ATI Testing

jean333 · Dec 18, 2007

We had to do ATI's and take the exit exam. I don't remember my score except I did really poorly on it. Then we had a ATI prep course to prepare us for the boards and after I was finished they said I should not take my boards yet and continue to do the course. I think it gave me a 76% chance of passing the boards. I took them anyway and passed with 85 questions. I think the ATI questions were harder than the boards which helped REALLY prepare me for the NYCLEX. But I would not put to much stock in your ATI scores.

Jean

aviahhasmyheart · Dec 20, 2007

I graduated in oct from school and we took ati tests all the time...they help get the person used to the format of the actual nclex plus when u answer a question wrong it tells u why its wrong, and when u answer it correctly it does te same

peridotgirl · Dec 24, 2007

I graduated in oct from school and we took ati tests all the time...they help get the person used to the format of the actual nclex plus when u answer a question wrong it tells u why its wrong, and when u answer it correctly it does te same

I totally agree. In fact, my teacher has us use the ATI in preparation for the NCLEX-PN we take next year in Dec

tigereyeskp · Jan 10, 2008

Wow, ok. At my school, we have to pass an ATI final exam at the end of each semester. If you don't pass with a level II proficiency, you can remediate and retake two more times. If after the third attempt you still haven't passed it, then you are out of the program.

I have a friend who did good in theory classes and awesome in clinical/lab and she takes the ATI for the third time tomorrow. I just think it's a great shame, after the first semester of nursing school, to kick someone out solely based upon an ATI exam.

aviahhasmyheart · Jan 10, 2008

Wow...at my school ati tests didnt hold as much weight as getting kicked out for not doing so well....they were used more as a learning tool for us and as an incentive because the higher ou score the more xtra credit we would receive.....but i guess i cant exactly fault your schol because they say the "ati nclex pass/fail predictor test" is dead on to whether or not a person will pass or fail...when i took the test it said i had a 98% chance at passing on my forst try and i did !

jean333 · Jan 10, 2008

I don't think its fair they put that much stock into the ATI's. The ATI for me was much harder than the nyclex. We had many people bomb the ATI'S but go on and pass the boards on the first try. It should be nothing more than a study tool.

Jean

peridotgirl · Jan 11, 2008

also in my program, if we fail the ATTI's then we get three times to retake the test. If we dont pass on the third try then we kicked of of the program. Well, it doesn't Apply to me as of yet becuase I'm still in the high school side. Once I graduate and finish the other half of my LPN program, then those rules apply. Yikes!