While reading and learning about the Testing and Remediation section on ATI I came to learn more about alternate forms of testing. More often than not when given an exam it has been multiple choice where if you don’t know the answer you have a 25% chance of getting the question right. We have begun to move away from this within my exams as even now multiple choice has 5 or even 6 options. This can be related to the nursing profession as you will come across situations that aren’t going to have only four options to choose from. Situations in the nursing field will require you to use different nursing processes to fill in the blanks, listen to sounds, and back tract to figure out what the best route of care for that patient will be.

This module helps reinforce some of the knowledge I have begun to learn in my nursing classes. Where exams are going to have more than just multiple choice. You need to go back and practice, read the questions once and then for a second time, and most importantly, be sure to read each and every answer thoroughly. Highlight and mark the important information if in a test question or even a patient chart. I am most excited about labs and clinical with the hands-on experience to be able to reinforce my learning in the classroom. More recently while starting clinicals I am using the nursing frameworks to assess the patients I am meeting to try and map out how to best help them from only the information I gather while being there. It is all great practice in critical thinking and being able to implement the knowledge I am gaining in class and using it in clinical practice.