HESI Exit Exam Facts

The Health Education System, Inc. or HESI have been giving exams to nursing students as a means to evaluate the current established nursing program. They assess the nursing students as to whether they are knowledgeable enough or are able to apply the different nursing concepts that are taught to them in certain situations.

There are different exams HESI provides: an Admissions exam to evaluate your chances of passing a nursing entrance exam, a custom exam to evaluate faculty specified nursing content, a specialty exam to evaluate specific clinical content, and the HESI Exit Exam that nursing students need to pass in order to become a qualified nurse.

The HESI Exit exam among all the tests given by the Health Education System, Inc. is by far the most important exam for any nursing students. The exam will evaluate whether you would be able to pass the NCLEX. Some hospitals would ask for your HESI Exit exam results if they would want to hire you in their staff so getting a good score in your exit exam is as important as taking the NCLEX.

Every nursing student must take the HESI Exit Exam as a pre-requisite before they graduate. Some schools do not allow any nursing students to graduate if they fail their HESI. A nursing student needs to prepare him or herself for the exam. The passing score of a HESI Exit exam differs with every school. So it is only wise for a student make sure that he or she is ready both physically and mentally to take the exam. Otherwise, it is advisable to take a break to mentally and physically prepare yourself for the exam.