So a little bit of background as to why I studied two weeks before which I DO NOT recommend! But if you are in the same situation as me, there is hope! My nursing program switched from a traditional program to a concept based approach and the course of everything was different. So being the first cohort to go through this we often times did not realize the structure of things and we could not ask advice from previous semesters and the professors were just as lost as we were. So essentially I confused the dates to take the Exit Hesi, we had the option of taking it in May but we could also wait until August.
However I have a very competitive nature and it would have bugged me to know others had passed it in May while I anxiously waited all summer to take it in August. So I didn't HAVE TO prepare in the short amount of time I did but we have 3 chances so I took a leap of faith and wanted to see if I could do it. How I studied. So before I took the Exit Hesi we had finals, papers, and were finishing clinicals.
I was not juggling my time properly and I was saying goodbye to friends graduating so I put off really studying until about 2 weeks out (10 days to be exact). It was very stressful but if you are in a crunch it is time to buckle down and study smart. Know yours basics: The information compiled on that study guide is something I committed to memory. I would read a new section every other day and quiz myself and made sure I knew it.
It is important to know Maslow's Hierachy, ABCs, and Prioritization. I know it seems basic, but seriously learn how to use these methods. Exit HESI questions are very different and although it may be asking about a certain disease process or medication if you do not know how to apply these concepts then you may get it wrong. Practice Questions: I would suggest buying a program that has questions. This makes it easier to keep track of how many you have done and some programs are tailored to change the questions/help you. Also they have good rationale.
I cannot suggest one type because most are pretty good, you just need to commit to doing the questions. I used these:.PassPoint for NCLEX-RN: (my school had a discount code for this program, contact your SON director and I am pretty sure you can get the discount code if a large amount of that nursing program is going to purchase the program) This is by far the best study tool I could have ever asked for. My school used this for people who had not passed their EXIT Hesi after a couple of attempts and realized it was really good so recommended we all purchase it. This adapts the questions to target your weak points.
I did around 3,500 questions on this and after about 2,500 questions I consistently answered things correct that I may have known nothing about! It really makes you think and the rationale is very good.Hesi Comprehensive Review for the Nclex-RN Examination 4e: This book is short and sweet! I DID NOT have time to read through it obviously.however I read every single HESI Hint. I'm sure this would have been a great read but I just did not have the time.
The hints are amazing and I read somewhere else this book does come with a bank of questions you can access through your computer. However I did not feel like using another question bank.MYBESTGRADE: This is a very popular program and I used it for a little awhile before I accessed PassPoint. These questions do not adapt to your weak points, they are the same however there is a plethora of questions in every subject you can imagine. These questions are WAY harder than those on the Exit Hesi.
I appreciated how this program made you think and it had great realistic dosage calculation exams. So in the time span of about 10 days I did about 4,000 questions (Passpoint and MYBESTGRADE). I heard of previous nursing students doing about a couple thousand so I knew I needed to sit my butt down and practice. Yes, practice questions are very good for learning material but with every single questions whether I was right or wrong, I analyzed the rationale and tried to rework the way I was answering things. I really had to change my way of thinking and this is hard for a lot of people to do. It was very hard to do hundreds of questions a day and study material I wasn't strong in.
However I embraced that this is something I have to do and I am only expanding my mind. You are not only studying for the Exit Hesi but you are gaining critical thinking skills! So please do not dread studying. You will be tired and cranky but remember this is because we haven't managed our time properly, sad laugh ensues. Finals Study Tips. Do not stress if you do not think you studied enough each day, try your best. Do not beat yourself up.
You do not need to be a downer on yourself, smile if you finally figure out a concept. That is just one more step to passing this thing! I would even treat yourself to nice dinner if you hit your goal amount of questions for the day or something. I still incorporated exercise and sitting down to eat away from the computer.
I am easily distracted so in an effort to help myself I told all of my friends that I was studying and I really needed to not be contacted during those 10ish days. I put my phone away during each study session and I let myself check FB, IG, Snapchat in the morning and at night before I went to bed. It's funny that this is something I have to write in study tips.but I was seriously checking my social media WAY too much. Remember if you know something, you know it!
