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ATI Pediatrics Quiz Questions
Extract:
A child who has cystic fibrosis (CF).
Question 1 of 5
A nurse is providing discharge teaching about nutrition to the parents of a child who has cystic fibrosis (CF). Which of the following responses by the parents indicates an understanding of the teaching?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Giving pancreatic enzymes before snacks and meals helps improve digestion and absorption of nutrients in children with CF, addressing pancreatic insufficiency common in this condition.
Extract:
A 4-year-old child is diagnosed with otitis media.
Question 2 of 5
The parent asks the nurse about the causes of this illness. Which risk factors would the nurse include in response to this parent? Select all that apply.
Correct Answer: A,C,D,E,F
Rationale: Risk factors for otitis media include household smoking, daycare exposure, Native American ethnicity, lack of breastfeeding, and craniofacial anomalies, which impair Eustachian tube function or immunity.
Extract:
Question 3 of 5
After teaching a class about the hemodynamic characteristics of congenital heart disease, the instructor determines that the teaching has been successful when the class identifies which defect as an example of a disorder involving increased pulmonary blood flow?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Patent Ductus Arteriosus allows blood to shunt from the aorta to the pulmonary artery, increasing pulmonary blood flow and causing overcirculation.
Extract:
While assessing a newborn with respiratory distress, the nurse auscultates a machine-like heart murmur. Other findings are a widened pulse pressure, pulmonary congestion and right ventricular hypertrophy.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse suspects that the newborn has:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Patent Ductus Arteriosus is characterized by a continuous machine-like murmur, pulmonary congestion, and right ventricular hypertrophy due to increased pulmonary blood flow.
Extract:
An infant diagnosed with bronchiolitis.
Question 5 of 5
A nurse is taking vital signs on an infant diagnosed with bronchiolitis. Which of the following findings should the nurse immediately report to the provider?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: A respiratory rate of 74 breaths per minute may indicate respiratory distress in an infant with bronchiolitis and warrants immediate attention to prevent further respiratory compromise.