⚙️ Your 1-hour engine — repeat every day
- 5 min — Brain-dump. Write everything you remember about yesterday's topic. No notes.
- 25 min — Questions FIRST. Do questions on today's topic, then read rationales ONLY for what you missed.
- 5 min — Break. Stand up, water, move. Not your phone.
- 25 min — Fix the gaps. Review only what you missed (a guide section or ONE short clip at 1.5×). Then say it out loud like you're teaching it.
Got a 2nd hour? Add 10 min redoing 5 old missed questions.
💊 Daily non-negotiable — 15 min dosage + pharm
Do this every day, even on a 30-minute day. Your ATI reports flagged Pharmacology & Parenteral Therapies at 60% on both attempts — your only below-average area. It's also your most fixable, because dosage math is pure reps.
Rotate: dosage calc (units, mL/hr, teaspoon→mL, weight-based) · med administration & reconciliation · IV fluids & fluid-overload management · high-alert drug classes. The 💊 box is on every day below.
🎯 Your weak spots right now — from your quiz results
Your Mega Quiz reports keep landing here. Hit these first — fastest points before Aug 5:
- Upper GI (M11) — ~71%. The 3 PUD complications: hemorrhage (bleeding · hematemesis/melena) · perforation (sudden pain + rigid, board-like abdomen → peritonitis) · pyloric obstruction (vomiting, bloating, fullness). Plus H. pylori testing + triple therapy, and telling GERD vs gastritis vs gastric ulcer (pain WITH food) vs duodenal ulcer (pain RELIEVED by food).
- Lower GI (M12) — ~67%. Crohn's vs UC (skip lesions/transmural vs continuous/mucosal; fistula vs toxic megacolon), bowel obstruction vs ileus (mechanical vs paralytic; SBO vs LBO), and appendicitis vs diverticulitis (RLQ vs LLQ).
⚡ Drill it: Mega Quiz → Exam 5 + 🧬 Patho → 10 questions. Read rationales only for misses. Re-run in 2 days and watch those bars turn green. Full details live in your Module 11 & 12 guides and the Lower GI Workbook.
🚫 Anti-wheel-spinning rules
- Questions before notes. Always. Recall beats re-reading.
- Never rewatch a whole video. Only the clip for the one thing you missed.
- Stuck >5 min? Flag it, move on. Come back tomorrow — don't grind.
- Teach it out loud. Can't explain it simply = that's your gap. Found it.
- Track your misses and re-test them 2 days later. That gap is the whole game.
- Done > perfect. Check the box, move on. Consistency wins this.
🩺 ATI Content Mastery track (the teal line on each day)
ATI rewards a specific loop — don't just read the book (that's the wheel-spinning version):
- Practice A (Jul 27) — diagnostic. Take it timed, review every rationale, and note your weakest systems.
- Content days (Jul 28 – Aug 1) — one body system per day, questions first, heavier on your weak areas.
- Practice B + Focused Review (Aug 2–3) — retest, then use ATI's Focused Review to hit only the gaps.
- Light day (Aug 4) — redo flagged questions, rest.
Assumes your ATI covers the same systems as your NUR198 modules. If your ATI portal lists extra areas (neuro, endocrine, etc.), add them on a content day. After Practice A, send me your weak areas and I'll rebalance Jul 28–Aug 1.
📌 Phase 1 · now → Aug 5 (Exam 5 + ATI)
GI first (that's Exam 5), Practice A on the 27th, then one system per day for ATI, then retest + Focused Review. Teal-bordered days are ATI Practice Assessments.
Jul 24 · Fri📂 Exam 5 GI guide
GI — Upper: GERD, hiatal hernia, PUD, gastritis
Quiz: Exam 5 guide → Module 11 · Upper GI (do first, then rationales)
Review only missed concepts in Stomach/Esophageal sections
Say the GERD teaching + PUD vs. gastritis out loud
💊 15 min dosage calc + pharm review — every day, no exceptions
🩺 Also do a set of ATI GI questions — GI counts for both exams
Jul 25 · Sat📂 Exam 5 GI guide
GI — Lower: IBD, diverticulitis, appendicitis, obstruction, ostomies
Quiz: Exam 5 guide → Module 12 · Lower GI
Crohn's vs. UC + SBO vs. ileus: review only your misses
Teach ostomy care out loud (which stoma, which output)
💊 15 min dosage calc + pharm review — every day, no exceptions
🩺 ATI GI (lower) questions
Jul 26 · Sun📂 Master guide + playlist
Hepatobiliary: cirrhosis, hepatitis, pancreatitis, cholecystitis
Quiz: Master guide → Source: Lecture + Mod 10
Pancreatitis: Cullen/Grey Turner, hypocalcemia — nail the why
1 short clip only if a concept won't stick
💊 15 min dosage calc + pharm review — every day, no exceptions
🩺 ATI GI/hepatobiliary — your GI content area is now covered
