ATI Pediatric Proctored Exam 2025/2026
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. 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:
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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:
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
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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
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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.
D. One fourth of the IV dose. - Correct Answer: B
Your Response:
20. The emergency department nurse is cleaning multiple
facial abrasions on 9-year-old Mike. His mother is present.
He is crying and screaming loudly. The nurse should:
a. Ask him to be quieter.
b. Have his mother tell him to relax.
c. Tell him it is okay to cry and scream.