Okay, ready?
ATI test will count for 50pts of your grade.
It is 60 questions and will take 1-hour.
Questions will cover everything we've covered in N1
To get comfortable with the ATI testing style and logic, login and take the ATI's self-paced, unproctored fundamentals exam here. Your username is your SS# and the password is the last four digits of your SS#. The tests are 100 questions long and give instantaneous feedback, but keeps track of only your first answer (right/wrong). You can stop anytime and come back, and it will remember where you left off. I think there are two tests you can take. I'm not sure if you can repeat them.
Everything you need to know is in the ATI study guides which look thick, but shouldn't take more than 2-3 hours to review. It may cover some things we haven't covered yet. If so, refer to the textbook for answers.
Use the textbook study guide for practice questions.
Table on ATI Nursing Fundamentals, p.411 has a good overview of IV solutions
Things to know:
Growth and development:
Ericson's stages of growth
Westeroff's stages of spirituality/faith
Basic Nurisng Care
Bedbaths, chain of infection, etc...
Client Teaching
Motivation, etc...
The 6 (or 7, or 8) Rights of Medication Administration
Parenteral Medication delivery routes
IV, IM, SQ, SD, SL, etc...
Wound Care
Death & Dying
5 stages (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance)
Suctioning technique
Nasogastric tubes
Vital Signs and their significance
Percussion (I know, we're too dumb to do this yet according to FS, but we have to know about it for the ATI)
tip: if it sounds hollow, it's the stomache.
When given a choice of interventions, imagine you have ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD, and choose the intervention that is BEST FOR THE CLIENT
Rule of thumb: Pick "GIVING OF YOURSELF" answer unless you're absolutely sure it's something else.
Heart sounds: Location and interpretation
aortic, pulmonary, [erb's point], tricuspid, mitral
A(unt) P(olly) [E(njoys)] T(aking) M(orphine)
Auscultate apical HR at M(itral)
Palpate PMI (point of maximal impulse) at M(itral)
Lung Sounds
Crackles = lower lungs, percolating fluid sounds --> Suspect CHF, Pneumonia, etc...
Wheezes = Upper respiratory constriction, heard on exhalation --> suspect asthma, anaphalaxis
Ronchi = chunks of stuff rattling around in lungs post-illness, when patient is drying out.
Okay, that's my notes. They didn't cover a lot of detail, just the broad strokes of what areas we should know thouroughly. If anyone has anything else to contribute, please post your comments.
Good luck everyone!
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Dan O I am a bit confused. when I get to the website where do I put my test id and password? The only place I found was under the test assessment not the demo test assessment and it said it was unproctured. Is this where I take the practice tests? The other ones were mastery proctured and seemed a bit higher level for us. Please let me know. Thanks.
Thanks a lot, Dan !
Rena, click on TAKE ASSESSMENT above the demo assessment and then enter the id for the test you want to take. It will give you another box to enter the code number after you do this.
PS You can take it as many times as you like.
PPs Thanks DanO!!
the test id, test name code and password codes are on the blue paper that came bundled with your ATI review books. i just took the first test and didn't do as well as i thought i would. guess i will be hitting those ati reviews after all. :)
Thank you both. I will try it out tomorrow.
I've taken the ATI tests for fundamentals 1.0 and fundamentals 2.0 and did okay on the first shot. The second time around the results were much better. Of course they were the same answers, but I remembered the rationales for all of the questions. So be sure to read the rationales for all of the answers. This is all about brainwashing us to think like RN's. THe first test has 100 questions, and the second one has 60. You may take these tests as many times as you like for your own practice. when you get your results and find you are weak in a certain area, you must ensure that your passing percentage is greater than 72%. THe overall composite score will not be good enough to pass the NCLEX. Good luck!
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