I know I felt uneasy the whole process and would re-read stuff I already knew. Think of all the other stuff I could have studied if I would have realized what I knew. A couple of things to remember the day of.(This is what worked for me, it may not be for everyone). Do not study the night before! Relax and review test taking strategies (I approached the EXIT Hesi like a mind game).
Eat properly, sleep right, and have a clear mind going in.mentally it is challenging to sit and stare at a screen for that long. Bring an essential oil or calming lotion if you need it, if you get worked up about some challenging questions it may be hard to get your mind out of the gutter.
Take breaks if you need them and bring ear plugs if you are bothered by noise. Try not to over-caffeinate, you do not need to be jittery! A little anxiety I think, is helpful to keep you on your toes but the key is to remain confident through the easy and hard questions.
What my EXIT Hesi was like. My Exit Hesi was 160 questions, I took 3 hours and 46 seconds. I scored a 970, not the highest but I was just happy to pass! Our school requires 900. I am normally a very fast test taker, however I learned during my practice questions that I would constantly read over important clues or read the question wrong. And this is a mistake I did not want to make during the exam, so I took my time. I was tired after about 80 questions, and I think this was because I had crammed so hard for this exam.
Seriously if you have the time to study take it! I heard that studying 1-3 months before is a good range, this makes it a lot less stressful and I totally agree!
My eyes hurt from the previous days but I continued on because I knew how important this was. I did feel my anxiety creep up after I had encountered questions that I really did not know how to answer.
But I picked to the best of my ability and kept telling myself it's okay I'm doing the best I can at this moment. So I would go back to ABCs, Maslow's, Prioritization and test taking strategies.
I am telling you that this was a make or break it for me. I could have missed a lot more and scored less than 900 in a pinch.
A sad fact of the matter was that a lot of 'content' I had studied I could not apply to these questions. I would suggest not reading content from a book. Please study smart and do practice questions. I did study hesi hints and learn that study guide because they were short and to the point.
A lot of EXIT Hesi is knowing how to answer the questions. This is how I feel and a lot of my classmates felt. Take my advice with a grain of salt, what I did may not work for everyone. You should ALWAYS know your content to be a competent/knowledgeable nurse however in studying for this particular exam I just realized that practice questions are the way to go. Hope this helps in some way! If you're graduating in December, you didn't take the same 'rn exit' hesi I just took.
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Hesi has customized exams available for each block of nursing school, and a standard 'rn exit' hesi for block 4 that's standardized across the country (but has multiple test versions, so you don't get the same test if you re-take it). I did take 'exit' hesi's for block 2 & 3, bit they were customized to my school's specs & they were likely completely different than the one you took. The problem I have with all the hesi's is that they aren't 'adaptive' like the nclex is. The nclex won't let you even get to a 'top level' question until you've answered several 'lower level' questions correctly. Example: on the rn exit hesi I just took, digging into my score, I (and the rest of my class, and possibly everyone in the country who took that version of the test) was given 3 psych questions.
I got two of those questions right & my 'score' in that area of psych was 1900. That could give you a falsely high score, because you wouldn't get a super-difficult psych question in the nclex, until you've answered a bunch of lower difficulty questions correctly first. It's like playing 'jeopardy' & skipping all the $100-$900 questions & only playing the $1000 questions. You might win big, but that doesn't mean you could have answered all the $100 questions. You might be really good at irrelevant, obscure factoids & not know the difference between compressed air & oxygen.
Congrats on passing & I don't want to minimize your win, just know that hesi isn't nclex. I just took the hesi exit exam. It was stressful to say the least. My strategies were to go with my gut on questions I was unsure of the answer.
As a nurse, we use our instinct to make decisions. I tried to stress myself out and would remind myself this exam is a prep for the NCLEX. The NCLEX is an exam to test to see if you are minimally competent. I would repeatedly tell myself I CAN DO THIS!! With the powers of positive thinking, I scored a 1100. YOu just have to believe in yourself, because patients believe in your abilities as a nurse.
