What are ATI review books and ATI exams?

[SiennaGreen]

I am beginning an RN program in January and have seen several places in our material rferring to ATI review books and ATI exams. Are these tests that you take above and beyond your regular exams to prove you're ready to take NCLEX? How do these materials get used in your programs?

[RossayRN]

at our school we get the ATI book for the section we are on at the beginning of the year and study it along with the regular course work. Then after you pass the class, you have to pass the ATI for that section (they call it EOC-end of course examination) before you can move on to the next semester of nursing. If you fail 2 times, you take a bridge course which you must pass if you want a chance to retake the class the following year.

[Wolfe24]

In my program we receive the ATI books at no extra charge (part of tuition I guess) and we take the exam pertaining to the course at the end of the semester. If we dont pass the first time, the website spits out a list of all the content you should review and you can remediate and take it again. If you dont pass a second time, our school makes you pay to take it the third and more times (this might be a school policy or an ATI policy, I'm not sure). I think for our course you have to TAKE the ATI test to pass the class, but you have to PASS the ATI tests to graduate at the end. Passing is 76 I think.

At the end of the program, there is the RN predictor which predicts how likely you are to pass the NCLEX on the first try, which is kind of cool because it gives you stuff to review over before you sit for boards.

Everyone complains about these ATI tests, but sofar I have found them relatively useful and as long as you do the practice tests before hand, you should'nt have any problem passing. I have not used any of the books to study for them, only the practice tests on their website.