ATI Pediatrics Nursing Final Exam / Actual Exam Practice
Questions with Correct Answers/ Latest 2024.
Which of the following applies to the defect emerging from residual peritoneal fluid confined within the
lower segment of the processus vaginalis?
Correct Answer - Noncommunicating hydrocele
Molly, with suspected rheumatic fever, is admitted to the pediatric unit. When obtaining the child's
history, the nurse considers which information to be most important?
Correct Answer - A recent episode of pharyngitis
The nurse is aware that the most common assessment finding in a child with ulcerative colitis is:
Correct Answer - Profuse diarrhea
When developing a plan of care for a hospitalized child, nurse Mica knows that children in which age
group is most likely to view illness as a punishment for misdeeds?
Correct Answer - Preschool age
A female child, age 6, is brought to the health clinic for a routine checkup. To assess the child's vision, the
nurse should ask:
Correct Answer - "How are you doing in school?"
Hannah, age 12, is 7 months pregnant. When teaching parenting skills to an adolescent, the nurse knows
that which teaching strategy is least effective?
Correct Answer - Providing age-appropriate reading materials
A 5-year-old girl Hannah is recently diagnosed with Kawasaki disease. Apart from the identified
symptoms of the disease, she may also likely develop which of the following?
Correct Answer - Aneurysm formation
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,When creating a teaching program for the parents of Jessica who is diagnosed with pulmonic stenosis
(PS), Nurse Alex would keep in mind that this disorder involves which of the following?
Correct Answer - Obstruction of blood flow from the right ventricle
Which of the following would Nurse Tony suppose to regard as a cardinal manifestation or symptom of
digoxin toxicity to his patient Clay diagnosed with heart failure?
Correct Answer - Extreme bradycardia
It is considered as the bluntly rounded portion of the heart.
Correct Answer - Apex
Which of the following disorders leads to cyanosis from deoxygenated blood entering the systemic
arterial circulation?
Correct Answer - Tetralogy of Fallot
Betty is a 9-year-old girl diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. Which of the following must Nurse Archie keep in
mind when developing a care plan for the child?
Correct Answer - Pulmonary secretions are abnormally thick.
Alice is rushed to the emergency department during an acute, severe prolonged asthma attack and is
unresponsive to usual treatment. The condition is referred to as which of the following?
Correct Answer - Status asthmaticus
Baby Melody is a neonate who has a very-low-birth-weight. Nurse Josie carefully monitors inspiratory
pressure and oxygen (O2) concentration to prevent which of the following?
Correct Answer - Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)
Which of the following instructions should Nurse Cheryl include in her teaching plan for the parents of
Reggie with otitis media?
Correct Answer - Avoiding contact with people who have upper respiratory tract infections
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, When assessing a child's cultural background, the nurse in charge should keep in mind that:
Correct Answer - Behavioral patterns are passed from one generation to the next
Dustin who was diagnosed with Hirschsprung's disease has a fever and watery explosive diarrhea. Which
of the following would Nurse Joyce do first?
Correct Answer - Notify the physician immediately.
Mr. and Ms. Byers' child failed to pass meconium within the first 24 hours after birth; this may indicate
which of the following?
Correct Answer - Hirschsprung's disease
Steve is diagnosed with celiac disease and experiences celiac crisis secondary to upper respiratory tract
infection; which of the following would Nurse Nancy expect to assess?
Correct Answer - Watery diarrhea
7-year-old Damon has cystitis; which of the following would Nurse Elena expect when assessing the
child?
Correct Answer – Dysuria
Newborn weight - Correct Answer - 6-9 lbs
Newborns lose what percent of their weight by what days of age? Why? When is birth weight usually
regained? - Correct Answer - 10% lost by 3-4 days due to fluid shifts, loss meconium, limited intake
(breastfed especially) Regained by 10th to 14th day of life
posterior fontanel closes when? - Correct Answer - 2-3 months
anterior fontanel closes - Correct Answer - 12-18 months
During the first five months how much weight do infants gain per month - Correct Answer - 1.5lb
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Questions with Correct Answers/ Latest 2024.
