ATI RN NURSING CARE OF CHILDREN
EXAM | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALE | RATED A+ | LATEST 2025
GUIDE
A nurse is caring for a child who is dying. Which of the following are
findings of impending death? (Select all that apply.)
A. Heightened sense of hearing
B. Tachycardia
C. Difficulty swallowing
D. Sensation of being cold
E. Cheyne-Stokes respirations
A. A decrease in the senses of smell, sight, and hearing are physical
manifestations of approaching death.
B. Bradycardia is a physical manifestation of approaching death.
✅C. Difficulty swallowing is a physical finding of approaching death.
D. A client's sensation of heat when the body feels cool is a physical
manifestation of approaching death.
✅E. Cheyne-Stokes respirations are an abnormal breathing pattern with
periods of apnea that is a physical finding of impending death.
NCLEX® Connection: Basic Care CHAPTER 11 DEATH AND DYING
,A nurse is teaching a caregiver of a preschool child about factors that
affect the child's perception of death. Which of the following factors
should the nurse include in the teaching?
A. Preschool children have no concept of death.
B. Preschool children perceive death as temporary.
C. Preschool children often regress to an earlier stage of behavior.
D. Preschool children experience fear related to the disease process.
A. Toddlers have no concept of death.
✅B. Preschool children perceive death as temporary because they
have no concept of time.
C. Toddlers often regress to an earlier stage of behavior.
D. School-age children experience fear related to the disease process.
NCLEX® Connection: Psychosocial Integrity, Grief and CHAPTER 11
DEATH AND DYING
A nurse often cares for children who are dying. Which of the following
are actions for the nurse to take to maintain professional effectiveness?
(Select all that apply.)
A. Remain in contact with the family after their loss.
B. Develop a professional support system.
C. Take time off from work.
D. Suggest that a hospital representative
,attend the funeral.
E. Demonstrate feelings of sympathy toward the family.
✅A. maintaining contact with the family after their loss is an act of
support for the family.
✅B. Developing professional support systems is a strategy that can be
used to maintain effectiveness when working with the client who is dying
and their family.
✅C. Taking time off from work is a strategy that can be used to maintain
effectiveness when working with the client who is dying.
D. Participate in funeral rituals as an act of support for the family.
E. Develop the ability for empathy when dealing with dying clients.
NCLEX® Connection: Psychosocial Integrity, End of Life Care.
CHAPTER 11 DEATH AND DYING
A nurse is caring for a child who has a terminal illness and reviews
palliative care with an assistive personnel (AP). Which of the following
statements by the AP indicates understanding of this review?
A. "I'm sure the family is hopeful that the new medication will stop the
illness."
B. "I'll miss working with this client now that only nurses will be caring for
the child."
C. "I will get all the client's personal objects out of the room."
D. "I will listen and respond as the family talks about
, A. Palliative care is provided when there is no longer hope for a disease
cure.
B. Palliative care focuses on providing consistency among the
interprofessional team to offer supportive care and a normal
environment.
C. Palliative care focuses on offering support and a normal environment
as the dying process occurs.
✅D. Palliative care focuses on the process of dying and grieving, which
includes using therapeutic communication.
NCLEX® Connection: Basic Care and Comfort, Non‐Pharmacological
Comfort InterventionsCHAPTER 11 DEATH AND DYING
A nurse is caring for a preschooler. Which of the following is an expected
behavior of a preschool-age child?
A. Describing manifestations of illness
B. Relating fears to magical thinking
C. Understanding cause of illness
D. Awareness of body functioning
A. Preschool-age children have limited ability to describe
manifestations of illness.
✅B. Preschool-age children are egocentric and relate fears to magical
thinking.
EXAM | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALE | RATED A+ | LATEST 2025
GUIDE
A nurse is caring for a child who is dying. Which of the following are
findings of impending death? (Select all that apply.)
A. Heightened sense of hearing
B. Tachycardia
C. Difficulty swallowing
D. Sensation of being cold
E. Cheyne-Stokes respirations
A. A decrease in the senses of smell, sight, and hearing are physical
manifestations of approaching death.
B. Bradycardia is a physical manifestation of approaching death.
✅C. Difficulty swallowing is a physical finding of approaching death.
D. A client's sensation of heat when the body feels cool is a physical
manifestation of approaching death.
✅E. Cheyne-Stokes respirations are an abnormal breathing pattern with
periods of apnea that is a physical finding of impending death.
NCLEX® Connection: Basic Care CHAPTER 11 DEATH AND DYING
,A nurse is teaching a caregiver of a preschool child about factors that
affect the child's perception of death. Which of the following factors
should the nurse include in the teaching?
A. Preschool children have no concept of death.
B. Preschool children perceive death as temporary.
C. Preschool children often regress to an earlier stage of behavior.
D. Preschool children experience fear related to the disease process.
A. Toddlers have no concept of death.
✅B. Preschool children perceive death as temporary because they
have no concept of time.
C. Toddlers often regress to an earlier stage of behavior.
D. School-age children experience fear related to the disease process.
NCLEX® Connection: Psychosocial Integrity, Grief and CHAPTER 11
DEATH AND DYING
A nurse often cares for children who are dying. Which of the following
are actions for the nurse to take to maintain professional effectiveness?
(Select all that apply.)
A. Remain in contact with the family after their loss.
B. Develop a professional support system.
C. Take time off from work.
D. Suggest that a hospital representative
,attend the funeral.
E. Demonstrate feelings of sympathy toward the family.
✅A. maintaining contact with the family after their loss is an act of
support for the family.
✅B. Developing professional support systems is a strategy that can be
used to maintain effectiveness when working with the client who is dying
and their family.
✅C. Taking time off from work is a strategy that can be used to maintain
effectiveness when working with the client who is dying.
D. Participate in funeral rituals as an act of support for the family.
E. Develop the ability for empathy when dealing with dying clients.
NCLEX® Connection: Psychosocial Integrity, End of Life Care.
CHAPTER 11 DEATH AND DYING
A nurse is caring for a child who has a terminal illness and reviews
palliative care with an assistive personnel (AP). Which of the following
statements by the AP indicates understanding of this review?
A. "I'm sure the family is hopeful that the new medication will stop the
illness."
B. "I'll miss working with this client now that only nurses will be caring for
the child."
C. "I will get all the client's personal objects out of the room."
D. "I will listen and respond as the family talks about
, A. Palliative care is provided when there is no longer hope for a disease
cure.
B. Palliative care focuses on providing consistency among the
interprofessional team to offer supportive care and a normal
environment.
C. Palliative care focuses on offering support and a normal environment
as the dying process occurs.
✅D. Palliative care focuses on the process of dying and grieving, which
includes using therapeutic communication.
NCLEX® Connection: Basic Care and Comfort, Non‐Pharmacological
Comfort InterventionsCHAPTER 11 DEATH AND DYING
A nurse is caring for a preschooler. Which of the following is an expected
behavior of a preschool-age child?
A. Describing manifestations of illness
B. Relating fears to magical thinking
C. Understanding cause of illness
D. Awareness of body functioning
A. Preschool-age children have limited ability to describe
manifestations of illness.
✅B. Preschool-age children are egocentric and relate fears to magical
thinking.
