Has Anyone Ever Taken The ATI NCLEX Predictor?

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My school had us take the ATI NCLEX predictor test through http://www.ATItesting.com. I scored a 72.2% on this exam and according to this, I have a 96% chance of passing NCLEX the first time. If any of you have ever taken this exam before, how accurate do you feel it was? They also made us purchase all the DVD's and books that come with the program. Has anyone ever used them to study for boards and do you feel that they helped you? Thanks.

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Specializes in ICU, psych, corrections.

Here is a post I put up about a week ago:

According to my results from ATI that we took about a month ago, I have a 99% chance of passing the boards. Hmmmm. Not sure if I feel comfortable with those results because the test wasn't that hard. But there were some classmates who did not do very well on it, so I know it wasn't super easy. We had several of the new format questions on the test and none of the class liked them. The point and click questions were really hard because there were several different choices very close to one another (it was a question about self breast exams) and it was hard to see where the correct placement was due to the close proximity. This was how my results were scored up and given to me (any Score above 70 is considered good):

I couldn't get it to look like the chart that was given to me, but if you read across, the first number is my score, the second number is the National Percentile, and the third number is the Program Percentile. So for the RN Comprehensive Predictor, my Score is 72.8, the National Percentile is 90, and the Program Percentile is 89

Content Area Score National Percentile Program Percentile

RN Comprehensive Predictor 72.8 90 89

Medical-Surgical Nursing 72.0 90 88

Foundations 66.7 36 35

Cardiovascular 60.0 70 70

Respiratory 100.0 99 99

Neurosensory 58.3 28 26

Lymph/Immune/Infection 75.0 85 84

Digestive 80.0 61 57

Musculoskeletal 66.7 80 79

Fluid and Electrolyte 50.0 86 85

Urinary 80.0 93 93

Reproductive 66.7 75 75

Endocrine 57.1 68 62

Integumentary 100.0 99 99

Maternal-Newborn Care 75.0 98 98

Antepartum 60.0 88 87

Intrapartum 80.0 93 93

Postpartum 100.0 99 99

Newborn 60.0 95 95

Nursing Care of Children 85.0 94 93

Foundations of Pediatric Nursing 85.7 89 89

Pediatric Acute Disorders 71.4 70 63

Chronic Pediatric Disorders 100.0 99 99

Mental Health Nursing 65.0 39 35

Foundations of Mental Health Care 80.0 88 89

Mental Health Disorders 71.4 38 38

Treatment Modalities 50.0 37 32

Community Health Nursing 60.0 27 32

Leadership in Nursing 80.0 90 89

COGNITIVE LEVEL

Description Score

Knowledge 75.0

Comprehension 73.4

Application 63.2

Analysis 77.8

Synthesis 100.0

CRITICAL THINKING

Description Score

Interpretation 72.2

Analysis 69.0

Evaluation 90.0

Inference 82.4

Explanation 60.0

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Score

74.5

NURSING INTERVENTION

Score

68.3

NURSING PROCESS

Description Score

Assessment 79.6

Diagnosis 90.0

Planning 60.9

Implementation 66.7

Evaluation 100.0

NCLEX BLUEPRINT

Description Score

Management of Care 77.3

Safety and Infection Control 52.9

Health Promotion and Maintenance 69.6

Psychosocial Integrity 77.8

Basic Care and Comfort 100.0

Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies 58.6

Reduction of Risk Potential 74.1

Physiological Adaptation 79.3

FURTHER READING

Topics To Review

Medical-Surgical Nursing

Foundations

Medication Order: Transcription Error

Surgical Asepsis: Handwashing Technique

Cardiovascular

Anticoagulants: Monitoring Effectiveness

Blood Transfusion: Infusion Time Frame

Cardiac Glycosides: Therapeutic Uses

Cardiogenic Shock: Emergency Care

CVP Monitoring: Upper Limit of Normal

Hyperlipidemia: Pharmacologic Therapy

Neurosensory

