ATI Nursing Care of Children Exam Questions With Accurate
Answers.
great toe - accurate answers-A nurse is monitoring the oxygen saturation level
of an infant using pulse oximetry. The nurse should secure the sensor to which
of the following areas on the infant?
a) wrist
b) great toe
c) index finger
d) heel
Decreased edema - accurate answers-A nurse is caring for a school-age child
who has primary nephrotic syndrome and is taking prednisone. Following 1
week of treatment, which of the following manifestations indicates to the
nurse that the medication is effective?
a) decreased edema
b) increased abdominal girth
c) decrease appetite
d) increased protein in the urine
"Allow the stent to drain directly into your infant's diaper." - accurate
answers-A nurse is providing discharge teaching to parents of a 6-month-old
infant who is postoperative following hypospadias repair with a stent
placement. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the
teaching?
a) "You may bathe your infant in an infant bathtub when you go home."
b) "Apply hydrocortisone cream to your infant's penis daily.
c) "You should clamp your infant's stent twice daily."
d) "Allow the stent to drain directly into your infant's diaper."
Ensure the oxygen source is functioning in the child's room. - accurate
answers-A nurse is planning care for a newly admitted school-age child who
has generalized seizure disorder. Which of the following interventions should
the nurse plan to include?
a) Ensure that a padded tongue blade is at the child's bedside.
b) Allow the child to play video games on a tablet computer.
c) Allow the child to tak a tub bath independently.
,d) Ensure the oxygen source is functioning in the child's room.
A toddler who has a concussion and an episode of forceful vomiting - accurate
answers-A nurse is receiving change-of-shift report for four children. Which of
the following children should the nurse assess first?
a. A toddler who has a concussion and an episode of forceful vomiting
b. An adolescent who has infective endocarditis and reports having a
headache
c. An adolescent who was placed into halo traction 1 hr ago and reports pain
as 6 on a scale of 0 to 10
d. A school-age child who has acute glomerulonephritis and brown-colored
urine
"You should offer your child high-protein meals and snacks throughout the
day." - accurate answers-A nurse is providing dietary teaching to the guardian
of a school-age child who has cystic fibrosis. Which of the following
statements should the nurse make?
a. "You should offer your child high-protein meals and snacks throughout the
day."
b. "You should decrease your child's dietary fat intake to less than 10% of
their caloric intake."
c. "You should restrict your child's calorie intake to 1,200 per day."
d. "You should give your child a multivitamin once weekly."
Restricted ability to move the toes - accurate answers-A nurse is providing
discharge teaching to the guardians of a toddler who had lower leg cast
applied 24 hr ago. The nurse should instruct the guardians to report which of
the following finding to the provider?
a. Capillary refill time less than 2 seconds
b. Restricted ability to move the toes
c. Swelling of the casted foot when the leg is dependent
d. Pedal pulse +3 bilateral
Wheezes - accurate answers-A nurse in an emergency department is
auscultating the lungs of an adolescent who is experiencing dyspnea. The
nurse should identify the sound as which of the following? a. Wheezes
,b. Crackles
c. Pleural friction rub
d. Rhonchi
Potassium chloride - accurate answers-A nurse is caring for a preschooler
who has congestive heart failure. The nurse observes wide QRS complexes
and peaked T waves on the cardiac monitor. Which of the following
prescriptions should the nurse clarify with the provider?
a. Furosemide
b. Captopril
c. Regular insulin
d. Potassium chloride
The child should be able to stand on the balls of their feet when sitting on the
bike. - accurate answers-A nurse is planning an educational program for
school-age children and their parents about bicycle safety. Which of the
following information should the nurse plan to include?
a. The child should be able to stand on the balls of their feet when sitting on
the bike.
b. The child should ride their bike 2 feet to the side of other bike riders. c. The
child should wear dark-colored clothing with a fluorescent stripe when riding
at night.
d. The child should ride the bike facing traffic when it is necessary to ride in
the street.
Monitor the child's oxygen saturation. - accurate answers-A nurse is an
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 the supine position
Apply an antimicrobial ointment to the affected area. - accurate answers-A
nurse in an emergency department is caring for a school-age child who has
sustained a minor superficial burn from fireworks on their forearm. Which of
the following actions should the nurse take?
, '
a. Administer the tetanus toxoid vaccine if more than 1 year since the prior
dose.
b. Apply an antimicrobial ointment to the affected area.
c. Leave the burn area open to air.
d. Place an ice pack on the affected area.
"When your child's lesions are crusted, usually 6 days after they appear." -
accurate answers-A nurse in a providers office is caring for a school-age child
who has varicella. The parents asks the nurse when their child will no longer
be contagious. Which of the following responses should the nurse make?
a. "When your child no longer has an increased temperature."
b. "Three days after you first noticed the rash appear on your child."
c. "When your child's lesions are crusted, usually 6 days after they appear."
d. "Two to three weeks, when your child's lesions completely disappear."
"Pulmonary function tests will be performed every 12 to 24 months to
evaluate how your child is responding to therapy." - accurate answers-A nurse
is providing discharge teaching to the parent of a school-age child who has
moderate persistent asthma. Which of the following instructions should the
nurse include?
a. "You should give your child their salmeterol inhaler every 4 hours when
they are having an acute episode of wheezing."
b. "You should monitor your child's weight weekly while they are receiving
inhaled corticosteroid therapy."
c. "Pulmonary function tests will be performed every 12 to 24 months to
evaluate how your child is responding to therapy."
d. "When using the peak expiratory flow meter, record your child's average of
three readings."
BC - accurate answers-A nurse is admitting an infant who has intussusception.
Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? (Select all that
apply.)
a. Steatorrhea
b. Vomiting
c. Lethargy
d. Constipation
e. Weight gain
Answers.
great toe - accurate answers-A nurse is monitoring the oxygen saturation level
of an infant using pulse oximetry. The nurse should secure the sensor to which
of the following areas on the infant?
a) wrist
b) great toe
c) index finger
d) heel
Decreased edema - accurate answers-A nurse is caring for a school-age child
who has primary nephrotic syndrome and is taking prednisone. Following 1
week of treatment, which of the following manifestations indicates to the
nurse that the medication is effective?
a) decreased edema
b) increased abdominal girth
c) decrease appetite
d) increased protein in the urine
"Allow the stent to drain directly into your infant's diaper." - accurate
answers-A nurse is providing discharge teaching to parents of a 6-month-old
infant who is postoperative following hypospadias repair with a stent
placement. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the
teaching?
a) "You may bathe your infant in an infant bathtub when you go home."
b) "Apply hydrocortisone cream to your infant's penis daily.
c) "You should clamp your infant's stent twice daily."
d) "Allow the stent to drain directly into your infant's diaper."
Ensure the oxygen source is functioning in the child's room. - accurate
answers-A nurse is planning care for a newly admitted school-age child who
has generalized seizure disorder. Which of the following interventions should
the nurse plan to include?
a) Ensure that a padded tongue blade is at the child's bedside.
b) Allow the child to play video games on a tablet computer.
c) Allow the child to tak a tub bath independently.
,d) Ensure the oxygen source is functioning in the child's room.
A toddler who has a concussion and an episode of forceful vomiting - accurate
answers-A nurse is receiving change-of-shift report for four children. Which of
the following children should the nurse assess first?
a. A toddler who has a concussion and an episode of forceful vomiting
b. An adolescent who has infective endocarditis and reports having a
headache
c. An adolescent who was placed into halo traction 1 hr ago and reports pain
as 6 on a scale of 0 to 10
d. A school-age child who has acute glomerulonephritis and brown-colored
urine
"You should offer your child high-protein meals and snacks throughout the
day." - accurate answers-A nurse is providing dietary teaching to the guardian
of a school-age child who has cystic fibrosis. Which of the following
statements should the nurse make?
a. "You should offer your child high-protein meals and snacks throughout the
day."
b. "You should decrease your child's dietary fat intake to less than 10% of
their caloric intake."
c. "You should restrict your child's calorie intake to 1,200 per day."
d. "You should give your child a multivitamin once weekly."
Restricted ability to move the toes - accurate answers-A nurse is providing
discharge teaching to the guardians of a toddler who had lower leg cast
applied 24 hr ago. The nurse should instruct the guardians to report which of
the following finding to the provider?
a. Capillary refill time less than 2 seconds
b. Restricted ability to move the toes
c. Swelling of the casted foot when the leg is dependent
d. Pedal pulse +3 bilateral
Wheezes - accurate answers-A nurse in an emergency department is
auscultating the lungs of an adolescent who is experiencing dyspnea. The
nurse should identify the sound as which of the following? a. Wheezes
,b. Crackles
c. Pleural friction rub
d. Rhonchi
Potassium chloride - accurate answers-A nurse is caring for a preschooler
who has congestive heart failure. The nurse observes wide QRS complexes
and peaked T waves on the cardiac monitor. Which of the following
prescriptions should the nurse clarify with the provider?
a. Furosemide
b. Captopril
c. Regular insulin
d. Potassium chloride
The child should be able to stand on the balls of their feet when sitting on the
bike. - accurate answers-A nurse is planning an educational program for
school-age children and their parents about bicycle safety. Which of the
following information should the nurse plan to include?
a. The child should be able to stand on the balls of their feet when sitting on
the bike.
b. The child should ride their bike 2 feet to the side of other bike riders. c. The
child should wear dark-colored clothing with a fluorescent stripe when riding
at night.
d. The child should ride the bike facing traffic when it is necessary to ride in
the street.
Monitor the child's oxygen saturation. - accurate answers-A nurse is an
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 the supine position
Apply an antimicrobial ointment to the affected area. - accurate answers-A
nurse in an emergency department is caring for a school-age child who has
sustained a minor superficial burn from fireworks on their forearm. Which of
the following actions should the nurse take?
, '
a. Administer the tetanus toxoid vaccine if more than 1 year since the prior
dose.
b. Apply an antimicrobial ointment to the affected area.
c. Leave the burn area open to air.
d. Place an ice pack on the affected area.
"When your child's lesions are crusted, usually 6 days after they appear." -
accurate answers-A nurse in a providers office is caring for a school-age child
who has varicella. The parents asks the nurse when their child will no longer
be contagious. Which of the following responses should the nurse make?
a. "When your child no longer has an increased temperature."
b. "Three days after you first noticed the rash appear on your child."
c. "When your child's lesions are crusted, usually 6 days after they appear."
d. "Two to three weeks, when your child's lesions completely disappear."
"Pulmonary function tests will be performed every 12 to 24 months to
evaluate how your child is responding to therapy." - accurate answers-A nurse
is providing discharge teaching to the parent of a school-age child who has
moderate persistent asthma. Which of the following instructions should the
nurse include?
a. "You should give your child their salmeterol inhaler every 4 hours when
they are having an acute episode of wheezing."
b. "You should monitor your child's weight weekly while they are receiving
inhaled corticosteroid therapy."
c. "Pulmonary function tests will be performed every 12 to 24 months to
evaluate how your child is responding to therapy."
d. "When using the peak expiratory flow meter, record your child's average of
three readings."
BC - accurate answers-A nurse is admitting an infant who has intussusception.
Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? (Select all that
apply.)
a. Steatorrhea
b. Vomiting
c. Lethargy
d. Constipation
e. Weight gain
