ATI RN
Pediatric Nursing Exam Preparation Questions
Question 1 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 2 of 5
Which of the following causes normal anion gap metabolic acidosis?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Renal tubular acidosis causes normal anion gap acidosis because it results from impaired renal acid excretion rather than accumulation of organic acids.
Question 3 of 5
Of the following, the condition which is associated with polyhydramnios is
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Intestinal pseudo-obstruction can lead to polyhydramnios due to impaired fetal swallowing and gastrointestinal motility. The other conditions are not typically associated with excess amniotic fluid.
Question 4 of 5
At about what age does an infant start to recognize familiar faces and objects, such as a feeding bottle?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Around 3 months of age, an infant begins to recognize familiar faces and objects, including a feeding bottle.
Question 5 of 5
Intracranial calcification may be a feature of one of the following transplacental infections
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Rubella is strongly associated with intracranial calcifications in affected infants. Other infections like cytomegalovirus and syphilis may also cause calcifications but are less characteristic.