Accident Prevention: Falls

CVA: Preventing Complications

Eye Trauma: Care for Injury

Glaucoma: Diagnostic Test

Impaired Cognition: Identifying Signs

Lymph/Immune/Infection

Hepatitis A: Preventing Transmission

Hepatitis B: Modes of Transmission

Digestive

Cirrhosis: Identifying Risk Factors

Food-Drug Interactions: Client Education

Musculoskeletal

Laminectomy: Postoperative Management

Skeletal Traction: Incorrect Setup

Fluid and Electrolyte

Hyperkalemia: Pharmacologic Intervention

Hypernatremia: Restoring Sodium Balance

Metabolic Acidosis: Emergency Care

Urinary

ARF: Calculating Fluid Replacement

Reproductive

Breast Cancer Awareness: Self-Exam

Cervical Cancer: Treatment Options

Endocrine

Addison's Disease: Discharge Teaching

Insulin Therapy: Mixing NPH and Regular

Thyroidectomy: Postoperative Nursing Assessment

Maternal-Newborn Care

Antepartum

Hyperemesis Gravidarum: Nursing Intervention

Nägele's Rule: Determining EDC

Intrapartum

Prolapsed Cord with PROM: Positioning

Newborn

Fluid Needs: Newborn's Requirements

Newborn Thermoregulation: Cold Stress

Nursing Care of Children

Foundations of Pediatric Nursing

Development: Adolescent Concept of Death

Pediatric Acute Disorders

Leukemia: Chemotherapeutic Agents

Reye's Syndrome: Clinical Stages

Mental Health Nursing

Foundations of Mental Health Care

Anxiety: Therapeutic Intervention

Mental Health Disorders

Chemical Dependency: Support Groups

OCD: Behavioral Interventions

Treatment Modalities

Antipsychotic Drugs: Contraindications

Crisis Intervention: Discharge Planning

Electroconvulsive Therapy: Nursing Care

Lithium: Adverse Effects

Community Health Nursing

Disaster Management: Triage Phase

Hospice: Assessing Spiritual Beliefs

Preschoolers: Causes of Mortality

Tertiary Prevention: Nursing Action

Leadership in Nursing

Legal Responsibilities: Client Abuse

Variances: Preparing an Incident Report

Score Explanation and Interpretation

Individual Percentage Score: The number of questions answered divided by the total number of questions on the assessment.

Individual Percentage National Mean: Percentage Correct Interval

The average score obtained by all test takers in the ATI data pool who have previously taken the assessment.

>= 70% .99

68% - 69% .98

66% - 67% .97

64% - 65% .95

62% - 63% .91

60% - 61% .83

58% - 59% .74

56% - 57% .58

54% - 55% .40

52% - 53% .28

50% 51% .15

Individual Program Mean: The average score obtained by all test takers of the same program type (e.g., BSN, ADN, Diploma, Hospital, International) in the ATI data pool who have previously taken the assessment.

Individual National Percentile Rank: The test taker's rank on a scale of 1-99 (with 99 being the highest) of all others in the data pool who have taken the assessment.

Individual Program Percentile Rank: The test taker's rank on a scale of 1-99 (with 99 being the highest) of all others of the same program type (e.g., BSN, ADN, Diploma, Hospital, International) in the ATI data pool who have taken the assessment.

How to Use the Expectancy Table:

To determine your chances of passing NCLEX-RN™based on your score on the RN Comprehensive Predictor, find your score within the range in the left column of the table. Follow that row across to the right side of the table. This number indicates your likelihood of passing the NCLEX-RN™. For example, if you score a 66% on the RN Comprehensive Predictor, the assessment predicts that you have a 97% chance of passing NCLEX-RN™.

The Topics to Study section lists the topic descriptor and applicable statistics for any questions missed on the assessments. ATI recommends using this information to identify topic areas that may need further study.

According to our instructors, this has been an extremely accurate predictor of our school's pass rate. I thought it seemed easier than what I imagine the NCLEX to be, but who knows?

