ATI RN PEDIATRIC NURSING PROCTORED PRACTICE
EXAMINATION (2025/2026)
CHILD HEALTH NURSING – GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT, ACUTE CARE, CHRONIC
CONDITIONS, SAFETY, AND NGN CLINICAL JUDGMENT
COMPREHENSIVE NCLEX-ALIGNED PRACTICE ASSESSMENT
At what age should routine lab work of Hb/Hct be performed?
A. After 18 months
B. Between 18 months and 2 years and again between 4 and 6 years
C. Between 6 and 9 months and again between 12 and 18 months
D. Between 2 and 4 months and again at age 5
C. Between 6 and 9 months and again between 12 and 18 months
At what age can children begin receiving their yearly influenza vaccine?
A. Beginning at 6 months
B. beginning at 2 months
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,C. Beginning at 2 years old
D. Beginning at 5 years old
A. Beginning at 6 months
Which of the following is not an example of a behavior exhibited by an adolescent related to
divorce?
A. Worry about themselves, parents, siblings
B. May engage in acting-out behavior
C. Panic reactions
D. Feelings of a profound sense if loss - of family, childhood
C. Panic reactions
Panic occurs in middle school-age children (ages 6-8 years)
The nurse is planning care for a pediatric patient with a different ethnic background from the
nurse's own. The most appropriate goal for the nurse in caring for this patient is:
A. Strive to keep ethnic background from influencing health care
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,B. Encourage continuation of ethnic practices in the hospital setting
C. Attempt, in a nonjudgmental way, to change ethnic beliefs
D. Adapt, as necessary, ethnic practices to health needs
D. Adapt, as necessary, ethnic practices to health needs
Which is an important consideration when using the FACES Pain Rating Scale with children?
A. Children color the face with the color they choose to best describe their pain
B. The scale can be used with most children as young as 3 years of age
C. The scale is not appropriate for use with adolescents
D. The scale is useful in pain assessment but is not as accurate when assessing physiologic
responses
B. the scale can be used with most children as young as 3 years of age
Which dimension of care focuses on physiological and emotional considerations?
A. Dimension I
B. Dimension II
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, C. Dimension III
D. Dimension IV
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Mild cases of cognitive impairment are primarily associated with:
A. Familiar causes
B. Social causes
C. Environmental causes
D. All of the above
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D. All of the above
How should a nurse care for a hospitalized cognitively impaired child?
A. Ignore the child
B. Isolate the child
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EXAMINATION (2025/2026)
CHILD HEALTH NURSING – GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT, ACUTE CARE, CHRONIC
CONDITIONS, SAFETY, AND NGN CLINICAL JUDGMENT
COMPREHENSIVE NCLEX-ALIGNED PRACTICE ASSESSMENT
At what age should routine lab work of Hb/Hct be performed?
A. After 18 months
B. Between 18 months and 2 years and again between 4 and 6 years
C. Between 6 and 9 months and again between 12 and 18 months
D. Between 2 and 4 months and again at age 5
C. Between 6 and 9 months and again between 12 and 18 months
At what age can children begin receiving their yearly influenza vaccine?
A. Beginning at 6 months
B. beginning at 2 months
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,C. Beginning at 2 years old
D. Beginning at 5 years old
A. Beginning at 6 months
Which of the following is not an example of a behavior exhibited by an adolescent related to
divorce?
A. Worry about themselves, parents, siblings
B. May engage in acting-out behavior
C. Panic reactions
D. Feelings of a profound sense if loss - of family, childhood
C. Panic reactions
Panic occurs in middle school-age children (ages 6-8 years)
The nurse is planning care for a pediatric patient with a different ethnic background from the
nurse's own. The most appropriate goal for the nurse in caring for this patient is:
A. Strive to keep ethnic background from influencing health care
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,B. Encourage continuation of ethnic practices in the hospital setting
C. Attempt, in a nonjudgmental way, to change ethnic beliefs
D. Adapt, as necessary, ethnic practices to health needs
D. Adapt, as necessary, ethnic practices to health needs
Which is an important consideration when using the FACES Pain Rating Scale with children?
A. Children color the face with the color they choose to best describe their pain
B. The scale can be used with most children as young as 3 years of age
C. The scale is not appropriate for use with adolescents
D. The scale is useful in pain assessment but is not as accurate when assessing physiologic
responses
B. the scale can be used with most children as young as 3 years of age
Which dimension of care focuses on physiological and emotional considerations?
A. Dimension I
B. Dimension II
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, C. Dimension III
D. Dimension IV
*****
Mild cases of cognitive impairment are primarily associated with:
A. Familiar causes
B. Social causes
C. Environmental causes
D. All of the above
*****
D. All of the above
How should a nurse care for a hospitalized cognitively impaired child?
A. Ignore the child
B. Isolate the child
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