ATI LPN
Foundations and Adult Health Nursing Test Bank
Chapter 32 Questions
Question 1 of 5
What is the most common method of attempted suicide?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Drug overdose is the most common method of attempted suicide.
Question 2 of 5
The nurse is recording a history for a child who has been diagnosed with recurrent abdominal pain (RAP). What is a finding that is characteristic of this disorder?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Recurrent abdominal pain occurring consecutively for 3 months supports a diagnosis of RAP once other causes have been ruled out.
Question 3 of 5
Parents of a 6-month-old child, who has just been diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia, ask why it was not diagnosed earlier. What would be the best response by the nurse?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Iron deficiency anemia becomes apparent at about 6 months of age in a full-term infant, when maternal stores of iron are depleted.
Question 4 of 5
When conducting a class for parents about sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), the nurse instructs the class that the infant should be placed in which position to sleep?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends placing the infant on its back, or supine, to sleep.
Question 5 of 5
Following a bout of diarrhea, which foods should be offered to the school-age child?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: When rehydration has been completed, foods that are nonirritating to the bowel should be offered to the child. Bananas and rice would be the least irritating to the bowel, as fruits and milk could cause GI irritation.