ATI PROCTORED Nursing care of children EXAM 2023

A nurse is caring for a 6-year-old child who is experiencing encopresis. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? - CORRECT ANSWER Determine if there are any recent stressors in the child's environment A nurse is caring for a child who has an exacerbation of cystic fibrosis. Which of the following laboratory findings should the nurse report to the provider immediately? - CORRECT ANSWER Oxygen saturation 85% A nurse is a pediatric clinic is caring for a 3-year-old child who has a blood lead level of 3 mcg/dL. When teaching the toddler's parent about the correlation of nutrition with lead poisoning, which of the following pieces of information is appropriate for the nurse to include? - CORRECT ANSWER Ensure the child's dietary intake of calcium and iron is adequate A nurse is caring for a child who has sickle cell anemia and is experiencing a vasoocclusive crisis. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? - CORRECT ANSWER Administer ibuprofen A nurse at a pediatric clinic is assessing a 5-month-old infant during a well child visit. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider? - CORRECT ANSWER Head lagging when the infant is pulled from a lying to a sitting position A nurse is providing teaching to the guardians of an infant who has failure to thrive (FTT). Which of the following pieces of information should the nurse include in the teaching? - CORRECT ANSWER Add fortified rice cereal to the infants formula A nurse is an emergency department is caring for a 4-year-old child who has burns to the neck and face following a house fire. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? - CORRECT ANSWER Determine the child's breathing pattern A nurse is teaching to a group of parents of adolescents about developmental needs. Which of the following statements by a parent should the nurse investigate further? - CORRECT ANSWER "My child spends 4 hours per day using online chat rooms." A nurse is providing discharge teaching to parents whose infant had a ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement for the treatment of hydrocephalus. Which of the following statements by the parents indicates an understanding of the teaching? - CORRECT ANSWER "We will notify the doctor right away if he has a fever." A nurse is performing a nutritional screening for a 12-year-old client who weighs 41 kg (90 lb) and has a height of 1.5 m (60 in). Which of the following values is the client's body mass index (BMI) - CORRECT ANSWER 18.2 - to calculate the clients BMI, the nurse should divide the clients weight in kilograms by the square of the clients height in meters. Therefore, 41 kg divided by the square of 1.5 m gives a correct BMI of 18.2 A nurse is teaching the parents of an infant about treatment option for profound sensorineural hearing loss. The nurse should include which of the following pieces of information about the function of cochlear implants? - CORRECT ANSWER The provide direct stimulation of auditory nerve fiber A nurse is instructing a group of parents and guardians about child development. Which of the following recommendations should the nurse make to promote the developmental task of industry in the school-age child? - CORRECT ANSWER Assign the child several small chores A nurse is providing teaching to the guardian of an adolescent. The guardian reports that the adolescent sleeps about 10 hour on weekend nights. Which of the following responses should the nurse provide? - CORRECT ANSWER "Adolescents need more sleep due to rapid growth." A nurse is caring for a child who is in skeletal traction. Which of the following actions is the nurse's priority? - CORRECT ANSWER Encourage the child to use an incentive spirometer A nurse is assessing the gross motor skills of a 4-year-old preschooler. The nurse should expect the preschooler to perform which of the following activities? - CORRECT ANSWER Hopping on 1 foot A nurse is caring for a school-aged child who begins to have a tonic-clinic seizure when leaving the bathroom. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? - CORRECT ANSWER Ease the child to the floor in Sims' position A nurse is assessing a 4-year-old child. The nurse should expect the child to be able to perform which of the following activities? - CORRECT ANSWER Fastening buttons on a shirt A nurse is reviewing the laboratory report of a 2-year-old child who has diarrhea and has been vomiting for 24 hr. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider? - CORRECT ANSWER Potassium 2.5 mEq/L A nurse is evaluating the outcome of surgery for an infant who had a bile duct obstruction which of the following findings should indicate to the nurse that the surgery was successful? - CORRECT ANSWER The color of the infants stool is yellowishbrown A nurse is teaching an adolescent client who has type 1 diabetes mellitus about managing hypoglycemia. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching? - CORRECT ANSWER "You should drink 4 ox of orange juice if you experience hypoglycemia A nurse is assessing the fine motor skills development of a 4-year-old child. The nurse should expect the child to be able to perform which of the following activities? - CORRECT ANSWER Copying a square