Pediatric Nursing Exam Review:
Assessment, Interventions, and
Patient Education for Newborns to
Adolescents Verified Questions
Complete with A+ Graded Rationales
Latest Updated 2026
Which finding in a newborn is suggestive of tracheoesophageal fistula?
Choking on the first feeding
A child is brought to the pediatric clinic because he has been vomiting for the past 2 days. What
acid-base imbalance would the nurse expect to occur from this persistent vomiting?
Alkalosis
On the second day of hospitalization for a 3-month-old brought in for treatment for
gastroenteritis, the nurse makes all of the assessments listed below. Which assessment finding
indicates ineffectiveness of treatment?
Weight loss of 4 ounces
Why are rapid respirations a possible cause of dehydration?
They cause evaporation of fluid on the mucous membranes.
Which is the most appropriate intervention for a 3-month-old infant who has gastroesophageal
reflux?
Position the infant in the crib on his or her abdomen, with head elevated.
, The nurse is interviewing parents of an infant with pyloric stenosis. What would the nurse
expect the parents to report?
Projectile vomiting
A mother reports that her child has been scratching the anal area and complaining of itching.
What does the nurse suspect based on this information?
Pinworms
The nurse is teaching a parent about pyrvinium (Povan). What would be included in regard to
potential side effects?
Red stool
What instructions will the nurse give to parents about preventing the spread and reinfection of
pinworms?
Keep the children's nails short.
A mother reports that her 2-year-old child experiences constipation frequently. Which food
would the nurse recommend to include in the child's diet?
Whole-grain cereal
What description of a child's stool characteristic leads the nurse to suspect intussusception?
Currant jelly
What is the treatment of choice for a child with intussusception?
A barium enema
Parents ask the nurse how their infant developed a Meckel's diverticulum. What condition, will
the nurse explain, is present causing this diagnosis?
Assessment, Interventions, and
Patient Education for Newborns to
Adolescents Verified Questions
Complete with A+ Graded Rationales
Latest Updated 2026
Which finding in a newborn is suggestive of tracheoesophageal fistula?
Choking on the first feeding
A child is brought to the pediatric clinic because he has been vomiting for the past 2 days. What
acid-base imbalance would the nurse expect to occur from this persistent vomiting?
Alkalosis
On the second day of hospitalization for a 3-month-old brought in for treatment for
gastroenteritis, the nurse makes all of the assessments listed below. Which assessment finding
indicates ineffectiveness of treatment?
Weight loss of 4 ounces
Why are rapid respirations a possible cause of dehydration?
They cause evaporation of fluid on the mucous membranes.
Which is the most appropriate intervention for a 3-month-old infant who has gastroesophageal
reflux?
Position the infant in the crib on his or her abdomen, with head elevated.
, The nurse is interviewing parents of an infant with pyloric stenosis. What would the nurse
expect the parents to report?
Projectile vomiting
A mother reports that her child has been scratching the anal area and complaining of itching.
What does the nurse suspect based on this information?
Pinworms
The nurse is teaching a parent about pyrvinium (Povan). What would be included in regard to
potential side effects?
Red stool
What instructions will the nurse give to parents about preventing the spread and reinfection of
pinworms?
Keep the children's nails short.
A mother reports that her 2-year-old child experiences constipation frequently. Which food
would the nurse recommend to include in the child's diet?
Whole-grain cereal
What description of a child's stool characteristic leads the nurse to suspect intussusception?
Currant jelly
What is the treatment of choice for a child with intussusception?
A barium enema
Parents ask the nurse how their infant developed a Meckel's diverticulum. What condition, will
the nurse explain, is present causing this diagnosis?
