Has anyone used Pharmacology Made Easy by ATI?

[polene]

Can someone share their experience with Pharmacology Made Easy by ATI? I am contemplating on purchasing it as a review since my school requires us to pass all ATI exams. But I'm wonder if the quality of the resource is good? I want to brush up on pathophysiology and pharmacology which I struggled with last year. Does anyone have any good study tips or resources?

[Katie71275]

I like it. But we have to purchase all the ATI modules...do you purchase separately?

We pay a quarterly fee(100 I think the first quarter or 2, then 84.50 the quarters afterward)....I think it's a good resource!

[polene]

Our program required us to buy all the ATI modules too but we paid all at once. It was about $400. Unfortunately, it doesn't include Pharmacology Made Easy and other resources. We just have the ATI module books and some practice tests.

I was thinking of buying it here separately

Pharmacology Made Easy 2.0I like the interactive aspect of it but it's 90 bucks so I'm hoping to find out if it's worth the price tag. Do you find that reading the ati books are more helpful?

[IndyElmer]

Overall, the product description sounded pretty good. Then I realized that I used it last fall and was not terribly impressed. I'm not really feeling like it was worth the cost. Provided I'm remembering it clearly and the "in-depth tutorial" is what I think it is, that part was similar to reading parts of my textbook to me. There were a few parts that I found useful in that section, but overall, not so much.

I'm trying to figure out what part might have been the "Reason[ing] and problem solv[ing] while working through ... real-life case scenarios at your own pace" that is mentioned in the product description.I suppose it was the practice problems at the end of each module. If that's the case, I feel like there are similar problems/questions (with rationales for the answers) in other books (such as the pharmacology titles from the Davis Success series and the Reviews & Rationales series -- both of which can be purchased (used) for about $40-$50 total, including shipping).

[shay&lynn, ASN, RN]

our school also requires ATI, but they gave us the ATI books...or we paid for them and they handed them out...LOL.

[Katie71275]

You can go to the practice test(should be 2) and then a final test I think, and those are what helps me the most to get nclex style questions that make me think...When I get it wrong, I look at the rationals and have my Ah-Ha moment!

[polene]

Thanks everyone! your responses helped a lot. I think I shall wait it out and try to be more patient when studying the books and taking the practice tests for now.