ATI Fundamentals Final

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If you received a good score on your ATI final for Fundamentals, what did you find to be a good study technique?

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My suggestion is to read and re-read the ATI book.

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I thought taking the practice tests was helpful. It really boiled down to more critical thinking than learned knowledge.

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Specializes in ER/Emergency Behavioral Health....

I just took this. It was such a pain in the butt! I got a 76.2%, which is the 93rd percentile nationally.

That tells me that this test isn't worth anything.

If people are scoring that low then they aren't doing students any good.

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The only suggestion I would come up with is to read the ATI book from the very beginning, take notes, and re-read. Treat it like you would any other class. I didn't read - only took practice tests and it threw me for a loop. I was scoring 80-85% on practice exams (our program required us to get above a 63.99% I believe to pass) and those did not help me at all for the final exam. I saw maybe 3-4 repeat questions. Many of the questions that were asked on the ATI fundamentals exam were over topics that we had never covered in lecture - like ABGs (we learn that 2nd semester). It was incredibly tough but I don't think anyone failed. I definitely learned to be better prepared next semester for Med-Surg!

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I agree!!! Besides the fact that my books in class barley match to ati I'm doing double the work and when I get to the final It's like what the hell is this?? info is completly diff from what you done practice wise

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Specializes in CVICU CCRN.

If your program uses the full ATI website, I highly recommend the online training modules for performing well on the tests, in addition to the books. That is where you will find all that oddly specific ATI information. The modules are relatively brief and easy to use, and also give you access to many more test questions and drills. I actually felt ATI was good prep for the NCLEX. Good luck!

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ATI fundamentals and Saunders PN. I scored Tier III. Personally, I had more NG tube questions than i expected, lol.

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This post helps a lot because I take this exam soon!

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Does anyone recommend practice questions or just the huge book?

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