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NUR 212 ATI RN NURSING CARE OF CHILDREN
PROCTORED EXAM || ACCURATE AND FREQUENTLY
TESTED QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES|| LATEST AND COMPLETE
UPDATE WITH EXPERT VERIFIED SOLUTIONS||
SURE PASS!!
A nurse is providing discharge teaching to the parents of a three-month-old infant
following acheiloplasty. which of the following instructions should the nurse
include?
A- Clean your baby's sutures daily with a mixture of chlorhexidine and water
B- expect your baby to swallow more than usual over the next few days
C- inspect your baby's tongue for white patches using a tongue depressor every 8
hours
D- apply a thin layer of antibiotic ointment on your babies suture line daily for the
next threedays
- ANSWER: d
The nurse should instruct the parents to apply a thin layer of antibiotic ointment on
the infant'ssuture line daily for 3 days and then continue to apply petroleum jelly to
the area for several weeks to promote healing.
A- The parents should clean the infant's sutures with sterile water or diluted
hydrogen peroxidefollowing each feeding.
B- Excessive swallowing is an indication of bleeding and should be reported to the
providerimmediately.
C- The parents should avoid placing objects, such as tongue depressors, in the
infant's mouth toprevent injury to the suture line.
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A nurse is caring for a hospitalized preschooler. The child's mother is going home
for a few hours while another relative stay with the child. Which of the following
statements should thenurse make to explain to the child when her mother will
return?
A- Your mommy will be back at 7 p.m.
B- your mommy will be back after she takes care of your brother
C- your mommy will be back in the morning
D- your mommy will be back after you eat
- ANSWER: d
Preschoolers make sense of time best when they can associate it with an expected
daily routine, such as meals and bedtime. Therefore, the child comprehends time
best when it is explained to them in relation to an event they are familiar with, such
as eating.
A- A preschooler does not have an accurate understanding of time. They use
language, but most of the time they do not actually know or conceive the meaning
of the words.
B- A preschooler does not have an accurate understanding of time. They use
language, but mostof the time they do not actually know or conceive the meaning
of the words. Also, this responseby the nurse does not relate to the child directly.
C- A preschooler does not have an accurate understanding of time. They use
language, but mostof the time they do not actually know or conceive the meaning
of the words.
A nurse is planning developmental activities for a newly admitted 10 year old child
who hasneutropenia. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take?
A- Provide the child with a book about Adventure
B- arrange frequent visits from family members and peers
C- give the child a large piece puzzle
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D- use puppet to entertain the child
- ANSWER: a
The nurse should provide a school-age child with a book about adventure as a
developmentalactivity because children are expanding their knowledge and
imagination during this age.
Through reading, school-age children can feel powerful and skillful as they
imagine themselvesin the stories they read.
B- The nurse should limit visitors for a child who has neutropenia because this
places the childat an increased risk of infection.
C- The nurse should provide a large-piece puzzle to a preschooler. School-age
children desire tobe mentally challenged with complex board and video games. D-
The nurse should use puppets to entertain toddlers. A school-age child would not
be entertained for very long or mentally challenged with puppets. They prefer
complex board andvideo games.
A nurse in the emergency department is caring for a school-age child who has
epiglottitis. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
A- Obtain a throat culture from the child
B- monitor the child's oxygen saturation
C- put a warm mist humidifier in the child's room
D- Place the child in a Supine position
- ANSWER: b
The nurse should monitor the child's oxygen saturation level because the child is
experiencingacute respiratory distress and it is necessary to determine if the child
is responding to treatment.
A- Obtaining a throat culture places the child at risk for complete airway
obstruction. The nurseshould wait until an airway is established for the child before
performing any diagnostic testing. C- The nurse should administer humidified
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oxygen by face mask or blow-by, rather than place awarm mist humidifier in the
child's room.
D- Placing the child in the supine position increases the child's risk for a complete
airway obstruction. The nurse should place the child in an upright position, and
sometimes it is helpfulfor the child to lean over the bedside table to help with
breathing.
A nurse in an Emergency Department is assessing a three-month-old infant who
has rotavirusand is experiencing acute vomiting and diarrhea. Which of the
following manifestations should the nurse identify as an indication that the infant
has moderate to severe dehydration?
A- Heart rate 124/ minute
B- increase tear production
C- sunken anterior fontanel
D- capillary refill 2 seconds
- ANSWER: c
The nurse should recognize that a sunken anterior fontanel is an indication of
moderate tosevere dehydration due to the acute loss of fluid.
A- A heart rate of 124/min is within the expected reference range of 106 to186/min
for a 3- to5-month-old infant. The nurse should expect the infant who has moderate
to severe dehydration to have tachycardia.
B- An infant who has moderate to severe dehydration is more likely to have
absence of tears,rather than increased tear production.
D- Capillary refill of 2 seconds is within the expected reference range for a 3-
month-old infant. An infant who has moderate to severe dehydration is more likely
to have delayed capillary refillof greater than 2 seconds.
