ATI NURSING CARE OF CHILDREN
PROCTORED EXAM VERSION 2 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
A nurse is providing teaching to the parent of a preschool age shcil about
methods to promote sleep. Which of the following statements by the parent
indicated an understanding of the teaching?
A. I wil sleep in the bed with my child if she wakes up during the night
B. I will let my child stay up and additional 2 hours on weekend nights
C. I will et my child watch television for 30 minutes nust before bedtime
each night
D. I will keep a dim lamp on in my child's room during the night - Correct
answer-D
A nurse is conducting a well child visit with a 5 year old child. Which
immunizations shoudl the nurse plan to administer to the child? (Select all
that apply)
A. DTaP
B. IPV
C. MMR
D. PCV
E. Hib - Correct answer-A, B, C
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A nurse is preparing an education program for a group of parents of
preschool-age children about promoting optimum nutrition. Which of the
following information should the nurse include in the teaching?
A. saturated fats should equal 20% of total daily caloric intake
B. Average calorie intake should be 1800 calories per day
C. dailyintake of fruits and vegetables should total 2 servings
D. Healthy diets include a total of 8g of protein each day - Correct answer-
B
A nurse is performing a developmental screening on a 3 year old child.
WHich of the following skills should the nurse expect the child to perform?
A. ride a tricycle
B. Hop on one foot
C. jump rope
D. throw a ball overhead - Correct answer-A
A nurse is caring for a preschool age child who says she needs to leave the
hospital because her doll is scared to be at home alone. Which of the
following characteristics of preoperational thought is the child exhibiting?
A. Egocentrism
B. Centration
C. Animism
D. Magical thinking - Correct answer-C
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A nurse is caring for a child who has absence seizures. Which of the
following findings should the nurse expect? (select all that apply)
A. loss of consciousness
B. appearance of daydreamimg
C. dropping held objects
D. falling to the floor
E having a piercing cry - Correct answer-A, B, C
A nurse is caring for a child who just experienced a generalized seizure.
Which of teh following is the priority actio for the nurse to take?
A. Maintain the child in a side ying position
B. loosen the childs restricitve clothing
C. reorient the hcild to the environment
D. not the time and characteristics of the seizure - Correct answer-A
A nurse is providing teaching to the parent of a child who is to have an
EEG. Which of the following responses hodul the nurse include in the
teaching?
A. decaffieicated beverages should be offred on the morning of the
procedure
B. do nto wash your child's care the night before the procedure
C. withold all foods the morning of the procedure
D. give your child an analgesic the night before the procedure - Correct
answer-A
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A nurse ic teaching a group of parents about the risk factors for seizures.
Which of the following factors shoudl the nurse include in the teaching?
(select all that apply)
A. febrole episodes
B. hypoglycemia
C. sodium imbalances
D. low serum lead levels
E. presence of diphtheria - Correct answer-A, B, C
A nurse is reviewing treatment options with the parent of a child who has
worsening seizures. Which of the following treatment options shudlt hte
nurse include in the discussion? (select all that apply)
A. vagal nerv stimulator
B. additional antiepeltic medications
C. corpus callosotomy
D. focal resection
E. radiation therapy - Correct answer-A, B, C, D
A nurse is providing teaching about expected changes during puberty to a
gorup of parents of early adolescent girls. Which of the following
statements by one of the parents indicates and understanding of the
teaching?
A. girls usually stop growning abotu 2 years after menarche
B. girsl are expected to gain about 65 pounds during puberty
C. girls experience menstartion prior to breast development