Peds Exam 1 - Student Questions with Solutions
What growth and development skills go along with a 4-year old?
A. Ties shoes, dresses without help, and skips on alternate feet
B. Brushes teeth, 1500 word vocabulary, and can lace their own shoes
C. Undresses without help and walks down stairs without help
D. 2100 word vocabulary, beginning cooperative play, and runs well - -B. Brushes teeth,
1500 word vocabulary, and can lace their own shoes
-At what age should routine lab work of Hb/Hct be performed?
A. After 18 months
B. Between 18 months and 2 years and again between 4 and 6 years
C. Between 6 and 9 months and again between 12 and 18 months
D. Between 2 and 4 months and again at age 5 - -C. Between 6 and 9 months and again
between 12 and 18 months
-At what age can children begin receiving their yearly influenza vaccine?
A. Beginning at 6 months
B. beginning at 2 months
C. Beginning at 2 years old
D. Beginning at 5 years old - -A. Beginning at 6 months
-Which of the following is not an example of a behavior exhibited by an adolescent related
to divorce?
A. Worry about themselves, parents, siblings
B. May engage in acting-out behavior
C. Panic reactions
D. Feelings of a profound sense if loss - of family, childhood - -C. Panic reactions
,Panic occurs in middle school-age children (ages 6-8 years)
-The nurse is planning care for a pediatric patient with a different ethnic background from
the nurse's own. The most appropriate goal for the nurse in caring for this patient is:
A. Strive to keep ethnic background from influencing health care
B. Encourage continuation of ethnic practices in the hospital setting
C. Attempt, in a nonjudgmental way, to change ethnic beliefs
D. Adapt, as necessary, ethnic practices to health needs - -D. Adapt, as necessary, ethnic
practices to health needs
-Which is an important consideration when using the FACES Pain Rating Scale with
children?
A. Children color the face with the color they choose to best describe their pain
B. The scale can be used with most children as young as 3 years of age
C. The scale is not appropriate for use with adolescents
D. The scale is useful in pain assessment but is not as accurate when assessing physiologic
responses - -B. the scale can be used with most children as young as 3 years of age
-Which dimension of care focuses on physiological and emotional considerations?
A. Dimension I
B. Dimension II
C. Dimension III
D. Dimension IV - -*****
-Mild cases of cognitive impairment are primarily associated with:
A. Familiar causes
B. Social causes
C. Environmental causes
D. All of the above - -*****
D. All of the above
, -How should a nurse care for a hospitalized cognitively impaired child?
A. Ignore the child
B. Isolate the child
C. Mutual participation in planning the child's care
D. Let the parents do most of the care - -*****
C. Mutual participation in planning the child's care
-Which of the following symptoms would you expect to see in a child with lead poisoning?
A. Sleepiness
B. Tinnitus
C. Increased appetite
D. High fever - -A. Sleepiness
-A 2 year old is in for a yearly check-up. What would the nurse expect the toddler to have a
fear of?
A. Loud noises, sudden movements
B. Death, being alone
C. Animals, strangers
D. Ghosts, heights - -C. Animals, strangers
-A 6 month old just received a DTaP injection. Which of the following is a serious side
effect?
A. Deafness
B. Shortness of breath
C. Rash
D. Continuous Screaming - -D. Continuous Screaming
What growth and development skills go along with a 4-year old?
A. Ties shoes, dresses without help, and skips on alternate feet
B. Brushes teeth, 1500 word vocabulary, and can lace their own shoes
C. Undresses without help and walks down stairs without help
D. 2100 word vocabulary, beginning cooperative play, and runs well - -B. Brushes teeth,
1500 word vocabulary, and can lace their own shoes
-At what age should routine lab work of Hb/Hct be performed?
A. After 18 months
B. Between 18 months and 2 years and again between 4 and 6 years
C. Between 6 and 9 months and again between 12 and 18 months
D. Between 2 and 4 months and again at age 5 - -C. Between 6 and 9 months and again
between 12 and 18 months
-At what age can children begin receiving their yearly influenza vaccine?
A. Beginning at 6 months
B. beginning at 2 months
C. Beginning at 2 years old
D. Beginning at 5 years old - -A. Beginning at 6 months
-Which of the following is not an example of a behavior exhibited by an adolescent related
to divorce?
A. Worry about themselves, parents, siblings
B. May engage in acting-out behavior
C. Panic reactions
D. Feelings of a profound sense if loss - of family, childhood - -C. Panic reactions
,Panic occurs in middle school-age children (ages 6-8 years)
-The nurse is planning care for a pediatric patient with a different ethnic background from
the nurse's own. The most appropriate goal for the nurse in caring for this patient is:
A. Strive to keep ethnic background from influencing health care
B. Encourage continuation of ethnic practices in the hospital setting
C. Attempt, in a nonjudgmental way, to change ethnic beliefs
D. Adapt, as necessary, ethnic practices to health needs - -D. Adapt, as necessary, ethnic
practices to health needs
-Which is an important consideration when using the FACES Pain Rating Scale with
children?
A. Children color the face with the color they choose to best describe their pain
B. The scale can be used with most children as young as 3 years of age
C. The scale is not appropriate for use with adolescents
D. The scale is useful in pain assessment but is not as accurate when assessing physiologic
responses - -B. the scale can be used with most children as young as 3 years of age
-Which dimension of care focuses on physiological and emotional considerations?
A. Dimension I
B. Dimension II
C. Dimension III
D. Dimension IV - -*****
-Mild cases of cognitive impairment are primarily associated with:
A. Familiar causes
B. Social causes
C. Environmental causes
D. All of the above - -*****
D. All of the above
, -How should a nurse care for a hospitalized cognitively impaired child?
A. Ignore the child
B. Isolate the child
C. Mutual participation in planning the child's care
D. Let the parents do most of the care - -*****
C. Mutual participation in planning the child's care
-Which of the following symptoms would you expect to see in a child with lead poisoning?
A. Sleepiness
B. Tinnitus
C. Increased appetite
D. High fever - -A. Sleepiness
-A 2 year old is in for a yearly check-up. What would the nurse expect the toddler to have a
fear of?
A. Loud noises, sudden movements
B. Death, being alone
C. Animals, strangers
D. Ghosts, heights - -C. Animals, strangers
-A 6 month old just received a DTaP injection. Which of the following is a serious side
effect?
A. Deafness
B. Shortness of breath
C. Rash
D. Continuous Screaming - -D. Continuous Screaming