Three simple areas to identify your weaknessesEveryone has a weakness and for nursing students prepping to pass nursing exams like the ATI, HESI or the NCLEX®, those weaknesses can feel crippling. Nursing students tend to write in to Picmonic with similar, seemingly insurmountable issues like: “I’m doing poorly answering questions. Help!” “I’ve failed my NCLEX®, what do you recommend?” “Can you help me figure out why I’m doing so poorly on my nursing tests?” “I don’t think I’m going to pass my HESI Exit because I can’t even pass my HESI practice exam. Help, please!” “Is it just me or does the ATI not make sense? Oh, it’s just me? Can you please help?” Often nursing students are left with a standardized report post-testing telling them “content areas” of weakness, but sometimes, it just a matter of understanding how the testing process works, so Picmonic has boiled everything down into three areas to work on before nursing finals.
We’re in this together to help you pass your nursing exams. The nursing test passing formula has three main parts:. Understanding the Question. Application of the Content.
Content Mastery Understanding the Question (What is the question asking?)This is the easiest of all of the problems to overcome but is surprisingly VERY common. Try not to jump to a conclusion in the middle of reading a question. Rushing can cause you to choose the wrong answer and you really can’t rush through a nursing final exam question. Tips for understanding the questions:.
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ALWAYS read the entire question on your nursing exam!. Ask yourself after reading the question: “What is this question asking me?” If you don’t know what the question is asking you, read it again. Be sure to look for keywords like “appropriate, highest priority, safe, therapeutic, accurate, next, first, best, indicated.” Application of the Content (Choosing the “most correct” answer)Sometimes, even when you understand the question but still get it wrong it means it’s a matter of understanding what the question’s priority, or best answer, is. This is where it’s important to implement some basics – ADPIE (Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Interventions and Evaluation) as well as ABC’s (Airway, Breathing, Circulation) and understanding the basics of physiological need (Maslow’s hierarchy of needs).
If discerning the best answer is your only problem, the best fix here is to practice questions. Make good use of ATI or HESI practice exams or, well, any nursing practice questions like Picmonic’s Daily Quiz. These practice board questions are here for a reason. Preparation via repetition can be your friend. While preparing for your NCLEX® exam it has always been recommended to run through about 1,500 practice questions total.
We’ve gathered five awesome nursing exam resources to use: The Good: Picmonic posts an NCLEX® question every day -for free-, and we even link you to the content you messed up on so you can check out our visual study guides in all their glory. The Bad: We don’t tell you your weaknesses or let you create entire tests of questions. UWORLD for NCLEX® The Good: With increasingly difficult questions, UWORLD will push you to your limits and give you a better idea of what to put on your Picmonic Playlists.
The Bad: It’s expensive. NCLEX® Mastery App The Good: It’s a super handy smartphone application for NCLEX® questions on the go! The Bad: Sometimes it’s hard to find rationale references so you can look up additional information. But that’s fine because you can find a Picmonic visual study aid to look over instead! Kaplan QBank The Good: Kaplan’s vast experience and rationales are the best at guiding you on how to think through the questions.
The Bad: It’s expensive. (Sensing a theme?) NSCBN’s Question Bank The Good: They are closely affiliated with same people who write questions for the actual NCLEX® exam so their questions are likely to be the most similar to what you’ll actually see on the NCLEX®. The Bad: It’s expensive.
Mastering the Content (“I don’t remember that!”)This is the toughest one to quickly master. You’ve read the question and you don’t remember which disease, drug, or bug the question is actually talking about. Don’t give up! There’s hope on the horizon! This is where you do a complete self assessment.
If you are preparing for NCLEX® or an exit exam like the HESI exit or ATI, check your previous assessment score sheets to identify weaknesses in content areas. After you realize you’re not that proficient in OBGYN, make it a point to review those content areas with Picmonic’s visual mnemonic study aids.
Picmonic has the research that says our study guides increase memory retention 331% and it’s the most fun you’ll have studying. Okay, the research didn’t say it was ‘fun’ but seriously, it is. We don’t need research to know that. Mastering content areas: Picmonic The Good: Picmonic is the most concise resource available to make learning fun while being research proven to increase memory retention! Additionally, you can use our Pathways to target your study time and focus on the content you’re weak on. Picmonic will make it easier to remember and understand thousands of facts and concepts you need to know — including Fundamentals, Pharmacology, Med-Surg, Anatomy, Physiology, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Psychiatric, and more.
The Bad: Picmonic isn’t designed as a last minute review resource. We suggest using Picmonic from day one of school which prevents the whole problem where you can’t remember your lessons or you don’t understand a concept.
