ATI Med Surg Test Help

[OliverElio87, BSN, RN]

Hi everyone! I am going to take this exam soon and looking I feel a bit overwhelmed with the amount of content. For those of you who already took it, can you give any advice/pointers on what you did to pass this test? We need to get a Level 2 or better. I have the ATI Med Surg book that comes with it and I have been reading that, but I am not sure if that is enough.

[pmabraham, BSN, RN]

I'll have the proctored ATI Med Surg exam this coming fall. For previous proctored exams (fundamentals, maternal newborn, mental health, pharmacology) for which (thanks to Jesus) I attained level 3, I used the ATI books. In addition, I would do the practice A and B exams prior to reviewing the books, then review the book (typically reading the entire book). I would then follow up with another practice A and B run. After that run, I would do the focused review from the results tab to fine tune what I needed to know. I would also try to do NCLEX-RN med surg questions (UWorld, The Point, Nurse Labs).

[loving2024, BSN, RN]

I got level 3 (91%) on my med surg ati this past spring semester.

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Kayexalate..know the generic

low/high potassium diet and how it contradicts with renal failure

hysterectomy

coleslaw

stroke

genital herpes

PUD

EKG

lastly infection control like meningitis, TB (remember the sputum test).

Good luck

[pmabraham, BSN, RN]

Coleslaw? I got everything else, but coleslaw?

[loving2024, BSN, RN]

Coleslaw? I got everything else, but coleslaw?

There were at least 3 questions related to potassium and the answers always point to coleslaw. I used elimination method to answer those questions and I picked coleslaw and after the exam, I looked it up and i realized that it is rich in potassium. Dont forget how to don PPE too lol. Many people got that wrong