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ATI Pediatric Proctored Exam 2025/ 2026 – NGN Test
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73. An important consideration when using the FACES
Pain Rating Scale with children is:
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. - Correct
Answer: B
Your Response:
74. Nonpharmacologic strategies for pain management:
A. May reduce pain perception.
B. Make pharmacologic strategies unnecessary.
C. Usually take too long to implement.
D. Trick children into believing that they do not have pain. -
Correct Answer: A
Your Response:
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75. The nurses caring for a child are concerned about the
child's frequent requests for pain medication. During a
team conference a nurse suggests that they consider
administering a placebo instead of the usual pain
medication. This decision should be based on knowledge
that:
A. This practice is unjustified and unethical.
B. This practice is effective in determining whether a
child's pain is real.
C. The absence of a response to a placebo means the
child's pain has an organic basis.
D. A positive response to a placebo will not occur if the
child's pain has an organic basis. - Correct Answer: A
Your Response:
76. A child who has been receiving morphine intravenously
will now start receiving it orally. The nurse should
anticipate that, to achieve equianalgesia (equal analgesic
effect), the oral dose will be:
A. The same as the intravenous (IV) dose.
B. Greater than the IV dose.
C. One half of the IV dose.
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D. One fourth of the IV dose. - Correct Answer: B
Your Response:
77. Transdermal fentanyl (Duragesic) is being used for an
adolescent with cancer who is in hospice care. The
adolescent has been comfortable for several hours but
now complains of severe pain. The most appropriate
nursing action is to:
A. Administer meperidine (Demerol) intramuscularly (IM).
B. Administer morphine sulfate immediate release (MSIR)
intravenously (IV).
C. Use a nonpharmacologic strategy.
D. Place another fentanyl patch on the adolescent. -
Correct Answer: B
Your Response:
78. The nurse is caring postoperatively for an 8-year-old
child with multiple fractures and other trauma resulting
from a motor vehicle injury. The child is experiencing
severe pain. An important consideration in managing the
child's pain is to:
A. Give only an opioid analgesic at this time.
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B. Increase the dosage of analgesic until the child is
adequately sedated.
C. Plan a preventive schedule of pain medication around
the clock.
D. Give the child a clock and explain when he or she can
have pain medications. - Correct Answer: C
Your Response:
79. Kyle, age 6 months, is brought to the clinic. His parent
says, "I think he hurts. He cries and rolls his head from
side to side a lot." This most likely suggests which feature
of pain?
a. Type
b. Severity
c. Duration
d. Location - ANS: D
The child is displaying a local sign of pain. Rolling the
head from side to side and pulling at ears indicate pain in
the ear. The child's behavior indicates the location of the
pain. The behavior does not provide information about the
type, severity, or duration.
ATI Pediatric Proctored Exam 2025/ 2026 – NGN Test
Bank with Verified Answers and NCLEX Prep
Questions|| LATEST EXAM!!!
73. An important consideration when using the FACES
Pain Rating Scale with children is:
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. - Correct
Answer: B
Your Response:
74. Nonpharmacologic strategies for pain management:
A. May reduce pain perception.
B. Make pharmacologic strategies unnecessary.
C. Usually take too long to implement.
D. Trick children into believing that they do not have pain. -
Correct Answer: A
Your Response:
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75. The nurses caring for a child are concerned about the
child's frequent requests for pain medication. During a
team conference a nurse suggests that they consider
administering a placebo instead of the usual pain
medication. This decision should be based on knowledge
that:
A. This practice is unjustified and unethical.
B. This practice is effective in determining whether a
child's pain is real.
C. The absence of a response to a placebo means the
child's pain has an organic basis.
D. A positive response to a placebo will not occur if the
child's pain has an organic basis. - Correct Answer: A
Your Response:
76. A child who has been receiving morphine intravenously
will now start receiving it orally. The nurse should
anticipate that, to achieve equianalgesia (equal analgesic
effect), the oral dose will be:
A. The same as the intravenous (IV) dose.
B. Greater than the IV dose.
C. One half of the IV dose.
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D. One fourth of the IV dose. - Correct Answer: B
Your Response:
77. Transdermal fentanyl (Duragesic) is being used for an
adolescent with cancer who is in hospice care. The
adolescent has been comfortable for several hours but
now complains of severe pain. The most appropriate
nursing action is to:
A. Administer meperidine (Demerol) intramuscularly (IM).
B. Administer morphine sulfate immediate release (MSIR)
intravenously (IV).
C. Use a nonpharmacologic strategy.
D. Place another fentanyl patch on the adolescent. -
Correct Answer: B
Your Response:
78. The nurse is caring postoperatively for an 8-year-old
child with multiple fractures and other trauma resulting
from a motor vehicle injury. The child is experiencing
severe pain. An important consideration in managing the
child's pain is to:
A. Give only an opioid analgesic at this time.
, 4|Page
B. Increase the dosage of analgesic until the child is
adequately sedated.
C. Plan a preventive schedule of pain medication around
the clock.
D. Give the child a clock and explain when he or she can
have pain medications. - Correct Answer: C
Your Response:
79. Kyle, age 6 months, is brought to the clinic. His parent
says, "I think he hurts. He cries and rolls his head from
side to side a lot." This most likely suggests which feature
of pain?
a. Type
b. Severity
c. Duration
d. Location - ANS: D
The child is displaying a local sign of pain. Rolling the
head from side to side and pulling at ears indicate pain in
the ear. The child's behavior indicates the location of the
pain. The behavior does not provide information about the
type, severity, or duration.