Melanie = )

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Thanks. I understand the scoring system, I am just wondering how accurate it is. Have you taken boards yet? i have read my Kaplan book and have been doing 100 questions a day on the computer, but I am wondering if I should continue to study with the ATI. It was just introduced to my program this year. We are the first class that they tried this on so I don't know of anyone else that has gone through the process and passed their boards using this method. I didn't think the test was too tough, but I didn't think it was a breeze either. Any other ATI people out there?

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thanks. i understand the scoring system, i am just wondering how accurate it is. have you taken boards yet? i have read my kaplan book and have been doing 100 questions a day on the computer, but i am wondering if i should continue to study with the ati. it was just introduced to my program this year. we are the first class that they tried this on so i don't know of anyone else that has gone through the process and passed their boards using this method. i didn't think the test was too tough, but i didn't think it was a breeze either. any other ati people out there?

i had to take ati in my program also. according to my score, i have a 99% probability of passing nclex. it was a lot easier than i expected. somehow i thought it would be harder. i'm having a hard time believing the nclex will be that easy. the hardest thing for me were the alternate item formats. there were a lot of those on my exam, and i expect the nclex to have less of those items. i'm confused about what the results really mean in terms of passing or failing. after all, it is just a predictor. it's not a cat test like the nclex, so i'm sure that makes a big difference also. it can't hurt to study it though. it's still good practice for nclex. i plan to go over previous ati exams that i've done to help me study also. only one person in my class has taken state boards so far. he made a 99% on ati as well and he passed boards yesterday. so, who knows?? good luck!!!!

bsn graduate :balloons:

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Can I sign up to take this without my school? Do you have to pay?

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Can I sign up to take this without my school? Do you have to pay?

I believe anyone can sign up, but you do have to pay. We paid for it through our school. The website is http://www.ATItesting.com

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My school has used the ATI for a few years and says that it's a very accurate indicator. We are required to take each section's exam after completion of a course (ex. med/surg course, at end take that ATI exam). Strangely, many of us have done what we consider to be terrible... 55%, but we are told that this is still a high probablility of passing the NCLEX. Recent graduates told us that the NCLEX was NOTHING compared to the stuff that was thrown out there by the ATI. They said that they actually felt good while taking the NCLEX because ATI had driven some of the finer points home for them! So, in short... you'll do fine!!!!!! You sound like you are really studying... covering your bases.

Hope this helps to relax you!

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Hi. Our school used ATI for the first year this year as well. They gave us all of the DVD's and books, and the predictor is pretty good. It said that I have a 96% chance of passing the NCLEX. I will sit for my boards on Tuesday. So far, all of my classmates that sat for boards have passed it. Some of the people in my class also scored pretty low on the ATI testing...like in the 50's. Hope this helps.

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Specializes in Gerontology.

So did everyone pass their boards? My school uses that also and the class that graduated in may said that the ATI helped them pass boards. So how about it?

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Well, I did not pass boards on the first time, I did the second time. I must say though, that I don't think it had anything do do with the ATI test. It was all nerves. I had an anxiety attack that morning, and just coulnd't get over it. The second time around though, it was a breeze.

So did everyone pass their boards? My school uses that also and the class that graduated in may said that the ATI helped them pass boards. So how about it?
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Specializes in Gerontology.

Thank you, because I have to take it in two weeks and I'm a little nervous. I'm going to look over all my ATI books and try to watch the DVD movies that came along with them, because if we don't pass we have to do remedial hours and are not allowe to be signed off from school.

Thanks.

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I also have a few questions regarding ATI.

Our school uses this system too, one after each clinical course and then a comprehensive at the end. We have access to the "practice" exam on the ATI website prior to the proctored exam at the end of the classes. What I don't understand is this. If we are using the same practice exam over and over again, how does that help with the proctored exam at the end of the class much less the comprehensive exam? This makes no sense to me. Does your school also have access to the same practice exam or do you have a variety of practice exams? One note, the questions are not in the same order each time but they are the same questions none the less.

Also, the books we have are not worth what we paid IMHO.

Yes I have heard this is a good predictor for how well one will do on the NCLEX but I have not really heard this from anyone who has taken the boards recently. I welcome your response if you have taken the boards as I really want to share some feedback with our school regarding this system.

Thanks,

Opal

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