ATI RN
Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist Exam Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
All of the following are anterior joints involved in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) EXCEPT
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Metatarsal involvement is more characteristic of polyarticular JIA.
Question 2 of 5
Heimlich maneuver is used for which of the following purposes
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The Heimlich maneuver is performed to expel a foreign body from the airway in choking individuals. In unconscious patients, abdominal thrusts are avoided in favor of back blows and chest compressions.
Question 3 of 5
An -year-old child has excellent ideas in a class discussion, but what she records on paper is primitive and unsophisticated. She can spell well in isolation and understands rules of punctuation and capitalization, but in her own writing she makes multiple errors and mistakes in punctuation and capitalization. Her handwriting is legible, but writing is painfully slow. This girl most likely is having problems with
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The issue described points to graphomotor difficulties, where fine motor skills required for writing lag behind cognitive abilities. While ideation and expressive language seem intact, the slow and error-prone writing process suggests a motor-related challenge.
Question 4 of 5
On the second day of life, the patient in Questions and experiences bradycardia and hypotension with cyanosis and a metabolic acidosis Likely diagnoses include (may choose more than one)
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Preterm infants have limited glycogen stores and are at risk of hypoglycemia, which can lead to bradycardia, hypotension, and metabolic acidosis.
Question 5 of 5
Sign of biliary atresia on ultrasound?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The 'triangular cord' sign, a fibrotic remnant of bile ducts, is a characteristic ultrasound finding in biliary atresia.