Thoughts on ATI: Assessment Technologies Institute

MorningLight · Dec 4, 2009

I'm studying for my ATI RN fundamentals test tomorrow. (It counts as 5% of our grade). There seems to be some discrepancies between the ATI practice tests, the ATI fundamentals book, and what we've learned from our program. This is all so frustrating to study! I guess it will boil down to my ability to think through each question to determine what they want me to answer.

pla84 · Dec 4, 2009

I'm studying for my ATI RN fundamentals test tomorrow. (It counts as 5% of our grade). There seems to be some discrepancies between the ATI practice tests, the ATI fundamentals book, and what we've learned from our program. This is all so frustrating to study! I guess it will boil down to my ability to think through each question to determine what they want me to answer.

I feel exactly the same way. It's like we have to learn 2 different concept one for ATI and one is for our final. It's count as 5% of my grade also.... are we in the same school? haha

Good Luck anyway.... I know it's frustrated ha. me too

sandmanswife · Dec 4, 2009

We are using the ATI also, it counts for 5% of our grade as well. I really didn't like the one that we took for OB, some of the questions really didn't make sense, they didn't even make sense to our instructiors. Also, we found that if you decided an answer was wrong, it would not allow us to go back to a different page to change our answers. Several of us at our school became very frustrated, guess it is a good thing that it is only 5% of the grade and I have really good grades up to now.

paacollins · Dec 4, 2009

We had to do the ATI tests at school but they weren't counted as a grade. You had to score at least a level 2. I took the predictor and had a 95% chance of taking the NCLEX. I took the NCLEX yesterday and it was nothing like the ATI predictor. There were plenty of good questions but none of there were remotely like the NCLEX questions I had. None of the Saunders questions were like the NCLEX questions either.

MorningLight · Dec 4, 2009

OK, so I just took my ATI RN fundamentals test. I scored a 93.33, which is a level 3 proficiency. Almost everything I missed was from psychosocial integrity-those are the tricky ones! Questions like: what statement made by a client would show he/she has accepted the death of a loved one? We don't take psych until next semester, although we took interactive communications, that class didn't address the nursing profession specifically. I would say the best thing to do for studying is the take the practice tests, carefully read each rationale (not just the ones you miss), and study those sections in the ATI book. I saw a lot of repeated concepts (not exact questions) from the practice tests. Know the specific numbers for things in the ATI book, like how much of the arm a BP cuff bladder should cover or how often to check residuals during tube feeding, etc.

I hope this helps anyone out there like I was last night!

I'm in Georgia, so I don't think we are in the same program. But I didn't choose a very stealthy screen name, so if you know me, then you would know right away.

pla84 · Dec 4, 2009

nah I'm in Louisiana, following my husband, he stations here. I lived in GA once though back in 2007.

Wow you scored very high! way to go! Thank you for your suggestion. I've been trying to do practice tests several times and read the rationale and yes the scariest part for me is the psych stuff, cuz even the rationale itself doesn't explain the correct answer very well.

Well, Congratulations! I'll try to study hard for ATI and the final too.

shjoll · Dec 11, 2009

Our school forced us to buy it and it was 778 added on to the tuition. I like the concept sometimes i dont get a chance to read it

DolceVita, ADN, BSN, RN · Dec 11, 2009

Sweet...got a 92% in Fundamentals and 87% in Pharm. Without extra studying. So as long as I keep scoring like that I love the ATI.

They aren't part of our grade.

msgm · Dec 12, 2009

We were going to be required to purchase it through our program. Yep, expensive! However, a last minute grant paid for ATI for all of the students. It is a required supplement, but grades are not counted. I've found it very helpful and really like it. I'd have to think about whether I'd willingly buy it or not.

9livesRN, BSN, RN · Dec 12, 2009

Hi there, yep our school uses the ATI, and we have 2 chances to score level 2 and up, and it is about 20% of our grade (we still have finals with are about 30 % of our grade, ) [sucks to have 50% of your grade based in 2 tests]

well any ways, basically if you don't reach a level 2 and up, you can't continue onto the program.

i just finished my ATI's and all i can say is that those tests are not easy, i did not get level 3 on them, got high 2's but not 3.

now, we are taking finals next week and then, when we come back for leadership and practicum,

we have to take ALL the ATI's (at school, every monday afternoon we take 1, for 8 weeks)

then we have to pass them of course!

after that we have ATI comprehensives, and the 3000+questions

and after we pass all of that we can graduate! phew!

ShortStackRN · Dec 13, 2009

My school currently counts the ATI as a pass/fail exam each semester per class. Basically...if we fail the ATI we fail the entire semester. However, I'm in the senior class and we petitioned our new director to change this and she did (THANK goodness!!). That said, I think the ATI is SOOO much better than the old ERI. The books that you get each semester are VERY helpful when studying for the ATI and your course exams. The practice tests on the ATI website are also very helpful. I have found that a lot of the questions on the practice tests show up on the actual test.

letarn2b · Dec 15, 2009

trust me it is great .The questions really help improve your crtical thinking skills.I would recommend it!!!!!