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ATI Peds Proctored Exam Prep Test Bank
with 400 Questions and Correct Answers
// Pediatrics Proctored Exam Practice
Questions and Correct Answers
A nurse is teaching the parents of a newborn about ways to
prevent sudden
infant death syndrome SIDS. Which of the following
instructions should the
nurse include?
A- Place the infant in a prone position to sleep.
B- Allow the infant to sleep on a large pillow.
C- User soft mattress in the infant's crib.
D- Give the infant a pacifier at bedtime. -
..........ANSWER.......D- Give the infant a pacifier at
bedtime; The nurse should inform the parent that
protective factors against SIDS include
breastfeeding and the use of a pacifier when the infant is
sleeping.
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A- The nurse should instruct the parent to place the infant
in a supine
A nurse is assessing an infant who has pneumonia. Which
of the following
findings is the priority for the nurse to report to the
provider?
A- Nasal flaring
B- WBC 11,300
C- diarrhea
D- abdominal distension - ..........ANSWER.......A-
Nasal flaring; When using the airway, breathing,
circulation approach to client care, the nurse
should place the priority on nasal flaring. Nasal
flaring indicates that the
infant is experiencing acute respiratory distress.
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A school nurse is assessing a school-age child blood
pressure while he is seated
in a chair. The child starts to experience a tonic-clonic
seizure. Which of the
following actions should the nurse take first?
A- Clear the immediate area around the child of hazardous
objects
B- loosen the child restrictive clothing
C- assist the child to a side-lying position on the
floor
D- apply an oxygen mask to the child -
..........ANSWER.......C- assist the child to a side-
lying position on the floor; The greatest risk to this
child is aspiration, occlusion of the airway, and
bodily
injury from falling out of the chair. The nurse
should ease the child down to
floor in a side-lying position immediately. This
position enables the child's
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secretions to drain from the mouth, preventing aspiration,
and maintaining a
patent airway.
A nurse is receiving change-of-shift Report on for children.
Which of the
following children should the nurse assesses first?
A- A toddler who has a concussion and an episode
of forceful vomiting
B- an adolescent who has infective endocarditis and
reports having a headache
C- an adolescent who was placed into Halo traction 1 hour
ago and rates his pain
at a 6 on a 0-10 scale
D- school-age child who has acute glomerulonephritis and
brown colored urine - ..........ANSWER.......A- A toddler
who has a concussion and an episode of forceful vomiting;
When using the urgent vs. no urgent approach to client
care, the nurse should assess
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ATI Peds Proctored Exam Prep Test Bank
with 400 Questions and Correct Answers
// Pediatrics Proctored Exam Practice
Questions and Correct Answers
A nurse is teaching the parents of a newborn about ways to
prevent sudden
infant death syndrome SIDS. Which of the following
instructions should the
nurse include?
A- Place the infant in a prone position to sleep.
B- Allow the infant to sleep on a large pillow.
C- User soft mattress in the infant's crib.
D- Give the infant a pacifier at bedtime. -
..........ANSWER.......D- Give the infant a pacifier at
bedtime; The nurse should inform the parent that
protective factors against SIDS include
breastfeeding and the use of a pacifier when the infant is
sleeping.
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A- The nurse should instruct the parent to place the infant
in a supine
A nurse is assessing an infant who has pneumonia. Which
of the following
findings is the priority for the nurse to report to the
provider?
A- Nasal flaring
B- WBC 11,300
C- diarrhea
D- abdominal distension - ..........ANSWER.......A-
Nasal flaring; When using the airway, breathing,
circulation approach to client care, the nurse
should place the priority on nasal flaring. Nasal
flaring indicates that the
infant is experiencing acute respiratory distress.
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A school nurse is assessing a school-age child blood
pressure while he is seated
in a chair. The child starts to experience a tonic-clonic
seizure. Which of the
following actions should the nurse take first?
A- Clear the immediate area around the child of hazardous
objects
B- loosen the child restrictive clothing
C- assist the child to a side-lying position on the
floor
D- apply an oxygen mask to the child -
..........ANSWER.......C- assist the child to a side-
lying position on the floor; The greatest risk to this
child is aspiration, occlusion of the airway, and
bodily
injury from falling out of the chair. The nurse
should ease the child down to
floor in a side-lying position immediately. This
position enables the child's
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secretions to drain from the mouth, preventing aspiration,
and maintaining a
patent airway.
A nurse is receiving change-of-shift Report on for children.
Which of the
following children should the nurse assesses first?
A- A toddler who has a concussion and an episode
of forceful vomiting
B- an adolescent who has infective endocarditis and
reports having a headache
C- an adolescent who was placed into Halo traction 1 hour
ago and rates his pain
at a 6 on a 0-10 scale
D- school-age child who has acute glomerulonephritis and
brown colored urine - ..........ANSWER.......A- A toddler
who has a concussion and an episode of forceful vomiting;
When using the urgent vs. no urgent approach to client
care, the nurse should assess
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