Exit Hesi Study Guide SUPER CONDENSED PORTABLE HESI STUDY GUIDE HESI Concepts From Start To Finish

SUPER CONDENSED PORTABLE HESI STUDY GUIDE HESI Concepts From Start To Finish Your Name Here: Collected Works To Help Facilitate Success. Intended to Supplement Existing Literature, Not Replace It. Preliminary Version General Usage Instructions/How to Use This Document: 1) Read your HESI BOOK!, textbooks, and notes. 2) If viewing this in MS Word, hit “Ctrl-F” on your keyboard and then type in whatever you are looking for into the box and hit the “Enter” key on your keyboard until you find what you are looking for. 3) If you are scrolling through this document each applicable section is listed “Key Points”, “#” (which key point number), “subject matter title” 4) Rinse and repeat. HESI NURSING SUBJECT AND EXIT TEST PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS To prepare for the exam (whether a subject exam or exit exam) use and have the following materials/resources available: 1) HESI study book from evolve (ISBN# 7759) 2) HESI case studies from evolve 3) HESI practice test CD which comes with the HESI book 4) HESI Practest 2009 questions from evolve 5) HESI related flashcards, not from evolve 6) HESI study notes compiled by faculty and previous ADN students (lab values, meds, etc.) 7) HESI related powerpoints for remediation and instructional purposes, not from evolve To prepare for the test itself: 1) Become an expert at the nursing process r/t questions, answers, and related processes 2) Determine my optimum learning style 3) Practice visualization and guided imagery 4) Practice and refine test taking skills 5) Stress relief and coping skills developed and utilized 6) Determine areas of weakness in previous HESI exams (via the statistical report provided after taking the test) 7) Practice the practice tests on the computer until i memorize/understand the questions and related material (until I have it down cold via repetition) 8) Review the rationales on the Practest questions, case studies, and practice test CD relentlessly (usually start with this first... essentially reverse engineer the questions starting with the rationales and working backwards) 9) Memorize hints, meds, ranges, lab values, etc. as outlined in the HESI study book (with an intent to not be caught off guard by material you haven't seen before and to not forego any easy points) 10-A) Block off two weeks or more to constantly review the HESI book 10-B) Alternatively, study the HESI book as the semester progresses. 11) Foregoing studying from other non-evolve resources such as the saunders book temporarily (rationale: HESI test comes from HESI/Evolve related products, normally). 12) Host/goto HESI review sessions with other students about to take the test (rationale: If you can teach it, you get a better understanding=proficiency, eventually) Where to get some of the above resources: Austin Community College. Test taking strategies. Available at: Link for the hesi book + practice test 2009: HESI online case studies only: HESI case studies + practice test 2009: HESI study book only: NCLEX-RNExamination/Hesi/e/7759 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Accountability: You only have yourself and your success or failure to account to. 100 questions (you may have to get up extra early to complete them). Goal: is to complete 800- 1000 questions by Sunday before 5 p.m. Do not worry so much about your grade for the exams— the most important thing is to understand why you answered the question(s) incorrectly. Practicum ?? After practicum No more than 50 questions. It will not be productive on a long day. e.g. 25 Med- Surg; 25 Pedi Do 4 HESI case studies Review Meds-Pub After practicum 50 questions e.g. 25 Med-Surg; 25 Pedi Books to have next to you: Med-Surg Lab Ref. Drug book Fundamentals Med. Dictionary In addition to reviewing No Practicum: 200 questions throughout the day. Not in one sitting 50-med surg 50-pedi 50-psych 50-women’s health In addition to After practicum 50 questions e.g. 25 Med- Surg; 25 Pedi In addition to reviewing No Practicum: 200 questions throughout the day. Not in one sitting 50-med surg 50-pedi 50-psych 50-women’s health In addition to reviewing No Practicum: 200 questions throughout the day. Not in one sitting 50-med surg 50-pedi 50-psych 50-women’s health In addition to reviewing rationales, go back to your texts to read up if you were not familiar SAMPLE HESI STUDY AND REMEDIATION SCHEDULE Note: “Fear” of the unknown only serves us from moving forward. Your self-discipline, commitment to working hard and faith will help get you through this. Before the test: The HESI and NCLEX tests use the steps of the nursing process (assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation) to evaluate how you critically think about and apply your knowledge about nursing principles and skills during the care of patients. Do the following before the test: 1) Review the nursing process and critical thinking. You need to be very familiar with the stages of the process and the nursing actions associated with each stage, and be prepared to identify whether a certain action is used in the planning or evaluation phase of the nursing process. 2) Review material which will refresh your knowledge on developmental issues at all stages of life which will help with pediatric health questions. 3) Use an NCLEX study book to familiarize yourself with the type of questions to expect and review the answers to understand why they are correct. Know the common electrolyte values and signs of abnormal levels, common drugs. Don't read things into the questions or assume things that are not part of the question. After you read the test question only, close your eyes. Think about what the question said and what you know about it, and only then, look at the answers. Practice the questions with same time limit used in the NCLEX testing: 90 seconds per question. During the test be careful about: 1. Reading too much into the questions. Look at what is there, what you know. Unless it is specified, don't assume that you know the patient's gender, age, diagnoses, situation or where the interaction is occurring (home, street, nursing unit). 2. Reading too much into the answers. See above. 3. Using the answer choices to search your brain for information. a. Try covering up the answers and read the question. Think about the distracters (unneeded/ irrelevant information and words like "all of the following”, ”except", "not", etc). b. Think about what you know about the subject. If you can't recall anything, look at the words and think about their meaning (dys=not or abnormal, anti=against), or what they sound like (sarcoma sounds like carcinoma, so a sarcoma is a type of ...............................................continued........................................................