Jul 27 · Mon📂 ATI
★ ATI Practice Assessment A (diagnostic)
Take ATI Practice Assessment A — timed, no notes
Review EVERY rationale (right and wrong)
Write your 5 weakest systems — they drive the rest of the week
💊 15 min dosage calc + pharm review — every day, no exceptions
🩺 This is the highest-yield hour of the week — it tells you where to spend the rest
Jul 28 · Tue📂 Master guide
Fluid, Electrolyte & Acid–Base
Quiz: Master guide → Mod 2
I&O math, isotonic vs. hypo/hypertonic, K+/Na+/Ca+ signs
Teach one acid–base scenario out loud (ROME)
💊 15 min dosage calc + pharm review — every day, no exceptions
🩺 ATI Fluid/Electrolyte area — go heavier if it was weak on Practice A
Jul 29 · Wed📂 Master guide
Renal & Urinary
Quiz: Master guide → Mod 9 (28 lecture Qs here)
CKD fluid overload, dialysis access, incontinence types
Review only misses; flag anything shaky
💊 15 min dosage calc + pharm review — every day, no exceptions
🩺 ATI Renal & Urinary area
Jul 30 · Thu📂 Master guide
Cardiac
Quiz: Master guide → Lecture + Mod 8
STEMI priorities, AFib meds, bradycardia, ICD teaching
Rhythm ID out loud: sinus / AFib / V-tach / V-fib
💊 15 min dosage calc + pharm review — every day, no exceptions
🩺 ATI Cardiovascular area
Jul 31 · Fri📂 Master guide
Respiratory
Quiz: Master guide → Lecture + Mod 6
Pneumonia/ARF/COPD priorities, asthma rescue, chest tube
CO2 narcosis + when to intubate — say the why
💊 15 min dosage calc + pharm review — every day, no exceptions
🩺 ATI Respiratory area
Aug 1 · Sat📂 Master guide
Foundations + Musculoskeletal
Quiz: perioperative, pain, integumentary, older adult/chronic illness
MSK: VTE, fracture, compartment syndrome
Redo 5 old missed questions (spaced recall)
💊 15 min dosage calc + pharm review — every day, no exceptions
🩺 ATI Foundations round-up + MSK — the last content areas
Aug 2 · Sun📂 ATI + Exam 5 guide
★ ATI Practice Assessment B + final GI pass
Focused Review on your weak areas, then take Practice Assessment B (timed)
Final Exam 5 GI pass — redo your GI misses
GI meds: PPIs/H2/antiemetics/laxatives/antibiotics
💊 15 min dosage calc + pharm review — every day, no exceptions
🩺 Practice B shows if your Focused Review is sticking
Aug 3 · Mon📂 ATI + guides
Focused Review + repair
ATI Focused Review on your Practice B misses
Redo your top GI misses
15 min dosage/math
💊 15 min dosage calc + pharm review — every day, no exceptions
🩺 Fix the specific gaps ATI flagged — not the whole book
Aug 4 · Tue📂 Flagged cards
Light confidence day — rest up
Redo only your flagged / most-missed questions
Skim high-yield: labs, clinical signs, key meds
Stop early. Sleep. You're ready.
💊 15 min dosage calc + pharm review — every day, no exceptions
🩺 Light review only — no new material the day before
Aug 5 · Wed
🎯 EXAM 5 + ATI CONTENT MASTERY
Aug 6 · Thu📂 Master guide
Reset → M1 Older Adult/Chronic Illness + M3 Perioperative/Pain/Integument
Quick review of any Exam 5 / ATI misses you remember
Quiz: Master → Lecture + Mod 1, then Mod 3
Older adult red flags, pain non-pharm, pressure injury stages
💊 15 min dosage calc + pharm review — every day, no exceptions
Aug 7 · Fri📂 Master guide
M2 Fluid/Electrolyte/Acid–Base + M13 Musculoskeletal
Quiz: Master → Mod 2, then Mod 13
Electrolyte signs + VTE/fracture/compartment syndrome
Redo 5 old missed questions (spaced recall)
💊 15 min dosage calc + pharm review — every day, no exceptions
Aug 8 · Sat📂 Master guide
Respiratory + Cardiac (big systems)
Quiz: Master → Mod 6, then Mod 8 (mixed)
Focus on priority/ABC questions
Teach one rhythm + one respiratory emergency out loud
💊 15 min dosage calc + pharm review — every day, no exceptions
Aug 9 · Sun📂 Both guides
Renal + Hepatobiliary + GI
Quiz: Master → Mod 9, 10, then Exam 5 guide GI
Weave in anything still shaky from earlier
15 min dosage/math
💊 15 min dosage calc + pharm review — every day, no exceptions
Aug 10 · Mon📂 Master guide
Full cumulative mix — rest up
Mixed quiz across ALL modules (Master → All)
Redo your top misses + a few NGN/priority items
Stop early. Sleep. Trust your prep.
💊 15 min dosage calc + pharm review — every day, no exceptions
Aug 11 · Tue
🎯 FINAL EXAM — NUR198
📌 Phase 2 · Aug 6 → Aug 11 (cumulative Final)
Sweep every module — lighter topics first, then the big systems, then a full mixed day. Purple-bordered days.
Open it from your Drive folder each morning, pick the day, start step ①.