ATI RN NURSING CARE OF CHILDREN PROCTORED EXAM 5) A nurse is receiving change-of-shift
... [Show More] 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 6on a scale of 0 to 10
d. A school-age child who has acute glomerulonephritis and brown-colored urine
6) A nurse is providing dietary teaching to the guardian of a school-age child
who hascystic 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."
7) 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
8) 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
9) 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
10) 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.
11) A nurse is an emergency department is caring for a school-age child
who hasepiglottitis. 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
12) 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 thefollowing actions should the nurse take? [Show Less]