ATI Useful Resources And Test-Taking
Strategies
Pinkey Sharma
Archana Shenoy
Jessica Park
UMDNJ ABSN – LEVEL 4
July 19, 2012
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/DrugGuideSearchPag
e.aspx?TermHint=LASIX
ATI Resources – Nursing Getting Started
 Under My eLearning
 http://www.atitesting.com/ati_next_gen/ProductOffering/ContentPla
yerHostingPage.aspx?TutorialID=64638&
ATI Resources
 Learning System RN
 Nurse Logic 2.0
(ID: TUT41278 PWD: 25P7G)
 Nurse Logic
(ID: TUT41277 PWD: 25K5S)
 Critical Reading
 Strategy Techniques
 Nursing Guidelines & More
 Prioritizing Questions & More
 Mastering Alternative Item
Formats
(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 !!!!
Tools for Organization
ATI Resources to Help you Succeed!
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
 Initial
 Most or least likely
 Most or least appropriate
 Prioritization
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Trigger words: best, essential, first, highest, immediate
ABC’s, sometimes D for Disability
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Nursing Process
 Eliminate options with absolute words, these tend to make option
incorrect
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All
Always
Every
Most
 None
 Never
 Only
 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
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
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