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ATI RN-PN NURSING CARE OF
CHILDREN 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM
TEST BANK 250 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT answers
**1. A nurse is caring for a school-age child who is receiving cefazolin
via intermittent IV bolus. The child suddenly develops diffuse flushing
of the skin and angioedema. After discontinuing the medication
infusion, which of the following medications should the nurse
administer first?**
A. Prednisone
B. Epinephrine
C. Diphenhydramine
D. Albuterol
**Correct Answer: B. Epinephrine**
**Rationale:** This child is experiencing an anaphylactic reaction.
Epinephrine is the priority intervention because it is a beta-adrenergic
agonist that stimulates the heart, causes vasoconstriction to reverse
hypotension, and triggers bronchodilation to relieve respiratory distress
.
, **2. A nurse is providing teaching to the parent of an infant about ways
to prevent sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Which of the
following instructions should the nurse include?**
A. "Place the infant in a prone position to sleep."
B. "Allow the infant to sleep on a large pillow."
C. "Use a soft mattress in the infant's crib."
D. "Give the infant a pacifier at bedtime."
**Correct Answer: D. "Give the infant a pacifier at bedtime."**
**Rationale:** The use of a pacifier during sleep has been shown to
reduce the risk of SIDS. The infant should be placed in a supine (back)
position on a firm mattress without soft objects or loose bedding .
**3. A nurse is caring for a toddler who has spastic (pyramidal) cerebral
palsy. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? (Select
all that apply)**
A. Negative Babinski reflex
B. Ankle clonus
C. Exaggerated stretch reflexes
D. Uncontrollable movements of the face
E. Contractures
**Correct Answer: B, C, E (Ankle clonus, Exaggerated stretch reflexes,
Contractures)**
ATI RN-PN NURSING CARE OF
CHILDREN 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM
TEST BANK 250 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT answers
**1. A nurse is caring for a school-age child who is receiving cefazolin
via intermittent IV bolus. The child suddenly develops diffuse flushing
of the skin and angioedema. After discontinuing the medication
infusion, which of the following medications should the nurse
administer first?**
A. Prednisone
B. Epinephrine
C. Diphenhydramine
D. Albuterol
**Correct Answer: B. Epinephrine**
**Rationale:** This child is experiencing an anaphylactic reaction.
Epinephrine is the priority intervention because it is a beta-adrenergic
agonist that stimulates the heart, causes vasoconstriction to reverse
hypotension, and triggers bronchodilation to relieve respiratory distress
.
, **2. A nurse is providing teaching to the parent of an infant about ways
to prevent sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Which of the
following instructions should the nurse include?**
A. "Place the infant in a prone position to sleep."
B. "Allow the infant to sleep on a large pillow."
C. "Use a soft mattress in the infant's crib."
D. "Give the infant a pacifier at bedtime."
**Correct Answer: D. "Give the infant a pacifier at bedtime."**
**Rationale:** The use of a pacifier during sleep has been shown to
reduce the risk of SIDS. The infant should be placed in a supine (back)
position on a firm mattress without soft objects or loose bedding .
**3. A nurse is caring for a toddler who has spastic (pyramidal) cerebral
palsy. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? (Select
all that apply)**
A. Negative Babinski reflex
B. Ankle clonus
C. Exaggerated stretch reflexes
D. Uncontrollable movements of the face
E. Contractures
**Correct Answer: B, C, E (Ankle clonus, Exaggerated stretch reflexes,
Contractures)**