That being said, even if you only just discovered Picmonic towards the end of your time at nursing school, you can use Picmonic’s NCLEX Pathway to pinpoint and review areas of weakness, and Picmonic’s Daily Quiz will intelligently adapt to help increase your knowledge retention in these areas. Textbooks The Good: They cover everything. The Bad: It is impossible to read all of the information included in the book. Practicing Questions The Good: Practice questions are a great way to cover content while also testing yourself. The Bad: Make sure you read the rationales EVEN for questions you got correct.
Sometimes question banks don’t do a great job of explaining the entire concept or give direct links to additional resources for you to brush up on weak content areas. Review courses such as Hurst The Good: Hurst covers information you need to know for NCLEX® in just a few days which is great! The Bad: They are expensive and remember review courses cannot fill in major gaps of missing content in your brain. If you’re struggling with getting “exam-ready,” Picmonic is a great way to get all the knowledge you need for the NCLEX® in a way that’s fun and helps you remember way more than a textbook ever could. For a free Picmonic trial today!
HESI study guide (preparing for NCLEX): Do you need a study guide for NCLEX-RN or HESI exam? If so, you have came to the right place. I am a registered nurse who developed a free study guide log for future nurses/nursing school who are going to be taking the NCLEX or HESI exams. I developed this study guide while I was a nursing student and have decided to share it via the web. This study guide includes which review books you should buy to help you pass these exams first try and how I studied day by day in order to prepare for these exams.
NOTE: If you are having to take the, or click the links for their study guides and information about each pre-nursing entrance exam. Hesi Study Guide: Review Books The study guide below is exactly how I studied and I pass the HESI exam with a 1002 (first try) and NCLEX-RN on the first try with 75 questions. Feel free to print this study guide and tell all your friends about it. I’m all about helping other nursing students out! Okaywith that down the question is what books do you use in order to prepare for them.
After much research on the web and looking at reviews, I found two books out there that are hands down the best to study with for your exit HESI exam and NCLEX-RN. I bought these books off of Amazon.com.
The best books to study for your exit HESI exam and NCLEX are the:.Disclosure: The items recommended in this article are recommendations based on our own honest personal opinion and experience. We are an affiliate with Amazon.com, and when you buy the products recommended by us, you help support this site. Free NCLEX Quizzes Here are some free NCLEX quizzes, dosage calculations quizzes, and personality quizzes that we have developed. Bookmark this page and always check back for new quizzes added.
Study Guide For HESI Exam (and NCLEX) Listed above are the books I used to study for my exit HESI & NCLEX-RN. I will be taking by exit HESI March 27 (passed) and my NCLEX June 11 (passed). NOTE: the NCLEX 3500 website I used is no longer available for users to access Here is my study log of how I prepared for NCLEX-RN and HESI:.
December 11- 100 questions, Reviewed every body system-renal, heart, GI, GU, ear, eye, endocrine, cancer.etc. Scored 72% using Saunders Book review CD. December 12-100 questions, Reviewed Pediatrics scored 65% using Saunder Book review CD. December 13-50 questions, Reviewed Delegating & Prioritizing Skills scored 76% using Saunder book review CD.
December 15-100 questions, Reviewed Fundamental Skills scored 74% using Saunders Book review CD. December 17– 100 questions, Reviewed OB skills scored 70% using Saunders Book review CD.
December 18- 75 questions, Reviewed everything fundamentals, OB, peds, Older Adult.etc using the HESI CD (just received today in the mail), got 58% score.yeah I know. December 26-69 questions OB (during labor questions) scored 73% using Saunder Book review CD, read some chapters in my HESI book covering electrolytes, EKGs, IV solutions, & DIC.
December 27-35 questions reviewed Fundamentals using HESI book CD scored 71%, 50 questions using NCLEX 3500 website reviewed all areas (ob, fundamentals, mental health, peds.etc) scored 66%. December 29– 50 questions using NCLEX 3500 website covering Peds (didn’t get a scoreI choose the method of getting the rational right after I answered the question), read my HESI book reviewing HIV, pain, & grieving. December 30– 25 questions using NCLEX 3500 website covering Pedsreceived 75% score.
