ATI RN Learning System Nursing Care of
Children Practice Quiz 1
A nurse is planning care for a 10-month-old infant who has suspected failure to
thrive (FTT). Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the
plan of care? (Select all that apply.) - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Observe the
parents' actions when feeding the child.
Maintain a detailed record of food and fluid intake.
A nurse is providing anticipatory guidance about accidental ingestion of a toxic
substance to the parents of a toddler. The nurse should instruct the parents to
take which of the following actions first if the child ingests a hazardous substance?
- ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Call the poison control center.
A nurse in the emergency department is caring for a 12-year-old child who has
ingested bleach. Which of the following statements by the nurse indicates an
, understanding of this ingestion? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----"Injury by a
corrosive liquid is more extensive than by a corrosive solid."
A nurse is observing a mother who is playing peek-a-boo with her 8-month-old
child. The mother asks if this game has any developmental significance. The nurse
should inform the mother that peek-a-boo helps develop which of the following
concepts in the child? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Object permanence
A nurse is caring for a toddler and is preparing to administer 0.9% sodium chloride
100 mL 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. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not
use a trailing zero.) - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----25
A nurse is teaching the parent of a 12-month-old infant about nutrition. Which of
the following statements by the parent indicates a need for further teaching? - --
-✔✔✔ANSWER----"My infant drinks at least 2 quarts of skim milk each
day."
A nurse is planning to collect a specimen from a male infant using a urine
collection bag. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----Wash and dry the infant's genitalia and perineum
thoroughly.
A nurse is caring for an adolescent who is receiving pain medication via a PCA
pump. When the nurse assesses the client's pain at 0800, the client describes the
Children Practice Quiz 1
A nurse is planning care for a 10-month-old infant who has suspected failure to
thrive (FTT). Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the
plan of care? (Select all that apply.) - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Observe the
parents' actions when feeding the child.
Maintain a detailed record of food and fluid intake.
A nurse is providing anticipatory guidance about accidental ingestion of a toxic
substance to the parents of a toddler. The nurse should instruct the parents to
take which of the following actions first if the child ingests a hazardous substance?
- ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Call the poison control center.
A nurse in the emergency department is caring for a 12-year-old child who has
ingested bleach. Which of the following statements by the nurse indicates an
, understanding of this ingestion? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----"Injury by a
corrosive liquid is more extensive than by a corrosive solid."
A nurse is observing a mother who is playing peek-a-boo with her 8-month-old
child. The mother asks if this game has any developmental significance. The nurse
should inform the mother that peek-a-boo helps develop which of the following
concepts in the child? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Object permanence
A nurse is caring for a toddler and is preparing to administer 0.9% sodium chloride
100 mL 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. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not
use a trailing zero.) - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----25
A nurse is teaching the parent of a 12-month-old infant about nutrition. Which of
the following statements by the parent indicates a need for further teaching? - --
-✔✔✔ANSWER----"My infant drinks at least 2 quarts of skim milk each
day."
A nurse is planning to collect a specimen from a male infant using a urine
collection bag. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----Wash and dry the infant's genitalia and perineum
thoroughly.
A nurse is caring for an adolescent who is receiving pain medication via a PCA
pump. When the nurse assesses the client's pain at 0800, the client describes the
