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• Assessment Technologies Institute® (ATI) offers an assessment driven review program designed to enhance student NCLEX-RN success. • The comprehensive program offers multiple assessment and remediation activities. These ATI tools, in combination with the nursing program content, assist students to prepare more efficiently, as well as increase confidence and familiarity with nursing content. • Data from student testing and remediation can be used for program’s quality improvement and outcome evaluation. • ATI information and orientation resources can be accessed from the student home page. It is highly recommended that students spend time navigating through these orientation materials. ATI provides the following resources for students: TEAS (Test of Essential Academic Skills) TESTS: TEAS tests are used as part of the criteria for admission to the College of Nursing. These tests will also assist faculty to identify students who may need additional support. 1. Students, who score less than program mean in reading comprehension or the cumulative score, will be required to register for and successfully complete NRSE 3300: Promoting Academic Success (1 credit hour) during the first semester in the College of Nursing (CON). 2. Students, who score less than the program mean in math, will be required to register for and successfully complete NRSE 3005: Dosage and Calculations (1 credit hour) prior to enrolling in NRSE 3501: Patient Centered Care 2 (3 credit hours). Modular Study: ATI provides online review modules that include written and video materials in all content areas. Students are encouraged to use these modules to supplement course work and instructors may assign these during the course and/or as part of active learning/remediation following assessments. Tutorials: ATI offers unique Tutorials that teach nursing students how to think like a nurse, how to take a nursing assessment and how to make sound clinical decisions. 1. Nurse Logic is an excellent way to learn the basics of how nurses think and make decisions. Nurse Logic is comprised of 4 modules that provide a power percent presentation followed by a quiz to assist students become better readers, test takers, and clinical decision makers. These modules include the following: o Knowledge and Clinical Judgment o Nursing Concepts o Priority-Setting Frameworks o Testing and Remediation Students may be required to successfully complete Nurse Logic as a course assignment while enrolled in the Nursing program. 2. Students will complete Learning Systems Quizzes found under Tutorials Tab prior to taking Practice Assessment. 3. Learning System offers practice tests in specific nursing content areas that allow students to apply the valuable learning tools from Nurse Logic. Features are embedded in the Tutorials that help students gain an understanding of the content, such as a Hint Button, a Talking Glossary, and a Critical Thinking Guide. 4. Nurse’s Touch is a suite of tutorials and interactive simulation products that will enhance students’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes in regard to the professional skills of communication, leadership, professionalism, informatics/technology, and wellness/self-care. Skills : 1. Students will use ATI skills modules in every semester of the nursing curriculum. 2. Students are responsible for submitting ATI Skill Module documentation to course faculty as assigned. a. The CON requires post-test score of 90% or higher. b. Students may take the post-test as many times as needed to achieve the minimum 90% score. Assessments (Content Mastery Assessments and RN Comprehensive Predictor): Standardized Assessments help students to identify current knowledge of content as well as areas requiring active learning/remediation. There are two types of assessments students are required to successfully complete through the Nursing program. These include the following: • Content Mastery Assessments (CMAs) • RN Comprehensive Predictor Each Assessment identified above (CMAs and RN Comprehensive Predictor) has practice assessments available that may be scheduled during courses. • Practice Assessments are developed from the same test plan as the Content Mastery Assessments and the RN Comprehensive Predictor. • Students take the practice assessments to identify strengths and weaknesses. A successful score on Content Mastery Assessment (CMA) is a proficiency score of Level 2 or greater. A successful score on the RN Comprehensive Predictor is considered as 90% or greater Passing Predictability. Active Learning/Remediation: Active Learning/Remediation is a process of reviewing content in an area that was not learned or not fully understood as demonstrated on an assessment. It is intended to help the student review important information to be successful in courses and on the NCLEX. The student’s individual performance profile will contain a listing of the topics to review. The student can remediate, using the Focused Review which contains links to ATI books, media clips and active learning templates. Students are encouraged to use course notes and texts to complete remediation. The instructor has online access to detailed information about the timing and duration of time spent in the assessment, focused reviews and tutorials by each student. Students can provide documentation that required ATI work was completed using the “My Transcript” feature under “My Results” of the ATI Student Home Page or by submitting written Remediation Templates as required. ATI Products For Students: These products may assist you as you prepare for classroom exams and ATI CMA’s. Some may be assigned in your courses. You are free to use these products to benefit you. For assistance with these products please contact Mrs. Denise Bowser, room 265 Nicks Hall- Learn Tab Achieve is an interactive tutorial with multimedia that supports student success in study skills, test taking, and learning styles and strategy preferences. The tutorial contains five modules that offer evidence–based recommendations to aid nursing students at all levels in enhancing their experience as learners and test takers. The tutorial contains detailed information to aid ESL students in their unique challenges. Achieve includes in-depth information to prepare students for success in completing their clinical experiences. Includes the following 5 modules: • Test-Taking Skills • Study Skills • Classroom Skills • Preparing for Clinical Experiences • Challenges for ESL Students NurseLogic is an interactive, media-rich, online tutorial designed to introduce students to the new ATI Helix of Success. This model illustrates how knowledge and clinical judgment, supported by concepts derived from the QSEN Competencies and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations for nursing education, can prepare the student for academic and NCLEX® success. This robust and interactive tutorial introduces nursing students to core concepts relevant to nursing practice, arms students with study and test taking skills, and introduces them to the NCLEX examination process. Faculty and students both will benefit from a wide array of case studies, applied learning examples, and learning resources that support student success throughout the curriculum. The depth and breadth of the content will provide beginning and advanced students valuable information they can use in classroom and clinical settings. Modules listed below can be completed at beginner level Semesters 1-2 and advanced levels Semesters 3-5: • Knowledge and Clinical Judgment • Nursing Concepts • Priority Setting Frameworks