Flunked my 2nd ATI exam :(

Kangoshi, BSN, RN · Oct 17, 2020

The ATI books and quizzes at the end of each chapter should be your starting point. Read the chapters related to what you're studying in Lewis or whatever main book your school assigns. From there, apply yourself to ATI questions in the Learning System RN 3.0 and whatever custom quizzes in ATI your professor creates. You can create a custom test with rationales at the end of each within the Learning System RN, but the test banks are huge so don't do this the day before. The children's study test bank had 398 unique questions with select all, multiple choice, etc. Whatever questions you miss, go back into the book and see what ATI has to say about it. My last ATI was the Care of Children and I scored an 85%, a level 3. ATI is a different beast that has many questions that focus around the basics: ABCs, urgent v. non-urgent, and expected findings. If I didn't know the answer to a question, I applied that method and have had great results so far.

ThursdayNight, CNA · Oct 18, 2020

5 hours ago, Kangoshi said:

The ATI books and quizzes at the end of each chapter should be your starting point. Read the chapters related to what you're studying in Lewis or whatever main book your school assigns. From there, apply yourself to ATI questions in the Learning System RN 3.0 and whatever custom quizzes in ATI your professor creates. You can create a custom test with rationales at the end of each within the Learning System RN, but the test banks are huge so don't do this the day before. The children's study test bank had 398 unique questions with select all, multiple choice, etc. Whatever questions you miss, go back into the book and see what ATI has to say about it. My last ATI was the Care of Children and I scored an 85%, a level 3. ATI is a different beast that has many questions that focus around the basics: ABCs, urgent v. non-urgent, and expected findings. If I didn't know the answer to a question, I applied that method and have had great results so far.

These have been helpful then I would read...rationales then read further about them if I'm left hanging. A lot of work, but I believe those will be useful or come up somewhere.

To OP, I don't know much what to suggest except understanding what is in front of you to lessen the work later on. There are quizzes by category you can set up with ATI from easy to difficult. If your instructors aren't requiring you to do practice tests, I strongly suggest making a commitment to practice tests every day with whatever course you're taking concurrently. Always go back to... and read their rationales, even if you get them correct, reread or understand those you're unfamiliar with.

I find studying and reviewing every day to be more effective and beneficial than studying by bulk. I tried both methods where I wait for the convenience or study each day. In those times I'm feeling icky, I study shorter but consistent. I would understand the basic anatomy, specifically physiology. If I'm studying for the cardiovascular system, I would review it first. I also read the medications are used in cardiovascular (Saunders has an app for it; if you can Spring $50 for a thing you want, this is a good investment to have in your phone). I find it a useful supplemental in my study on top of other resources that my school/teachers provided. It helps tremendously, not just to pass a class, but everything else, such as patient care, safety, what to do, and so on).