PEDS HESI EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS COMPLETE PRACTICE
RESOURCE VERIFIED
●● The mother of a six-year-old child arrives at the clinic because the
child has been experiencing red and swollen eyes. The nurse notes a
discharge from the eyes and sends a culture to the lab. Chlamydia
conjunctivitis is diagnosed. On the basis of this diagnosis, the nurse
determines that which requires further investigation?
(A) Possible trauma to the eye
(B) Possible sexual abuse
(C) Presence of an allergy
(D) Presence of a respiratory infection
Answer: (B) Possible sexual abuse
-Chlamydia is sexual transmitted disease. The diagnosis of chlamydia in
a child not sexually active should signal the health care provider to
assess the signs of possible sexual abuse
●● The school nurse determines a group of young women are in early
adolescents based on the following observation. All of the women:
(A) Have decided on their career path
(B) Are dressed in the same-style clothes and have the same hair style
(C) Broke curfew by staying out late at a party they went to
, (D) Brag about drinking beer when their parents were at work
Answer: (B) Peer identity is important at this age
●● The nurse is watching two siblings, ages 7 and 9 years of age,
verbally arguing over a toy. The nurse has counseled the parents before
about how to handle the situation. The nurse should judge that the
teaching has been effective when the parent takes which action?
(A) Tell the siblings to stop arguing and shake hands
(B) Ignores the arguing and continues what she is doing
(C) Tells the children they will be punished when they go home
(D) Says they will not go out to lunch now since they have argued
Answer: (B) The best approach by the mother is not to interfere. The
children need to learn how to solve disagreements on their own. If the
parents always intervenes, when the children do not learn how to do this
●● The nurse is caring for a newborn with a suspected diagnosis of
imperforated anus. Which clinical manifestation is associated with this
defect?
(A) Bile-stained fecal emesis
(B) The passage of current jelly stools
(C) Failure to pass meconium stool in the first 24 hours after birth
(D) Sausage-shaped mass in the upper right quadrant
Answer: (C) This is a defect where incomplete development or absence
of the anus
ANSWERS COMPLETE PRACTICE
RESOURCE VERIFIED
●● The mother of a six-year-old child arrives at the clinic because the
child has been experiencing red and swollen eyes. The nurse notes a
discharge from the eyes and sends a culture to the lab. Chlamydia
conjunctivitis is diagnosed. On the basis of this diagnosis, the nurse
determines that which requires further investigation?
(A) Possible trauma to the eye
(B) Possible sexual abuse
(C) Presence of an allergy
(D) Presence of a respiratory infection
Answer: (B) Possible sexual abuse
-Chlamydia is sexual transmitted disease. The diagnosis of chlamydia in
a child not sexually active should signal the health care provider to
assess the signs of possible sexual abuse
●● The school nurse determines a group of young women are in early
adolescents based on the following observation. All of the women:
(A) Have decided on their career path
(B) Are dressed in the same-style clothes and have the same hair style
(C) Broke curfew by staying out late at a party they went to
, (D) Brag about drinking beer when their parents were at work
Answer: (B) Peer identity is important at this age
●● The nurse is watching two siblings, ages 7 and 9 years of age,
verbally arguing over a toy. The nurse has counseled the parents before
about how to handle the situation. The nurse should judge that the
teaching has been effective when the parent takes which action?
(A) Tell the siblings to stop arguing and shake hands
(B) Ignores the arguing and continues what she is doing
(C) Tells the children they will be punished when they go home
(D) Says they will not go out to lunch now since they have argued
Answer: (B) The best approach by the mother is not to interfere. The
children need to learn how to solve disagreements on their own. If the
parents always intervenes, when the children do not learn how to do this
●● The nurse is caring for a newborn with a suspected diagnosis of
imperforated anus. Which clinical manifestation is associated with this
defect?
(A) Bile-stained fecal emesis
(B) The passage of current jelly stools
(C) Failure to pass meconium stool in the first 24 hours after birth
(D) Sausage-shaped mass in the upper right quadrant
Answer: (C) This is a defect where incomplete development or absence
of the anus
