FNP Pediatric Exam Test Bank |
Complete Questions and
Answers for Exam Succes
• What are the three primary domains of growth and development -
✓✓Physical, Cognitive, psychosocial
• What are the basic guidelines in pediatrics -✓✓The American
Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Bright Futures: Guidelines of Health
Supervision of infants, children, and adolescents
• What factors influence physical development? -✓✓Individual
variability, genetic characteristics, ethnicities, and cultural practices
• what are the caloric requirements according to age? -✓✓birth-6
months: 120 kcal/kg/day
7 months to 1 year: 100 kcal/kg/day
Two-Ten years: 100-70 kcal/kg/day
adolescents: 45 kcal/kg/day
• What are the advantages of breastfeeding? -✓✓1. Perfect food for
humans, can't be duplicated
2. Decreased illness in infants
, 3. Maternal antibodies are transferred to infants
4. Decreased GI problems such as GERD
5. Breast feeding during painful procedures provides analgesia
6. The longer the mother breastfeeds, the less chance of the child to be
overweight independent of education and socioeconomic status
• How does breastfeeding decrease allergies -✓✓Breast milk contains
anti-inflammatory agents to decrease atopy (a syndrome characterized
by being "hyperallergic")
• How long should breastfeeding be done exclusively? -✓✓6 months
• How is adequate nutrition confirmed? -✓✓By weight gain
-30 g/day (1oz/day) for 1st 3months
-gain of 15-20 g/day during subsequent 3 months
• What is considered minimal weight gain in a normal newborn after
discharge from the hospital?
a. 10 gms/day
b. 20 gms/day
c. 30 gms/day
d. 40 gms/day -✓✓c. 30 gms/day
Complete Questions and
Answers for Exam Succes
• What are the three primary domains of growth and development -
✓✓Physical, Cognitive, psychosocial
• What are the basic guidelines in pediatrics -✓✓The American
Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Bright Futures: Guidelines of Health
Supervision of infants, children, and adolescents
• What factors influence physical development? -✓✓Individual
variability, genetic characteristics, ethnicities, and cultural practices
• what are the caloric requirements according to age? -✓✓birth-6
months: 120 kcal/kg/day
7 months to 1 year: 100 kcal/kg/day
Two-Ten years: 100-70 kcal/kg/day
adolescents: 45 kcal/kg/day
• What are the advantages of breastfeeding? -✓✓1. Perfect food for
humans, can't be duplicated
2. Decreased illness in infants
, 3. Maternal antibodies are transferred to infants
4. Decreased GI problems such as GERD
5. Breast feeding during painful procedures provides analgesia
6. The longer the mother breastfeeds, the less chance of the child to be
overweight independent of education and socioeconomic status
• How does breastfeeding decrease allergies -✓✓Breast milk contains
anti-inflammatory agents to decrease atopy (a syndrome characterized
by being "hyperallergic")
• How long should breastfeeding be done exclusively? -✓✓6 months
• How is adequate nutrition confirmed? -✓✓By weight gain
-30 g/day (1oz/day) for 1st 3months
-gain of 15-20 g/day during subsequent 3 months
• What is considered minimal weight gain in a normal newborn after
discharge from the hospital?
a. 10 gms/day
b. 20 gms/day
c. 30 gms/day
d. 40 gms/day -✓✓c. 30 gms/day
