ATI LPN
Emergency Care Pediatrics Questions
Question 1 of 5
In your role as medical director, you are performing a quality improvement project on pain management. You are reviewing charts evaluating for factors associated with inadequate pain management in pediatric trauma patients. What factors would you expect are associated with suboptimal pain control in pediatric trauma patients?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Undocumented pain scores are strongly linked to inadequate pain management, as assessment drives treatment.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse is caring for a stable toddler diagnosed with accidental poisoning due to the ingestion of cleaning solution. What must be included in teaching parents about how to protect a toddler from accidental poisoning?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Keeping cleaning solutions locked up is the most effective way to prevent access and accidental poisoning by toddlers.
Question 3 of 5
A 13-year-old boy has had a near-drowning experience. The nurse notices he has labored breathing and a cough. Which of the following is the priority intervention?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Administering 100% oxygen addresses the immediate need to improve oxygenation in a near-drowning patient with respiratory distress.
Question 4 of 5
A 2-year-old boy is in respiratory distress. Which nursing assessment finding would suggest the child aspirated a foreign body?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Absent breath sounds in one lung suggest a foreign body obstruction blocking airflow to that lung.
Question 5 of 5
When developing the plan of care for a 10-month-old infant in septic shock, which of the following would the nurse most likely include?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: IV saline is a first-line intervention in septic shock to restore fluid volume and perfusion.