Standardized Testing Policy (BSN Pre-licensure)


Purpose

To outline standardized testing requirements in the baccalaureate nursing program curriculum for individuals enrolled in the pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing program.

Requirements

Health Education Systems Incorporated (HESI) examinations are nationally standardized examinations that are content-specific and based on the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) Testing Blueprint. HESI’s online exams test students on their skills in clinical application and critical thinking, which are cornerstones of BSN student preparation. Additionally, HESI provides an individualized detailed remediation plan for the students regarding their specific areas of weakness. HESI exams are used throughout the curriculum within MSU's BSN program, from admission through the capstone course.

Use of Standardized Testing Across the Baccalaureate Nursing Program Curriculum

Course

HESI Exam

How HESI Exam is Utilized

Requirement for Remediation

NURB 262

Admission HESI &

Fundamentals

Remediation/Advising Tool

Final exam grade based upon conversion percentage score

Admission HESI: Any student scoring below 76% or below in any content area.

Fundamentals: Any student scoring less than 900.

NURB 264


Peds/OB

Exam grade based upon conversion percentage score

Any student scoring less than 900 on the exam

NURB 266

Community

Exam grade based upon conversion percentage score

Any student scoring less than 900 on the exam

NURB 318

Pharmacology and the Nursing Process

Exam grade based upon conversion percentage score

Any student scoring less than 900 on the exam

NURB 320

Custom Mid-curricular

Exam grade based upon conversion percentage score

Any student scoring less than 900 on the exam

NURB 322

Mental Health Nursing

Exam grade based upon conversion percentage score

Any student scoring less than 900 on the exam

NURB 324

Custom Adult Med-Surg.

Exam grade based upon conversion percentage score

Any student scoring less than 900 on the exam

NURB 420

Comprehensive Med-Surg.

Exam grade based upon conversion percentage score

Any student scoring less than 900 on the exam

NURB 422

Custom Chronic

Exam grade based upon conversion percentage score

Any student scoring less than 900 on the exam

NURB 461

Leadership/ Management

Exam grade based upon conversion percentage score

Any student scoring less than 900 on the exam

NURB 498

Pharmacology

Exam grade based upon conversion percentage score

Any student scoring less than 900 on the exam

NURB 499C

HESI Exit Exam(s), along with any/all of the following: Fundamentals, PEDS/OB, Medical Surgical

Exam grade based upon conversion percentage score

Any student scoring less than 900 on the exam

Additional Information Concerning Standardized Testing 

Following the completion of any HESI examination, students who have not successfully met the course guidelines for the exam are required to be accountable for their remediation by accessing their individual HESI remediation plan via the Evolve website within two weeks of the availability of the results of their performance on the exam. Within one week of the beginning of the following semester, students are required to contact and schedule a remediation meeting with the course leader/designee of the course in which the HESI was housed. A proposed remediation plan of action based upon the student's individual identified deficiencies of the specific HESI exam should be completed prior to attendance at the remediation meeting. Failure to schedule a meeting or complete a plan of remediation may negatively impact the student's success in courses throughout the BSN curriculum as well as success on the NCLEX-RN (licensure exam). Students may be required to complete additional remediation as deemed necessary by the course faculty.

*Note: Policy subject to change.