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RN Pediatric Nursing 2023 ATI Questions
Question 1 of 5
Regarding the language skills, a 2-year-old child can
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: By age 2, children can usually name pictures but may not yet count, name colors, or define words.
Question 2 of 5
Normal values (reference intervals) are difficult to establish within the pediatric population. Many variables should be considered when developing reference intervals. All the following are variables that commonly considered to define reference intervals EXCEPT
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Subclinical disease is not typically used as a variable for defining reference intervals.
Question 3 of 5
During an assessment, a healthcare professional is evaluating an infant with pneumonia. Which of the following findings should be the priority for the healthcare professional to report to the provider?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: When assessing an infant with pneumonia, the priority finding to report to the provider is nasal flaring. Nasal flaring indicates acute respiratory distress, which can be a life-threatening condition requiring immediate intervention. Monitoring and addressing respiratory distress take precedence over other symptoms or laboratory results in this situation.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is reviewing the prescriber’s orders and notes that omeprazole has been order for a patient admitted with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The nurse should be concerned if this medication is combined with which medication noted on the patient’s record.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: For patients who lack risk factors for GI bleeding, combined use of clopidogrel with a PPI, may reduce the effects of clopidogrel without offering any real benefits and thus should be avoided.
Question 5 of 5
A 3-year-old child has recurrent attacks of screaming, vomiting, and biting other children, these attacks lasts 2-5 minutes and occurs once or twice weekly, the child looks well between the attacks.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Temper tantrums are common in young children and involve brief episodes of intense emotional outbursts, which fit the described scenario.