NUR 212 ATI RN NURSING CARE OF CHILDREN
PROCTORED EXAM || ACCURATE AND FREQUENTLY
TESTED QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES|| LATEST AND COMPLETE
UPDATE WITH EXPERT VERIFIED SOLUTIONS||
SURE PASS!!
A nurse is providing discharge teaching to the parents of a three-month-old infant
following acheiloplasty. which of the following instructions should the nurse
include?
A- Clean your baby's sutures daily with a mixture of chlorhexidine and water
B- expect your baby to swallow more than usual over the next few days
C- inspect your baby's tongue for white patches using a tongue depressor every 8
hours
D- apply a thin layer of antibiotic ointment on your babies suture line daily for the
next threedays
- ANSWER: d
The nurse should instruct the parents to apply a thin layer of antibiotic ointment on
the infant'ssuture line daily for 3 days and then continue to apply petroleum jelly to
the area for several weeks to promote healing.
A- The parents should clean the infant's sutures with sterile water or diluted
hydrogen peroxidefollowing each feeding.
B- Excessive swallowing is an indication of bleeding and should be reported to the
providerimmediately.
C- The parents should avoid placing objects, such as tongue depressors, in the
infant's mouth toprevent injury to the suture line.
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A nurse is caring for a hospitalized preschooler. The child's mother is going home
for a few hours while another relative stay with the child. Which of the following
statements should thenurse make to explain to the child when her mother will
return?
A- Your mommy will be back at 7 p.m.
B- your mommy will be back after she takes care of your brother
C- your mommy will be back in the morning
D- your mommy will be back after you eat
- ANSWER: d
Preschoolers make sense of time best when they can associate it with an expected
daily routine, such as meals and bedtime. Therefore, the child comprehends time
best when it is explained to them in relation to an event they are familiar with, such
as eating.
A- A preschooler does not have an accurate understanding of time. They use
language, but most of the time they do not actually know or conceive the meaning
of the words.
B- A preschooler does not have an accurate understanding of time. They use
language, but mostof the time they do not actually know or conceive the meaning
of the words. Also, this responseby the nurse does not relate to the child directly.
C- A preschooler does not have an accurate understanding of time. They use
language, but mostof the time they do not actually know or conceive the meaning
of the words.
A nurse is planning developmental activities for a newly admitted 10 year old child
who hasneutropenia. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take?
A- Provide the child with a book about Adventure
B- arrange frequent visits from family members and peers
C- give the child a large piece puzzle
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D- use puppet to entertain the child
- ANSWER: a
The nurse should provide a school-age child with a book about adventure as a
developmentalactivity because children are expanding their knowledge and
imagination during this age.
Through reading, school-age children can feel powerful and skillful as they
imagine themselvesin the stories they read.
B- The nurse should limit visitors for a child who has neutropenia because this
places the childat an increased risk of infection.
C- The nurse should provide a large-piece puzzle to a preschooler. School-age
children desire tobe mentally challenged with complex board and video games. D-
The nurse should use puppets to entertain toddlers. A school-age child would not
be entertained for very long or mentally challenged with puppets. They prefer
complex board andvideo games.
A nurse in the emergency department is caring for a school-age child who has
epiglottitis. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
A- Obtain a throat culture from the child
B- monitor the child's oxygen saturation
C- put a warm mist humidifier in the child's room
D- Place the child in a Supine position
- ANSWER: b
The nurse should monitor the child's oxygen saturation level because the child is
experiencingacute respiratory distress and it is necessary to determine if the child
is responding to treatment.
A- Obtaining a throat culture places the child at risk for complete airway
obstruction. The nurseshould wait until an airway is established for the child before
performing any diagnostic testing. C- The nurse should administer humidified
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oxygen by face mask or blow-by, rather than place awarm mist humidifier in the
child's room.
D- Placing the child in the supine position increases the child's risk for a complete
airway obstruction. The nurse should place the child in an upright position, and
sometimes it is helpfulfor the child to lean over the bedside table to help with
breathing.
A nurse in an Emergency Department is assessing a three-month-old infant who
has rotavirusand is experiencing acute vomiting and diarrhea. Which of the
following manifestations should the nurse identify as an indication that the infant
has moderate to severe dehydration?
A- Heart rate 124/ minute
B- increase tear production
C- sunken anterior fontanel
D- capillary refill 2 seconds
- ANSWER: c
The nurse should recognize that a sunken anterior fontanel is an indication of
moderate tosevere dehydration due to the acute loss of fluid.
A- A heart rate of 124/min is within the expected reference range of 106 to186/min
for a 3- to5-month-old infant. The nurse should expect the infant who has moderate
to severe dehydration to have tachycardia.
B- An infant who has moderate to severe dehydration is more likely to have
absence of tears,rather than increased tear production.
D- Capillary refill of 2 seconds is within the expected reference range for a 3-
month-old infant. An infant who has moderate to severe dehydration is more likely
to have delayed capillary refillof greater than 2 seconds.
