ATI RN NURSING CARE OF CHILDREN PROCTORED EXAM COMPLETE SET 1
1. A nurse is providing discharge teaching to
... [Show More] 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 her 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) Allow the stent to drain directly into your infant’s diaper
d) You should clamp your infants stent twice daily
2. The 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) Heel
b) Index finger
c) Great toe
d) Wrist
3. A nurse is caring for a newly admitted school age child who has generalized seizure
disorder. Which of the following interventions should the nurse plan to include?
a) Allow the child to play video games on a tablet computer
b) Allow the child to take a tub bath independently
c) Ensure the oxygen source is functioning in the child’s room
d) Ensure that a padded tongue blade is at the child’s bedside
4. 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) Increased abdominal girth
b) Decreased edema
c) Increased protein in the urine
d) Decreased appetite
5) 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 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% oftheir 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 legcast 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
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