I have to take the exit exam on Wednesday, and my school is going to give us 2016 version of the test:(...any advise on how should I prep for the test. we need to get 80% (99th percentile) to graduate 22nd august.
I have been taking 2013 exits...funda,pharm,leadership,mgmt,psych,nutrition,capstone,OB,Peds,critical thinking...
SUPER Stressed for this test though....
Any guidance on what kindaa questions nomally ati asks? what are common answers??PLEASE HELP ASAP:madface:
Hey yall, just took the ATI comprehensive predictor today and I passed with an 82%. I've been looking for information about taking this test weeks in advance and it was hard to find information about the content of the exam. First, it's 180 questions and they give you 3hrs to take it and only 150 questions are counted towards the actual grade. So here are my thoughts and strategies for prepping for the exam.
I noticed the content covered was mostly general AMS (Cushing's Disease, sterile technique, procedures, manifestations of hyperkalemia, hypokalemia, hypocalemia, etc), Maternity, priority delegation, and a lot of labs K+, Na+, Ca. Mental health came up a few times, as well as NCC and a hand full of community nursing.
What I did to prepare for the exam was (1) write down all the labs values throughout the each book and memorized them (should be doing this throughout the program). (2) go through all of the practice questions in Learning Systems RN 2.0 and all of the practice exams under the "Test" tab (all the medsurg exams and redo all of the practice A&B to refresh on Fundalmentals, Maternity, Pharmacology, NCC, Community Nursing), fortunately we had the Medsurg Proctored earlier in the week which helped us. (3) I made sure to understand all of the rationales and if I didn't I would go into the books and try to find the answer. (4) Write down key words when doing the practice quiz's and look them up as I took the practice exams, I also would retake the small quiz's over and over again until I got at least an 75% on them.
My thoughts on the exam is that it wasn't as hard as I thought. The anticipation of the actual test was worse than the exam. Go to bed early the night before wake up an hour earlier than usual, lightly go over the material before the test. Eat a light healthy high in complex carbs/protein breakfast before for brain energy and avoid high caffeinated drinks. I will be more than willing to share my remediation with those who are interested but PM me.
I cannot emphasize the importance of not procrastinating. Start studying at least a few weeks before. There is no way a normal person can memorize everything in those books and exams but in my mind the key to success in nursing is to understand the material more than memorizing it. Good luck future nurses!
Thank You for the info! I am taking the predictor in 3 months and I want to get a head start on it. I tried to PM you but my account won't let me.
fallgirl95, BSN, RN
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Thank You for the info! I am taking the predictor in 3 months and I want to get a head start on it. I tried to PM you but my account won't let me.