ATI Nursing Care of Children Exam Questions With Correct
Answers.
Piaget - accurate answers-Sensorimotor (0-2)
Preoperational (2-7)
Concrete operations (7-11)
Formal operations (12+)
Erikson - accurate answers-Trust vs. mistrust
Autonomy vs. shame and doubt
Initiative vs. guilt
Industry vs. inferiority
Identity vs. role confusion
Intimacy vs. isolation
Generativity vs. stagnation
Integrity vs. despair
Patent ductus arteriosus - accurate answers-Murmur (machine-like)
Wide pulse pressure
Bounding pulses
Possible asymptomatic
Ventricular septal defect - accurate answers-Loud, harsh murmur not usually
heard until pulmonary pressures drop at 4-8 weeks old
Heart failure
Failure to thrive
Small, possible asymptomatic defects
Coarctation of the aorta - accurate answers-Increased BP and O2 saturation in
upper extremities compared to lower extremities.
Nosebleeds
Headaches
Vertigo
Leg pain
Weak or absent lower extremity pulses (decreased CO)
Pulmonary stenosis - accurate answers-Systolic ejection murmur
Right ventricular enlargement
Exercise intolerance
, Cyanosis with severe narrowing
Artial septal defect - accurate answers-Loud, harsh murmur
Mild heart failure
Possible enlarged RA
Increased oxygen saturations in RA
Possibly asymptomatic
Tetralogy of Fallot - accurate answers-Murmur
Cyanosis
Severe dyspnea
Clubbing of fingers
Hypercyanotic spells
Acidosis
Polycythemia
Clot formation
Frequently sits in a squatting position (decreases venous return)
Failure to thrive
Growth retardation
FLACC scale - accurate answers-2 months - 7 years
Intussusception - accurate answers-Most common at 5-9 months; up to age 5
Sudden and acute pain
Sausage-shaped mass in URQ
Red currant jelly-like stools
Rheumatic fever - accurate answers-Nontender, subcutaneous nodules over
bony prominences
Pink, nonpruritic macupapular rash on trunk and inner surfaces of extremities
CNS involvement (chorea) including involuntary, purposeless muscle
movements
Muffled heart sounds, pericardial friction rub, chest pain
Bronchiolitis/RSV - accurate answers-Common 2-12 months
Cough
Wheezing
Nasal congestion
Fever
Answers.
Piaget - accurate answers-Sensorimotor (0-2)
Preoperational (2-7)
Concrete operations (7-11)
Formal operations (12+)
Erikson - accurate answers-Trust vs. mistrust
Autonomy vs. shame and doubt
Initiative vs. guilt
Industry vs. inferiority
Identity vs. role confusion
Intimacy vs. isolation
Generativity vs. stagnation
Integrity vs. despair
Patent ductus arteriosus - accurate answers-Murmur (machine-like)
Wide pulse pressure
Bounding pulses
Possible asymptomatic
Ventricular septal defect - accurate answers-Loud, harsh murmur not usually
heard until pulmonary pressures drop at 4-8 weeks old
Heart failure
Failure to thrive
Small, possible asymptomatic defects
Coarctation of the aorta - accurate answers-Increased BP and O2 saturation in
upper extremities compared to lower extremities.
Nosebleeds
Headaches
Vertigo
Leg pain
Weak or absent lower extremity pulses (decreased CO)
Pulmonary stenosis - accurate answers-Systolic ejection murmur
Right ventricular enlargement
Exercise intolerance
, Cyanosis with severe narrowing
Artial septal defect - accurate answers-Loud, harsh murmur
Mild heart failure
Possible enlarged RA
Increased oxygen saturations in RA
Possibly asymptomatic
Tetralogy of Fallot - accurate answers-Murmur
Cyanosis
Severe dyspnea
Clubbing of fingers
Hypercyanotic spells
Acidosis
Polycythemia
Clot formation
Frequently sits in a squatting position (decreases venous return)
Failure to thrive
Growth retardation
FLACC scale - accurate answers-2 months - 7 years
Intussusception - accurate answers-Most common at 5-9 months; up to age 5
Sudden and acute pain
Sausage-shaped mass in URQ
Red currant jelly-like stools
Rheumatic fever - accurate answers-Nontender, subcutaneous nodules over
bony prominences
Pink, nonpruritic macupapular rash on trunk and inner surfaces of extremities
CNS involvement (chorea) including involuntary, purposeless muscle
movements
Muffled heart sounds, pericardial friction rub, chest pain
Bronchiolitis/RSV - accurate answers-Common 2-12 months
Cough
Wheezing
Nasal congestion
Fever