December 31-100 questions using Saunders review CD covering Pedsreceived 75% score, read some chapters in my HESI book covering Pedsgrowth development, pain, shots schedule, and childhood illnesses. January 2– 55 questions using HESI Studyware CD scored 64% reviewing Peds, read some chapters in my HESI book covering Peds.respiratory disorder (RSV, epiglottis, asthma, Cystic Fibrosis.etc) & Cardiovascular Disorders (VSD, Tets of Fallot, ASD, CHF, rheumatic fever).
Jay, Thanks for your question. I’m sorry to hear you have failed the exit HESI. It is a difficult exam. I personally thought it was harder than NCLEX. Theory of machines 2 lab manual. Since you have only two weeks I would dedicate as much time as you can to practicing NCLEX style questions on any areas you struggle in. Did you get a printed out summary of the areas you struggled in on the last two exit exams? If you did, I would analyze the printed out summary and read the chapters in the exit HESI study guide (pay attention to HESI hints, end of chapter questions, and bold areas).
In addition, after you take each practice test I would review what questions you got wrong, it’s rational, and review the material in the book. Many people make the mistake of just taking practice tests and never reviewing what questions they got wrong. For example, say newborn care in maternity nursing is something you struggle with. I would read the chapter in the HESI book and take NCLEX questions regarding that material.
Then review what questions you got wrong. Say you got wrong the APGAR scoring and medications that are given to the newborn after birth.I would go back in the exit HESI book and read that material.
What NCLEX study guide do you have? I really recommend the Saunders Comprehensive Review book.it has lots of practice questions and you can select what areas you want to test in. Also, as a side note, our website has some practice NCLEX questions if you want to take them. Here is a link to them: You can never take too many NCLEX questions. Overall, I think the best way to prepare for this exam is to take as many NCLEX practice exams as you can. Good luck and I hoped this helped! Please let me know how it goes!!
Sarah. Lynda says. My nursing school required the same thing as your sons. Fortunately, I passed first try. I studied with the exit HESI study guide and practice 1000s of NCLEX question. How did your son prepare? My professors say that was the best way to prepare.
I know that alot of people didn’t pass the first try but almost every who failed the first time passed the second try. I heard rumors that it is easier the second time around??
It is a hard test and many people say it is harder than NCLEX (I have to agree). Lynda says. Jane, He has practiced for months basically the same way you did. When he started to test, his computer glitched and the computer folks came and worked on the computer to no avail.so then he had to test on the teachers computer. He was thirty minutes early for the test, first one there. He started 45 minutes after everyone due to the computer glitch. I feel they should have just rescheduled him.
We are going to talk to the school about that. That would be enough to make anyone a little upset.
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Our free HESI Admission Assessment sample tests provide you with an opportunity to assess how well you are prepared for the actual HESI test, and then concentrate on the areas you need work on. The HESI Admissions Assessment (A2) Exam is used by Nursing school to aid in their admissions process.
Your HESI A2 scores help the school determine whether they believe you are capable of completing your nursing program successfully, and ultimately passing your NCLEX exams. Each of the different HESI Exams (there are a total of 10 potential exams) is scored separately on a scale of 0 to 100. Each school utilizes the HESI A2 differently - from which tests they ask you to take to what minimum scores they require. The HESI Entrance Exam, sometimes referred to as the Evolve HESI Admission Assessment (A2) Exam, is used by many traditional and accelerated nursing programs to evaluate candidates for admission to nursing schools. The HESI Entrance exam consists of exams on different academic topic areas such as: reading comprehension, vocabulary and general knowledge, grammar, math, biology, chemistry, anatomy and physiology, and physics. There is also a section intended to help identify a candidate's personality and learning style.
Nursing schools can choose which tests they want to assess their candidates on, as well as what scores they desire for admissions. The HESI Admission Assessment (A2) Exam is used by nursing schools as part of the admissions testing processes. The intent of the HESI A2 Entrance Exam is to determine whether a student will do well with the nursing curriculum that the school is offering. The exam will potentially test a student on eight different content areas as well as an assessment of learning styles and personality. Schools, however, will typically focus on the general content areas such as Math, Reading Comprehension, Grammar and Vocabulary - unless they have pre-requisites for the subject specific areas of Chemistry, Anatomy and Physiology, Biology and Physics.