NBCSN - School Nurse Certification Exam
NBCSN - SCHOOL NURSE CERTIFICATION EXAM NEWEST
2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |BRAND NEW VERSION!!
How often is PPT review required? - Correct Answer-Annually
What to do if suspected hearing loss? - Correct Answer-Conduct audiometric
screening
Cleaning product for Norovirus, C Diff - Correct Answer-5-6% hypochlorite solution
(chlorine bleach)
Amblyopia (lazy eye) - Correct Answer-If corrected early, affected eye can have
normal vision. Treatment before kindergarten
Ethical and professional behavior is guided by responsibility to who? - Correct
Answer-the student
chicken pox communicability - Correct Answer-1-2 day before and 4-5 day after
onset of rash
When is an adolescent considered obese? - Correct Answer-BMI >95% for age
>120% IBW (Ideal Body Weight)
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, NBCSN - School Nurse Certification Exam
Are active Tuberculosis patients always symptomatic? - Correct Answer-active TB
may be asymptomatic and only diagnosed with chest x-ray
Does a positive mantoux test indicate presence of disease? Why or why not? -
Correct Answer-Anyone who has been exposed to TB may have positive Mantoux
test
Does BCG vaccine prevent TB? - Correct Answer-No but may decrease incidence of
sever disease
When is an adolescent with active TB no longer infections? - Correct Answer-
Beyond 2 weeks of medication therapy
What happens if BP cuff too small - Correct Answer-Will give a high reading.
Opposite also true. Should have a bladder length 80% of the arm circumference,
length to width 2:1,
How long can Hepatitis B Virus survive on surfaces? - Correct Answer-1 week
Who administers the National School Lunch Program? - Correct Answer-USDA (US
dept of agriculture)
What does the scope of school nursing practice describe? - Correct Answer-The
who, what, where when and how of school nursing practice
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What are the standards of school nursing? - Correct Answer-The authoritative
statements of the duties school nurses are expected to perform competently
What legal document describes school nurse delegation? - Correct Answer-State
Nurse Practice Act
Impetigo - Correct Answer-Begins as a single lesion which spreads to secondary
lesions that crust or scale. Staph bacteria skin infection. Honey colored crust
Pinworm - Correct Answer-A student who is tired, can't sit still, itching bottom
Describe the primary objective of the school nurse - Correct Answer-to protect
and promote student health, facilitate optimal development and advance
academic success. Goal is to strengthen the educational process through
improvement of the health status and learning of students
Sickle cell anemia - Correct Answer-may cause painful events in hands feel and or
long bones. Treatment oxygen and fluids. Monitor for fever, cough, rapid
heartbeat that accompany an acute chest syndrome
Adolescents are commonly deficient in which vitamins - Correct Answer-Calcium,
Iron, Vit D
Connors Rating Scale - Correct Answer-ADHD short form Similar to the Vanderbilt
Assessment Scales. Practitioner must purchase rights
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NBCSN - SCHOOL NURSE CERTIFICATION EXAM NEWEST
2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |BRAND NEW VERSION!!
How often is PPT review required? - Correct Answer-Annually
What to do if suspected hearing loss? - Correct Answer-Conduct audiometric
screening
Cleaning product for Norovirus, C Diff - Correct Answer-5-6% hypochlorite solution
(chlorine bleach)
Amblyopia (lazy eye) - Correct Answer-If corrected early, affected eye can have
normal vision. Treatment before kindergarten
Ethical and professional behavior is guided by responsibility to who? - Correct
Answer-the student
chicken pox communicability - Correct Answer-1-2 day before and 4-5 day after
onset of rash
When is an adolescent considered obese? - Correct Answer-BMI >95% for age
>120% IBW (Ideal Body Weight)
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, NBCSN - School Nurse Certification Exam
Are active Tuberculosis patients always symptomatic? - Correct Answer-active TB
may be asymptomatic and only diagnosed with chest x-ray
Does a positive mantoux test indicate presence of disease? Why or why not? -
Correct Answer-Anyone who has been exposed to TB may have positive Mantoux
test
Does BCG vaccine prevent TB? - Correct Answer-No but may decrease incidence of
sever disease
When is an adolescent with active TB no longer infections? - Correct Answer-
Beyond 2 weeks of medication therapy
What happens if BP cuff too small - Correct Answer-Will give a high reading.
Opposite also true. Should have a bladder length 80% of the arm circumference,
length to width 2:1,
How long can Hepatitis B Virus survive on surfaces? - Correct Answer-1 week
Who administers the National School Lunch Program? - Correct Answer-USDA (US
dept of agriculture)
What does the scope of school nursing practice describe? - Correct Answer-The
who, what, where when and how of school nursing practice
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, NBCSN - School Nurse Certification Exam
What are the standards of school nursing? - Correct Answer-The authoritative
statements of the duties school nurses are expected to perform competently
What legal document describes school nurse delegation? - Correct Answer-State
Nurse Practice Act
Impetigo - Correct Answer-Begins as a single lesion which spreads to secondary
lesions that crust or scale. Staph bacteria skin infection. Honey colored crust
Pinworm - Correct Answer-A student who is tired, can't sit still, itching bottom
Describe the primary objective of the school nurse - Correct Answer-to protect
and promote student health, facilitate optimal development and advance
academic success. Goal is to strengthen the educational process through
improvement of the health status and learning of students
Sickle cell anemia - Correct Answer-may cause painful events in hands feel and or
long bones. Treatment oxygen and fluids. Monitor for fever, cough, rapid
heartbeat that accompany an acute chest syndrome
Adolescents are commonly deficient in which vitamins - Correct Answer-Calcium,
Iron, Vit D
Connors Rating Scale - Correct Answer-ADHD short form Similar to the Vanderbilt
Assessment Scales. Practitioner must purchase rights
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