ATI Capstone Care of Children Pre
Assessment EXAM 2025/2026- GRADED A
SOLUTIONS
Holding a soft rattle - 3-6 months
Watching black-and-white mobiles - birth to 3 months
Playing peek-a-boo - 6-9 months
Drawing, painting, riding a tricycle - preschooler
Team sports - school age children
Banging large block - 9-12 months
Loud, harsh murmur that is not usually audible until pulmonary pressures drop at about 4 to 8
weeks of age; Heart failure; Failure to thrive; Small, possibly asymptomatic defects. -
Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
Systolic ejection murmur; Right ventricular enlargement; Exercise intolerance; Cyanosis with
severe narrowing. - pulmonary stenosis
Murmur; Cyanosis, severe dyspnea, clubbing of the fingers, hypercyanotic spells, and acidosis;
Polycythemia, clot formation; Frequently sits in a squatting position (decreases venous return);
Failure to thrive and growth retardation. - tetralogy of fallot
Increased blood pressure and oxygen saturation in the upper extremities compared to the lower
extremities; Nosebleeds; Headaches, vertigo, leg pain, weak or absent lower extremity pulses
(indicate decreased cardiac output). - coarctation of the aorta
Loud, harsh murmur; Mild heart failure; Possible enlarged right atrium; Increased oxygen
saturations in the right atrium; Asymptomatic (possibly). - atrial septal defects (ASD)
Murmur (machine-hum); Wide pulse pressure; Bounding pulses; Asymptomatic (possibly). -
patent ductus
Industry vs Inferiority - toddler 1-3 years
Initiative vs. Guilt - preschooler 3-6 years