Pediatric Nurse Exam Sample Questions and Answers NEW!!!! Updated July 2023 Guaranteed 100% Score This practice exam is not timed, and you may take it as many times as you wish. Good luck!First name: Last name:
- A pediatric nurse advises a parent how to best convey the circumstances surrounding the sudden
death of an infant to a four-year-old sibling. The nurse anticipates that the sibling: may feel guilty about the infant's death.may mistrust the parent.understands the permanence of death.will role-play the infant's death.
- At which stage of development are children apt to believe in the reversibility of death?
Adolescent.Preschool age.School age.Toddler.
3. The physical manifestations of fetal alcohol syndrome include:
cleft lip and palette.hepatomegaly, hypotonia, and microphthalmia.hyperbilirubinemia, jaundice, and failure to thrive.microcephaly, short philtrum, and prenatal growth retardation.
- Which blood gas analyses are most indicative of respiratory acidosis?
- = 55 mm Hg, HC0
- = 30 mEq/L.
- = 45 mm Hg, HC0
- = 15 mEq/L.
- = 35 mm Hg, HC0
- = 25 mEq/L.
- = 25 mm Hg, HC0
- = 30 mEq/L.
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pH = 7.22, PC0
pH = 7.28, PC0
pH = 7.34, PC0
pH = 7.40, PC0
- The laboratory results of a patient with disseminated intravascular coagulation are likely to
include:
decreased levels of fibrin split products.increased levels of fibrinogen.increased platelet counts.prolonged prothrombin and partial thromboplastin times.
- After receiving an immunization for diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis, a patient develops swelling
and tenderness at the injection site, a low-grade fever, and malaise. The pediatric nurse informs the
patient's parents that:
the reaction is severe enough that they should bring the patient to an emergency department.they should delay future immunizations until the patient sees an allergist.this is a mild reaction, and teaches them how to manage it.this is an appropriate reaction, and instructs them to do nothing.
- A one-month-old female infant, who has developmental dysplasia of the hip, is placed in a hip
spica cast. The infant's mother expresses the desire to continue breastfeeding. The pediatric nurse's
best response is:
"After breastfeeding, hold your baby upright for 45 minutes." "Due to the weight of the cast, breastfeeding is not encouraged. I recommend that you bottle- feed expressed breast milk so your baby will get the benefits of the breast milk." "Feed your baby 2 oz of formula to decrease her hunger frustration, and then place her upright in your lap with her legs straddling your leg." "To breastfeed, hold your baby under your arm, with her facing you and her legs extended behind your back."
- A pediatric nurse instructs parents who are concerned about the spread of illness at their
children's daycare centers to inquire about the facilities':
CPR training for staff.infection control practices.reported cases of diarrhea during the previous year.staff-to-child ratios.
- A pediatric nurse is caring for a male patient who has undergone a hydrocele repair. While
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