Pinkey Sharma

Archana Shenoy

Jessica Park

UMDNJ ABSN – LEVEL 4

July 19, 2012

ATI Useful Resources And Test-Taking

Strategies

ATI RESOURCES-www.atitesting.com

ATI RESOURCES

ATI Resources – Drug guide

Could be very useful for Drug card for Pharm class-located at the bottom of the page under resources

http://www.atitesting.com/ati_next_gen/Student/DrugGuideSearchPage.aspx?TermHint=LASIX

ATI Resources – Nursing Getting Started

Under My eLearning

http://www.atitesting.com/ati_next_gen/ProductOffering/ContentPlayerHostingPage.aspx?TutorialID=64638&

ATI Resources Learning System RN

(ID: TUT41278 PWD: 25P7G)

Nurse Logic

(ID: TUT41277 PWD: 25K5S)

Critical Reading

Strategy Techniques

Nursing Guidelines & More

Prioritizing Questions & More

Mastering Alternative Item Formats

Nurse Logic 2.0

(ID: TUT50940 PWD: 22Y5P)

Knowledge & Clinical Judgment

Nursing Concepts

Priority Setting Frameworks

Testing & Remediation

TARGETED ASSESSMENTS FOR MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING

ATI Resources- Learning System RN

Focused assessments on Major System, please use this diligently to

be ahead of the game in Adult Health/ Med Surg. I & II and

Capstone.

ATI Resources- Nurse Logic

Please use Nurse Logic to Master Test Taking Skills – you will be

thankful you did !!!!

ATI Resources to Help you Succeed!

Tools for Organization

RESOURCES: Remediation Templates

RESOURCES: RN REVIEW MODULES

References

ATI, 2012. atitestating.com. Retrieved from

http://www.atitesting.com/ati_next_gen/Student/Student

Home.aspx?id=8 on July 15, 2012

Quick Tips for Test Taking

Avoid reading into the question

Read the question carefully and highlight key words

Focus on the issue

Read the question no more than 2x

Identify the key words

Early or late

Best

First

Prioritization

Trigger words: best, essential, first, highest, immediate

ABC’s, sometimes D for Disability

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Nursing Process

Initial

Most or least likely

Most or least appropriate

Eliminate options with absolute words, these tend to make option incorrect All Always Every Most

Delegating questions Nursing Assistants

Stable patients, non-invasive procedures

Skin care, ROM, ambulation, grooming, and hygiene

LPN Nursing assistant duties + invasive procedures

Dressing changes, suctioning, urinary catheterization, administration of PO, subcutaneous, and IM meds

RN Assessment, planning care, supervision of personnel, teaching, and IV

administration

None

Never

Only

References Silvestri, L. (n.d.). Top Ten Test-Taking Tips. Evolve Student

Development. Retrieved July 16, 2012, from

https://evolve.elsevier.com/staticPages/s_student_de

velopment.html