PEDS HESI Questions and Answers

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PEDS HESI Questions and Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified

Which vaccine is given at birth to newborns?

• DTaP

✔✔B. Hepatitis B

C. MMR

• Varicella

Which pain scale is most appropriate for a 4-year-old child?

• Numeric scale

✔✔B. Faces pain scale

• Visual analog scale
• Adult verbal scale

Which is the priority nursing action for a child with epiglottitis?

• Give oral fluids

✔✔B. Maintain airway 1 / 4

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• Administer cough syrup
• Encourage throat swab

Which food should be avoided in a child with a peanut allergy?

• Rice

✔✔B. Peanut butter

• Applesauce
• Carrots

Which condition is associated with a “barking cough”?

• Asthma

✔✔B. Croup

• Bronchitis
• Pneumonia

Which heart defect causes “blue baby” cyanosis?

• Patent ductus arteriosus

✔✔B. Tetralogy of Fallot 2 / 4

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• Atrial septal defect
• Ventricular septal defect

Which lab test confirms sickle cell disease?

A. CBC

• Serum ferritin

✔✔C. Hemoglobin electrophoresis

• Blood culture

Which priority intervention prevents sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)?

• Side sleeping
• Prone sleeping

✔✔C. Supine sleeping

• Co-sleeping

Which is the first permanent tooth to erupt in children?

• Central incisor
• Lateral incisor 3 / 4

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✔✔C. First molar

• Canine

Which vitamin prevents rickets in children?

• Vitamin C

✔✔B. Vitamin D

• Vitamin B12
• Vitamin K

Which condition is treated with a Pavlik harness?

• Scoliosis
• Osteogenesis imperfecta

✔✔C. Developmental dysplasia of the hip

• Clubfoot

Which finding is expected in Kawasaki disease?

• Low fever

✔✔B. Strawberry tongue

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