeed at the NCLEX.

A lot of times the information that we receive that is less ideal, we always are quick to default to a "good" or "bad" rationale, instead of taking the information for what it is and then deciding WHAT to do with said information.

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I think many people fail to prepare for HESI, they assume that they will be prepared without actually doing much preparation.

Did that 25% invest time in studying or doing practice exams? I personally prepped for exit HESI by reading, reviewing, and taking as many practice exams as possible. It paid off, I scored in the 99th percentile. The same strategy worked when I took my CCRN and I will do the same for boards as an NP.

I would not have been prepared if I had relied solely on what I was taught in school. I had to personally figure out what my weaknesses were and work on those.

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Sorry I've been MIA for a couple days. I've been studying! LOL! To answer a bunch of people's questions, it's not the bottom of the class in this situation. There are a couple of magna cum laude's in this miserable boat. I'm like right in the middle of the road as far as grades go, so the fact that I'm in this too is pretty suspicious. I studied for 6+ hours a day for weeks leading up to the test. I think the biggest thing is lack of guidance. I don't think the school knows how to prepare us or how to teach us how to answer questions. Their "action plan" is literally one hour a week for the rest of the summer. They are also having an outside company come in and review content for 3 days leading up to the test. It's a pretty awful situation and they don't seem to know what to do about it. This whole way of measuring us doesn't seem ethical considering that a good percentage of the content on the test we NEVER covered in any class. I literally didn't know that bladder irrigation was a thing until like last month.

As far as previous years go, there were about 5 people in this situation last year. Now we have around 30.

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Sorry I've been MIA for a couple days. I've been studying! LOL! To answer a bunch of people's questions, it's not the bottom of the class in this situation. There are a couple of magna cum laude's in this miserable boat. I'm like right in the middle of the road as far as grades go, so the fact that I'm in this too is pretty suspicious. I studied for 6+ hours a day for weeks leading up to the test. I think the biggest thing is lack of guidance. I don't think the school knows how to prepare us or how to teach us how to answer questions. Their "action plan" is literally one hour a week for the rest of the summer. They are also having an outside company come in and review content for 3 days leading up to the test. It's a pretty awful situation and they don't seem to know what to do about it. This whole way of measuring us doesn't seem ethical considering that a good percentage of the content on the test we NEVER covered in any class. I literally didn't know that bladder irrigation was a thing until like last month.

As far as previous years go, there were about 5 people in this situation last year. Now we have around 30.

How do you correlate the part I bolded with your initial statement that 75% of the class passed this exam?

If the school is failing at teaching you, how do you suppose it is that 3 out of every 4 students passed this test? If the school is failing to teach you, how is it that you and the rest in the 25% group are getting good grades?

Are you saying that the good to excellent grades the students who failed the exam have been getting have been awarded to them in error? If they can't pass this exam but have magna cum laude status then it sounds like they have been given A's they didn't deserve. Or you could say they deserved to get excellent grades, but then how is it that they can't pass a test that 3 out of every 4 students did pass?

This isn't adding up to me.

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Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

What is the NCLEX pass rate for your school?

Sorry I've been MIA for a couple days. I've been studying! LOL! To answer a bunch of people's questions, it's not the bottom of the class in this situation. There are a couple of magna cum laude's in this miserable boat. I'm like right in the middle of the road as far as grades go, so the fact that I'm in this too is pretty suspicious. I studied for 6+ hours a day for weeks leading up to the test. I think the biggest thing is lack of guidance. I don't think the school knows how to prepare us or how to teach us how to answer questions. Their "action plan" is literally one hour a week for the rest of the summer. They are also having an outside company come in and review content for 3 days leading up to the test. It's a pretty awful situation and they don't seem to know what to do about it. This whole way of measuring us doesn't seem ethical considering that a good percentage of the content on the test we NEVER covered in any class. I literally didn't know that bladder irrigation was a thing until like last month.

As far as previous years go, there were about 5 people in this situation last year. Now we have around 30.

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I learned the HARD way not to put the blame in matters like this on anyone but myself. Because even if it is the schools fault, my fault for not researching the school and nclex pass rate first.

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What is the NCLEX pass rate for your school?

Like around 94% or so

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