Which of the following applies to the defect emerging from residual peritoneal fluid confined within the
lower segment of the processus vaginalis?
Correct Answer - Noncommunicating hydrocele
Molly, with suspected rheumatic fever, is admitted to the pediatric unit. When obtaining the child's
history, the nurse considers which information to be most important?
Correct Answer - A recent episode of pharyngitis
The nurse is aware that the most common assessment finding in a child with ulcerative colitis is:
Correct Answer - Profuse diarrhea
When developing a plan of care for a hospitalized child, nurse Mica knows that children in which age
group is most likely to view illness as a punishment for misdeeds?
Correct Answer - Preschool age
A female child, age 6, is brought to the health clinic for a routine checkup. To assess the child's vision, the
nurse should ask:
Correct Answer - "How are you doing in school?"
Hannah, age 12, is 7 months pregnant. When teaching parenting skills to an adolescent, the nurse knows
that which teaching strategy is least effective?
Correct Answer - Providing age-appropriate reading materials
A 5-year-old girl Hannah is recently diagnosed with Kawasaki disease. Apart from the identified
symptoms of the disease, she may also likely develop which of the following?
Correct Answer - Aneurysm formation
pg. 1
,When creating a teaching program for the parents of Jessica who is diagnosed with pulmonic stenosis
(PS), Nurse Alex would keep in mind that this disorder involves which of the following?
Correct Answer - Obstruction of blood flow from the right ventricle
Which of the following would Nurse Tony suppose to regard as a cardinal manifestation or symptom of
digoxin toxicity to his patient Clay diagnosed with heart failure?
Correct Answer - Extreme bradycardia
It is considered as the bluntly rounded portion of the heart.
Correct Answer - Apex
Which of the following disorders leads to cyanosis from deoxygenated blood entering the systemic
arterial circulation?
Correct Answer - Tetralogy of Fallot
Betty is a 9-year-old girl diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. Which of the following must Nurse Archie keep in
mind when developing a care plan for the child?
Correct Answer - Pulmonary secretions are abnormally thick.
Alice is rushed to the emergency department during an acute, severe prolonged asthma attack and is
unresponsive to usual treatment. The condition is referred to as which of the following?
Correct Answer - Status asthmaticus
Baby Melody is a neonate who has a very-low-birth-weight. Nurse Josie carefully monitors inspiratory
pressure and oxygen (O2) concentration to prevent which of the following?
Correct Answer - Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)
Which of the following instructions should Nurse Cheryl include in her teaching plan for the parents of
Reggie with otitis media?
Correct Answer - Avoiding contact with people who have upper respiratory tract infections
pg. 2
, When assessing a child's cultural background, the nurse in charge should keep in mind that:
Correct Answer - Behavioral patterns are passed from one generation to the next
Dustin who was diagnosed with Hirschsprung's disease has a fever and watery explosive diarrhea. Which
of the following would Nurse Joyce do first?
Correct Answer - Notify the physician immediately.
Mr. and Ms. Byers' child failed to pass meconium within the first 24 hours after birth; this may indicate
which of the following?
Correct Answer - Hirschsprung's disease
Steve is diagnosed with celiac disease and experiences celiac crisis secondary to upper respiratory tract
infection; which of the following would Nurse Nancy expect to assess?
Correct Answer - Watery diarrhea
7-year-old Damon has cystitis; which of the following would Nurse Elena expect when assessing the
child?
Correct Answer – Dysuria
Newborn weight - Correct Answer - 6-9 lbs
Newborns lose what percent of their weight by what days of age? Why? When is birth weight usually
regained? - Correct Answer - 10% lost by 3-4 days due to fluid shifts, loss meconium, limited intake
(breastfed especially) Regained by 10th to 14th day of life
posterior fontanel closes when? - Correct Answer - 2-3 months
anterior fontanel closes - Correct Answer - 12-18 months
During the first five months how much weight do infants gain per month - Correct Answer - 1.5lb
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