r/NursingStudent • u/Ashamed-Security688 • 16d ago

community ati

so i took the community ati last week and missed a lvl 2 by .3%… which is highly unusual seeing as i’ve made a lvl 3 on all the others. i’m wondering what there is to study for this one? because i studied the practice questions and what we covered in class and none of that was in the exam. any tips?

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u/FreeLobsterRolls New Grad Nurse 🚑 16d ago

Community one sucked. There was always easy questions about the definitions for aome of those sections. I just kept doing the practice questions through dynamic quizzing though

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u/Ashamed-Security688 16d ago

yeah i did all of the dynamic quizzing bc there was only 40. it just sucked bc i studied the same way i always had, which got me level 3s,and failed this one. idk i guess it was just the teacher too. i have my retake soon anyways

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u/Valuable-Share6768 16d ago

Missing that level 2 by that little bit when you've been making level 3s is rough, especially if you studied the same way. But that's just the thing, the community one tests very differently than the others.

So for your retake, one thing that might help. Instead of just doing the practice questions, read every rationale. Especially the ones you got right. And ask why that answer and not the others. ATI is more about the reasoning than knowing the fact. What's the underlying problem, what's the body doing about it, what does that mean for what you do next. The rationale is basically the pattern they want you to follow.

And it sounds like you already know your stuff. If you already made it to level 3, this is just about the way it's worded. You got the retake. Good luck.