PN ATI PEDIATRICS ASSESSMENT 2025 WITH QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
A nurse in the emergency department is caring for a 2-yr old child who
was found by his parents crying and holding a container of toilet bowl
cleaner. The child's lips are edematous and inflamed, and he is drooling.
Which of the following is the following priority action by the nurse?
a. Remove the child's contaminated clothing.
b. Check the child's respiratory status.
c. Administer an antidote to the child.
d. Establish IV access for the child. VERIFIED ANSWER b. Check the
child's respiratory status.
Rationale: When applying the ABC priority setting framework, airway is
always the highest priority because the airway must be clear and open
for oxygen exchange to occur. Breathing is the second highest priority in
the ABC priority setting framework because adequate ventilatory effort
is essential in order for oxygen change to occur.
A nurse is teaching a parent of a 12-month old child about development
during the toddler years. Which of the following statements should the
nurse include?
a. Your child should be referring to himself using the appropriate
pronoun by the 18 months of age
b. a toddler's interest in looking at pictures occurs at 20 months of age
c. a toddler should have daytime control of his bowel and bladder by 24
months of age.
,d. your child should be able to scribble spontaneously using a crayon at
the age of 15 months VERIFIED ANSWER d. your child should be able
to scribble spontaneously using a crayon at the age of 15 months
Rationale: The nurse should teach the parent that at the age of 15
months, the toddler should be
able to scribble spontaneously, and at the age of 18 months, the toddler
should be able to make
strokes imitatively
A nurse is caring for a toddler and is preparing to administer 0.9%
sodium chloride 100ml IV to infuse over 4 hr. The drop factor of the
manual IV tubing is 60 gtt/ml. The nurse should set the manual IV
infusion to deliver how many gtt/min? (Round the answer to the nearest
whole number) VERIFIED ANSWER 25 gtt
Rationale: 100ml/4 hr x 60gtt/1mlx 1 hr/60min= 6000/240= 25 gtt
A nurse in a pediatric clinic is assessing a toddler at a well-child visit.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
a. Perform the assessment in a head to toe sequence.
b. Minimize physical contact with the child initially.
c. Explain procedures using medical terminology
d. Stop the assessment if the child becomes uncooperative. VERIFIED
ANSWER b. Minimize physical contact with the child initially.
Rationale: The nurse should initially minimize physical contact with the
toddler, and then
progress from the least traumatic to the most traumatic procedures.
,A nurse is caring for an 18-yr old adolescent who is up to date on
immunizations and is planning to attend college. The nurse should
inform the client that he should receive which of the following
immunizations prior to moving into a campus dormitory.
a. Pneumococcal polysaccharide
b. Meningococcal polysaccharide
c. rotavirus
d. Herpes zoster VERIFIED ANSWER b. Meningococcal
polysaccharide
Rationale: The meningococcal polysaccharide immunization is used to
prevent infection by
certain groups of meningococcal bacteria. Meningococcal infection can
cause life-threatening
illnesses, such as meningococcal meningitis, which affects the brain, and
meningococcemia,
which affects the blood. Both of these conditions can be fatal. College
freshmen, particularly
those who live in dormitories, are at an increased risk for meningococcal
disease relative to other persons their age. Therefore, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention has issued a
recommendation that all incoming college students receive the
meningococcal immunization.
A nurse is teaching the parent of an infant about food allergens. Which
of the following foods should the nurse include as being the most
common food allergy in children.
, a. Cow's milk
b. Wheat bread
c. Corn syrup
d. Eggs VERIFIED ANSWER a. Cow's milk
Rationale: According to evidence-based practice, the nurse should
instruct the parent that cow's
milk is the most common food allergy in children. Some children are
sensitive to the protein,
called casein, found in cow's milk. They have difficulty metabolizing the
casein and are,
therefore, allergic to cow's milk.
A nurse is teaching the parent of a toddler about home safety. Which of
the following statements by the parent indicates an understanding of the
teaching?
a. I lock my medications in the medicine cabinet
b. I keep my child's crib mattress at the highest level
c. I turn pot handles to the side of my stove while cooking.
d. I will give my child syrup of ipecac if she swallows something
poisonous. VERIFIED ANSWER a. I lock my medications in the
medicine cabinet
Rationale: Locking up medications and other potential poisons prevents
access. Toddlers have
improved gross and fine motor skills that allow for further exploration of
the environment and
possible access to hazardous substances.
AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
A nurse in the emergency department is caring for a 2-yr old child who
was found by his parents crying and holding a container of toilet bowl
cleaner. The child's lips are edematous and inflamed, and he is drooling.
Which of the following is the following priority action by the nurse?
a. Remove the child's contaminated clothing.
b. Check the child's respiratory status.
c. Administer an antidote to the child.
d. Establish IV access for the child. VERIFIED ANSWER b. Check the
child's respiratory status.
Rationale: When applying the ABC priority setting framework, airway is
always the highest priority because the airway must be clear and open
for oxygen exchange to occur. Breathing is the second highest priority in
the ABC priority setting framework because adequate ventilatory effort
is essential in order for oxygen change to occur.
A nurse is teaching a parent of a 12-month old child about development
during the toddler years. Which of the following statements should the
nurse include?
a. Your child should be referring to himself using the appropriate
pronoun by the 18 months of age
b. a toddler's interest in looking at pictures occurs at 20 months of age
c. a toddler should have daytime control of his bowel and bladder by 24
months of age.
,d. your child should be able to scribble spontaneously using a crayon at
the age of 15 months VERIFIED ANSWER d. your child should be able
to scribble spontaneously using a crayon at the age of 15 months
Rationale: The nurse should teach the parent that at the age of 15
months, the toddler should be
able to scribble spontaneously, and at the age of 18 months, the toddler
should be able to make
strokes imitatively
A nurse is caring for a toddler and is preparing to administer 0.9%
sodium chloride 100ml IV to infuse over 4 hr. The drop factor of the
manual IV tubing is 60 gtt/ml. The nurse should set the manual IV
infusion to deliver how many gtt/min? (Round the answer to the nearest
whole number) VERIFIED ANSWER 25 gtt
Rationale: 100ml/4 hr x 60gtt/1mlx 1 hr/60min= 6000/240= 25 gtt
A nurse in a pediatric clinic is assessing a toddler at a well-child visit.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
a. Perform the assessment in a head to toe sequence.
b. Minimize physical contact with the child initially.
c. Explain procedures using medical terminology
d. Stop the assessment if the child becomes uncooperative. VERIFIED
ANSWER b. Minimize physical contact with the child initially.
Rationale: The nurse should initially minimize physical contact with the
toddler, and then
progress from the least traumatic to the most traumatic procedures.
,A nurse is caring for an 18-yr old adolescent who is up to date on
immunizations and is planning to attend college. The nurse should
inform the client that he should receive which of the following
immunizations prior to moving into a campus dormitory.
a. Pneumococcal polysaccharide
b. Meningococcal polysaccharide
c. rotavirus
d. Herpes zoster VERIFIED ANSWER b. Meningococcal
polysaccharide
Rationale: The meningococcal polysaccharide immunization is used to
prevent infection by
certain groups of meningococcal bacteria. Meningococcal infection can
cause life-threatening
illnesses, such as meningococcal meningitis, which affects the brain, and
meningococcemia,
which affects the blood. Both of these conditions can be fatal. College
freshmen, particularly
those who live in dormitories, are at an increased risk for meningococcal
disease relative to other persons their age. Therefore, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention has issued a
recommendation that all incoming college students receive the
meningococcal immunization.
A nurse is teaching the parent of an infant about food allergens. Which
of the following foods should the nurse include as being the most
common food allergy in children.
, a. Cow's milk
b. Wheat bread
c. Corn syrup
d. Eggs VERIFIED ANSWER a. Cow's milk
Rationale: According to evidence-based practice, the nurse should
instruct the parent that cow's
milk is the most common food allergy in children. Some children are
sensitive to the protein,
called casein, found in cow's milk. They have difficulty metabolizing the
casein and are,
therefore, allergic to cow's milk.
A nurse is teaching the parent of a toddler about home safety. Which of
the following statements by the parent indicates an understanding of the
teaching?
a. I lock my medications in the medicine cabinet
b. I keep my child's crib mattress at the highest level
c. I turn pot handles to the side of my stove while cooking.
d. I will give my child syrup of ipecac if she swallows something
poisonous. VERIFIED ANSWER a. I lock my medications in the
medicine cabinet
Rationale: Locking up medications and other potential poisons prevents
access. Toddlers have
improved gross and fine motor skills that allow for further exploration of
the environment and
possible access to hazardous substances.
