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RN Exit Results
Your HESI scores range from 0 to over 1,000, and can be as high as 1,500 (depending on the difficulty level of the exam).
An acceptable level of performance is 850. However, the recommended level of performance is 900 and above for all
scores provided.
Each school is responsible for establishing their specific standards related to outcome measures of acceptable scores. Many
schools choose a certain overall score as a benchmark for progression, and such benchmarks are set at the discretion of the
school’s faculty and administrators. However, when preparing for the NCLEX®, it is recommended that students seriously
remediate any subject area category in which they obtained a score of less than 850.
All test items are weighted according to their difficulty level. If you answer more difficult items correctly, you will get more
credit than if you answer less difficult test items correctly. Because of this scoring method, it is highly probable that two
students answering the same number of test items correctly will receive different scores because such scores depend not
only on how many test items the student answered correctly, but also on which test items the student answered correctly.
Your score reflects application of the HESI Predictability Model (HPM) to your overall score and each subject area score.
Research studies have found the HPM to be highly accurate in predicting NCLEX® success.
Your conversion score is a weighted percentage score that considers the average difficulty of the exam and the average
difficulty of the test items you answered. Based on your faculty’s use of this exam, the conversion score may be used as a
portion of your course grade.
The HESI score is a better predictor of NCLEX® success than the conversion score because it reflects application of the
HPM in its calculation, whereas the conversion score does not.
Colored graphs depicting your scores on various subject area categories are provided throughout this report. The
horizontal lines within these graphs are set at the Acceptable Level (850) and the Recommended Level (900).
The Percentile Score Ranking measures your level of performance as compared to the performance of a
standard or “norm” group. For this exam, the norm group consists of 90,665 nursing students from all
type of RN programs (Diploma, Associate Degree, and Baccalaureate Degree) who took a HESI RN Exit
Exam in the last school year.
The Percentile Score Ranking does not reflect the percentage of test items that you answered
correctly. Instead, the percentile ranking is useful for determining how many students in the nation
scored BELOW your score.
You scored at a 65.41 percentile rank, which means that you performed better than 65.41% of the
nation’s nursing students last year; while only 34.59% of the nation’s students had higher scores than
you.
HESI Score
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Your Score
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Average HESI Score --- National average and Your Student Group average
For nursing students in all RN programs who took a HESI RN Exit Exam in the last school year, which
is reflected at percentile rank of 50.00 and the average HESI score was 853,which is at a percentile
rank of 53.50.
The average HESI score was 853, which is at a percentile rank of 53.43 for nursing students in
diploma programs who took a HESI RN Exit Exam in the last school year.
The average HESI score was 860, which is at a percentile rank of 55.83 for nursing students in
ADN programs who took a HESI RN Exit Exam in the school year.
The average HESI scores was 846, which is at a percentile rank of 51.32 for nursing students in
BSN programs who took a HESI RN Exit Exam in the school year.
Nursing Process
Nursing Process
(1) Assessment 802 -48 -98 (23 out of 36)
(2) Analysis 916 66 16 (12 out of 19)
(3) Planning 883 33 -17 (19 out of 28)
(4) Implementation 897 47 -3 (40 out of 58)
(5) Evaluation 1153 303 253 (10 out of 13)
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Client Needs
(1) Safe/Effective Environment 870 20 -30 (30 out of 47)
(2) Mgmt of Care (RN) 843 -7 -57 (18 out of 30)
(3) Safety & Infect Control 998 148 98 (11 out of 15)
(4) Health Promotion & Maintenance 828 -22 -72 (7 out of 11)
(5) Psychosocial Integrity 959 109 59 (8 out of 11)
(6) Physiological Integrity 893 43 -7 (57 out of 84)
(7) Basic Care/Comfort 969 119 69 (8 out of 12)
(8) Pharm & Parenteral Tx 1090 240 190 (20 out of 25)
(9) Reduce Risk Potential 834 -16 -66 (14 out of 21)
(10) Physio Adaptation 732 -118 -168 (14 out of 25)
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Fundamentals
(1) Med Administration 1293 443 393 (14 out of 16)
(2) Math 919 69 19 (4 out of 5)
(3) Basic Nursing Skills 1282 432 382 (16 out of 19)
Maternity
(4) Antepartum 1513 663 613 (3 out of 3)
(5) Intrapartum 0 -850 -900 (0 out of 2)
(6) Newborn 918 68 18 (1 out of 2)
(7) Postpartum 403 -447 -497 (2 out of 3)
Professional Issues
(8) Cultural/Spiritual 551 -299 -349 (1 out of 2)
(9) Documentation 1112 262 212 (3 out of 3)
