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If you have physical copies of the ATI books, I'd go through those. If not, after you log into ATI, on the main page towards the middle right under "Product Support Material", click where it states "Access your review modules, product supplements, and remediation templates". Click "RN Review Modules" --> "2013 editions" and pick the book you'd like to view.
If you're given practice assessments, see if you can do a 'create focused review'. If you can't do a focused review, look and see what your areas of weakness are on the practice assessment and go to those areas.
I won't have the maternity for a while but I did take the fundamentals last quarter. The practice exams from the testing website didn't exactly prepare one for the actual test itself, though it gave way to showing how questions would be set up. I have friends who actually finished the ATI book prior to taking it but only scored in the level 1 (frankly my entire cohort did but we were only first quarter students). I don't think we're allowed to discuss the content that is on the test but really just try to have a general grasp on all nursing skills coming in
1. Review the ATI books for the material. You an get a full set cheap on ebay for $35 to $50 for the set or used (current version) at Amazon.com for pennies to a dollar and change plus $3.99 shipping.
2. ALWAYS review all of the rationales for each answer of a board-style question. Do so for at least two reasons: 1) to learn why right answers are right, and why wrong answers are wrong. 2) to be able to link up why certain actions may not be right for a given situation, BUT may be right for another situation.
3. Take the practice ATI exam for the material; then go to the results area to create a focused review. Re-read the specific sections / chapters for which you are weak.
4. After leaving one to three days in between, retake the practice exam to see how much you improved; and then rinse and repeat on the focused review.
5. Continue to review the ATI book for the material in question doing your best to A) read all chapters, B) take all of the short quizzes, C) review the system answers that is typically the last question of a given quiz, and D) focus especially on sections / chapters for which you are weak.
ayelah_ganda
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Anybody here taken ATI PROCTORED FUNDAMENTALS A AND/OR B and ATI PROCTORED MATERNITY EXAM recently? If so, can you please give me tips on how to prepare for it. Thank you!:)