ATI LPN
Pediatric Ot Practice Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
GERD can lead to serious medical conditions including which of the following? Select one that does not apply.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: GERD can cause esophageal strictures and pneumonia from aspiration. Weight gain and crying are not complications; Nissen’s is a treatment, not a condition.
Question 2 of 5
Children with intussusception may have bowel movements containing blood and mucus with no feces. These are termed:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Intussusception, where the intestine telescopes into itself, causes bloody, mucousy stools without feces, resembling 'currant jelly' . Mucoid stools lack blood, steatorrhea is fatty and pale, and occult blood is hidden, not overt like in intussusception.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse interviewing parents of an infant with pyloric stenosis would expect them to report which of the following conditions?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Projectile vomiting (B) is the hallmark of pyloric stenosis due to pyloric obstruction. Diarrhea (A), poor appetite (C), and constipation (D) are not primary symptoms. Document: 'Vomiting is the outstanding symptom… described as projectile vomiting.'
Question 4 of 5
A child with type 1 diabetes received her insulin at 7:30 AM. At 10:30, she is complaining of being hungry, thirsty and drowsy. Which intervention should the nurse perform first? Select one that apply:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Hypoglycemia (hunger, thirst, drowsiness post-insulin) requires testing blood sugar (A) and giving juice (B) to raise glucose. Napping (C) or walking (D) delays treatment. Document: 'The immediate remedy is to give orange juice… Test her blood sugar and follow sliding scale.'
Question 5 of 5
A child has vesicles that have ruptured around the mouth and nose to form a thick honey-colored crust. The nurse suspects that this is:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Impetigo (C) features vesicles rupturing into honey-colored crusts, a bacterial infection. Miliaria (A) is heat rash, corporis pedis (B) is a typo (likely tinea), and scabies (D) causes itching burrows. Document: 'Impetigo consists of moist… vesicles… [forming] thick honey-colored crusts.'