HESI Exam

     So today I took my first HESI exam. From what I understand, the HESI is a test you take in a certain subject area (mine was fundamentals) and based on how you do on the test it tells you how you did compared to all the other nursing students in the nation (I believe or maybe the state but I'm leaning more towards nation). The average was 819. They say you can get as high as 1500 if I read the information correctly. Me being the lazy nursing student that I am, I managed to get a 742 and this is with no preparation or anything. So overall, I learned that apparently I am a below average nursing student (ha! I think it's sad that it doesn't really faze me that much to know that lol) What's cool about the test is when you get the results it gives you a breakdown of how you did on questions that had to do with certain parts of the nursing process. So for example, I got a lot of questions right that related to the implementation and planning part of the nursing process which pretty much means that I do what I'm told pretty well. I thought that was pretty unique and actually useful because then you get an idea of what areas you really need to work on. Overall the test wasn't hard at all for a 55 question test. I think I would have done better if I actually took my time to read the questions and if I went with my gut answer. Another helpful thing about the results was that you had the option to go over each question you got wrong, giving you the right answer and the rationale behind it. There were a number of questions that I narrowed it down to the best two but put the wrong answer even though my gut feeling was originally the right answer. I wish there was some type of cure for the because I do that all the time on tests and it pisses me off to no end (moral of the story never doubt yourself because usually your gut feeling is correct). I don't know, hopefully I get my act together and start taking things more seriously because finals are coming. Anyway, back to my nutrition care study I go. I really believe that they should make procrastination an actual disease or disorder or whatever because I definitely suffer from it but what can I say I'm a work in progress...
(BTW...totally gave my first injection yesterday and it was AMAZING! What I've learned: 1.) I have a pokerface because no one was able to tell that I was nervous as hell, and 2.) the skin is not like those little pads they give us to practice on when we're learning or like the dummies we use. Overall great experience and can't wait to do it again. I doubt they will let us do that in the externship but it would be amazing if they did! Okay but seriously off to my case study I go)