ATI Modules - Time Management

[augurey]

The semester starts tomorrow. We just received our syllabus for the nursing course on Friday.

There are two ATI modules due Tuesday and one due Friday, before lab and lecture. There's at least one due every week until late October. There's anywhere from 1-3 due weekly. I'm not a stranger to ATI modules and know they can be very time consuming even though I haven't done much ATI.

I know that what works for one person may not work for another, but I'm interested in some opinions when it comes down to the ATI modules. I'm currently working on my first of two that are due Tuesday. I'm going on 3 hours as I'm taking notes and plan on typing them to reinforce the material learned and placing them in my binder. I'm only about half way through. We also have to get at least a 90 on the post test. The number of attempts do not matter.

The reason for the ATI to be completed prior to lab and lecture is so that the idea is reinforced for what we'll be learning that class. We will be having proctored ATI exams.

I also have 3 chapters to read for Friday in addition to whatever I'm going to have in my other non-nursing course (I'm also a horribly slow reader). I'm not sure if spending 4+ hours to do these notes is going to be productive in the end, especially when I have these weekly. I'm not sure if doing this this way will be beneficial to me or not, and I don't want to waste time doing something that is ineffective, but I also don't want to short myself.

How did everyone else do the ATI modules? Did anyone hand write and type the notes and found that it was helpful and worth the extra time put in?

I have no problem putting the time into it. I just want to make sure this is the best way for me to do this so that I can plan and schedule my time accordingly. I want to make sure I'm using my time wisely.

[la_chica_suerte85, BSN, RN]

I'm not sure if doing THAT much work will be beneficial. Is it possible to do the practice exams and do the focused reviews that generate after? Then you can just choose to do what your lowest percentage of correct questions were and go from there. That's how my program does it. We take practice A & B and do 3 hours of focused review for each and then we take our proctored. After the proctored and depending on how we did, we do anywhere from 1-3 hours of additional focused review.

[augurey]

These are the ones that, I don't think, have focused reviews. Like right now I'm working on Infection control. You do the pre-test to see where your knowledge on the topic is currently, and then you go through the module. Once you're finished with the module, you go take the post test.

I'm not sure they have the option for focused review other than for the proctored practice exams.

I do feel like I'm spending way too much time on this, but I'm not really sure how to find balance with it. Either that or I'm just a horrible note taker and write down way too much. Which is possible.