ATI RN
Pediatric Nursing Exam Preparation Questions
Question 1 of 5
A third-grade student refuses to go back to school after the winter break. She now needs her mother to go to sleep with her and complains of headache, bellyache, and muscle pain. The physical exam is totally normal, but you notice the child is very clingy to the mother. The most likely diagnosis is
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Separation anxiety disorder involves excessive fear or distress when separated from attachment figures, fitting the scenario of clinging behavior and somatic complaints post-break.
Question 2 of 5
A -week-old, A-positive, African-American former -week’s-gestational-age infant was born to an O-positive mother and experienced hyperbilirubinemia requiring days of phototherapy on the newborn nursery after birth The infant appears apathetic and demonstrates pallor, a grade /6 systolic ejection murmur, and a heart rate of 7 The most likely diagnosis is
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Continued hemolysis due to ABO incompatibility can lead to anemia, jaundice, and cardiac symptoms
Question 3 of 5
Pediatricians are likely to experience unique problems in managing childhood victims of biologic or chemical attacks. The very rapid onset of neuromuscular symptoms after an exposure should lead the clinician to consider
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Nerve agents cause rapid neuromuscular symptoms due to acetylcholinesterase inhibition.
Question 4 of 5
CHARGE association includes all the following EXCEPT
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Cataracts are not part of the CHARGE syndrome (Coloboma, Heart defects, Atresia choanae, Retardation, Genitourinary anomalies, Ear anomalies).
Question 5 of 5
Which of the following statements about basic life support measures is FALSE?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: For trauma patients, the jaw thrust (not chin lift) is the preferred airway maneuver to avoid cervical spine movement and further injury.