We study the non-resonant interaction of a moving four-level N-type atom with cavity fields in the presence of a nonlinear Kerr-like medium. The exact solutions of the considered models are obtained when the atom is initially in an upper state, while the field is in a coherent state. We derive an expression for the occupation numbers of the photon state. Also, the momentum increment of the atomic system is obtained. The influence of the detuning parameters or the Kerr medium on the evolution time of the momentum increment is examined numerically. The existence of the detuning parameters leads to the retraction of the revivals for the three atomic systems. On the other hand, the presence of the Kerr medium is conducive to increasing the regularity and periodicity of the collapse–revival phenomenon for the one- and two-mode systems, while chaotic behaviour occurs for the three-mode system.