(10) Leadership 933 83 33 (10 out of 16)
(11) Legal/Ethical 619 -231 -281 (3 out of 5)
(12) Research/Theory 1931 1081 1031 (1 out of 1)
(13) Teaching 859 9 -41 (10 out of 14)
Psychiatric/Mental Hlth
(14) Abuse 1499 649 599 (3 out of 3)
(15) Anxty/Commnictns 415 -435 -485 (3 out of 6)
(16) Depress/Grief 275 -575 -625 (1 out of 3)
(17) Psychoses 49 -801 -851 (1 out of 4)
Clinical Concepts: Med-Surg/Pedi/Geri
(18) Cardiovascular 839 -11 -61 (11 out of 18)
(19) Endocrine 800 -50 -100 (8 out of 13)
(20) GI/Hepatic 945 95 45 (12 out of 19)
(21) Gwth & Devlp 705 -145 -195 (3 out of 5)
(22) Immune/Hematology 694 -156 -206 (10 out of 16)
(23) Integumentary 673 -177 -227 (4 out of 6)
(24) Musculoskeletal 905 55 5 (7 out of 11)
(25) Neurological 868 18 -32 (10 out of 14)
(26) Oncology 990 140 90 (2 out of 3)
(27) Operative 899 49 -1 (7 out of 9)
(28) Physical Assessment 424 -426 -476 (3 out of 5)
(29) Renal 749 -101 -151 (5 out of 7)
(30) Respiratory 1074 224 174 (10 out of 14)
(31) Reproductive 1381 531 481 (5 out of 5)
(32) Sensory 1478 628 578 (2 out of 2)
(33) Trauma/Emergency 1417 567 517 (4 out of 4)
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(1) Scholarship for Evidence Based Practice 853 3 -47 (43 out of 65)
(2) Liberal Education for BSN Generalist 891 41 -9 (100 out of 150)
(3) Interprofessional Communication 708 -142 -192 (7 out of 14)
(4) BSN Generalist Nursing Practice 880 30 -20 (98 out of 147)
(5) Professionalism & Professional Values 664 -186 -236 (2 out of 3)
(6) Clinical Prevention & Population Health 904 54 4 (77 out of 116)
(7) Leadership for Quality Care & Patient Safety 863 13 -37 (55 out of 88)
(8) Information Mngmt & Pt Care Technology 1229 379 329 (14 out of 17)
(9) Health Care Policy 1103 253 203 (10 out of 15)
(10) Designer/Manager/Coordinator of Care 899 49 -1 (17 out of 28)
(11) Member of Profession 1078 228 178 (1 out of 2)
(12) Provider of Care 873 23 -27 (89 out of 134)
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Patient-centered Care
(1) Dimensions of Patient Care 891 41 -9 (100 out of 150)
(2) Pain and Suffering 860 10 -40 (70 out of 107)
(3) Safety and Quality 980 130 80 (65 out of 95)
(4) Ethical Legal 544 -306 -356 (3 out of 5)
(5) Effective Communication 718 -132 -182 (14 out of 24)
Teamwork and Collaboration
(6) Member of Team 885 35 -15 (99 out of 149)
(7) Scope of Practice 721 -129 -179 (10 out of 17)
(8) Communication 932 82 32 (26 out of 39)
(9) Systems/Team Functions 873 23 -27 (42 out of 65)
Evidence-based Practice (EBP)
(10) Research and EBP 907 57 7 (100 out of 148)
(11) Quality Improvement (QI) 1017 167 117 (48 out of 71)
Safety
(12) Basic Safety Design Principles 907 57 7 (87 out of 129)
(13) Culture of Safety & Safety Monitoring 909 59 9 (64 out of 99)
(14) National Patient Safety Resources 947 97 47 (77 out of 109)
(15) Nursing informatics 1235 385 335 (13 out of 16)
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Nursing Concepts
Biophysical
(1) Fluid & Electrolyte 946 96 46 (10 out of 14)
(2) Acid/Base 986 136 86 (5 out of 8)
(3) Elimination 1035 185 135 (14 out of 19)
(4) Metabolism 1009 159 109 (19 out of 27)
(5) Nutrition 1625 775 725 (2 out of 2)
(6) Glucose Regulation 917 67 17 (8 out of 11)
(7) Intracranial Regulation 928 78 28 (8 out of 11)
(8) Cellular Regulation 886 36 -14 (5 out of 8)
(9) Oxygenation-Gas Exchange 1153 303 253 (13 out of 17)
(10) Perfusion 820 -30 -80 (16 out of 24)
(11) Clotting 790 -60 -110 (3 out of 4)
(12) Sexuality/Reproduction 946 96 46 (9 out of 12)
(13) Inflammation 1205 355 305 (4 out of 5)
(14) Tissue Integrity 640 -210 -260 (4 out of 7)
(15) Infection 744 -106 -156 (17 out of 25)
(16) Immunity 891 41 -9 (7 out of 10)
(17) Sensory/Perception 1478 628 578 (2 out of 2)
(18) Mobility 1045 195 145 (10 out of 14)
(19) Comfort 1074 224 174 (13 out of 18)
(20) Pain 1211 361 311 (8 out of 10)
Psychological
(21) Stress & Coping 509 -341 -391 (3 out of 8)
(22) Caregiving 1036 186 136 (1 out of 1)
(23) Palliation 0 -850 -900 (0 out of 1)
(24) Grief & Loss 0 -850 -900 (0 out of 3)
(25) Anxiety 0 -850 -900 (0 out of 1)
(26) Mood & Affect 0 -850 -900 (0 out of 4)
(27) Cognition 418 -432 -482 (3 out of 6)
(28) Psychosis 145 -705 -755 (1 out of 2)
(29) Interpersonal Violence 1262 412 362 (2 out of 2)
(30) Behaviors 1271 421 371 (3 out of 4)
(31) Cultural/Spiritual 551 -299 -349 (1 out of 2)
(32) Family Dynamics 989 139 89 (3 out of 5)
(33) Developmental 767 -83 -133 (13 out of 22)
(34) Health, Wellness & Illness 1166 316 266 (20 out of 25)
(35) Functional Ability 1743 893 843 (5 out of 5)
(36) Motivation 1349 499 449 (1 out of 1)
(37) Adherence 1699 849 799 (1 out of 1)
(38) Health Promotion 1024 174 124 (10 out of 13)
Nursing
(39) Professional Behaviors -Professionalism 1079 229 179 (9 out of 13)
(40) Communication 1009 159 109 (20 out of 31)
(41) Assessment 881 31 -19 (29 out of 47)
(42) Clinical Judgment-Clin Decision-Critical Thinking 909 59 9 (84 out of 127)
(43) Nursing Interventions 907 57 7 (83 out of 124)
(44) Teaching and Learning-Patient Education 919 69 19 (21 out of 31)
(45) Care Coordination 145 -705 -755 (2 out of 5)
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