PLEASE HELP!!!!2013 8.0 ati fundamentals of nursing comprehensive exam

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Can anyone offer any advice, pointers, or any type of help for the 2013 ati fundamentals comp exam? Anyone who has taken it was it really hard? I have read the book and taken the practice tests but im still really nervous! The previous semester students and the 9 students who are repeating the class told us that only 12/40 students passed it last semester which scares me even more! thank you!!

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Specializes in LTC.

I've been able to pass every ATI exam by doing the following:

Take the practice tests again and read the rationales for every question, regardless of whether you got it right or wrong.

Look at the practice questions at the end of every chapter in the book.

Good luck.

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I've only taken two ATI tests so far - Fundamentals and Med/Surg but I've done well on both tests. However, our school like yours has had a lot fail those tests. My best advice is to study the ATI book more heavily than your textbook. Also, a lot of ATI tests are learning how to read the questions. Be very careful reading the questions. If you don't know the answer and the question asks what you would do FIRST, look at which answer is an assessment and pick that one. Always assess before intervening unless you were given assessment data. I used this strategy often. Try really hard not to read into the question. There are a lot of questions where they will throw extra info in there and you can start reading into the question. For me a lot of times I will have the right answer and then I'll think no, wait what if... don't do that! Go with what you think and don't add any what if's to your thinking, you can lead yourself right into a wrong answer. Final tip do as many practice questions as you can. The more you get used to reading questions the better you'll get at it.

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A few students I know used the $20 ati app for their phones. They passed.

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When I was in school we did ATI comp after each block. I would read the ATI book and do all the tests in ATI. This helped me pass all the comps on the first try. I did also purchase the app which was very helpful. Good luck!

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On the proctored exams were there similar questions to the practice tests or is it just all over the place?

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The question were similar to what we were testing on. Of course the questions were worded differently but the content was similar.

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Remember patient safety. Scope of practice and what intervention will help the patient. This goes for all your test. And priority.

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So what if 12/40 people passed it last year? That has no determining effect on your performance. None. Right? You do understand that?

So you study the materials, completely understand the WHY of every question's correct answer, which is much more important than slaving over memorizing a list of normals (though you should know ranges), and you go do your best.

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Specializes in ER.

Thanks! This was helpful

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Specializes in ER.

How do you know what chapters to study from?

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