EXAM 1: Pediatrics Practice Questions
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1. A nurse is conducting an admis- b. What is your child's normal routine?
sion interview with the mother of
a 2 year old child. What history
question is most important at this
time?
a. How many children are in the
family?
b. What is your child's normal
routine?
c. Does your child attend day-
care?
d. What toys are most important
to your child?
2. A 9 month old is sitting on his b. Talk with the father for a few minutes,
father's lap at the bedside. The before examining child.
nurse needs to do a shift assess-
ment. How should the nurse pro-
ceed?
a. Ask the father to put the child in
bed, and proceed with the exam.
b. Talk with the father for a few
minutes, before examining child.
c. Listen to the heart and lungs of
the child.
d. Take the child from the father,
and proceed with the exam.
3. Which nursing intervention best c. Allowing adolescent to keep the hospi-
supports the concept of atrau- tal door shut.
matic care for a hospitalized
child?
a. Allowing parents to visit once
every shift.
b. Encouraging six year old to be
brave during an IV start.
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c. Allowing adolescent to keep
the hospital door shut.
d. Asking parents of baby to wait
outside treatment room door dur-
ing spinal tap.
4. A six year old is in the recov- c. FLAACC pain assessment tool.
ery room following an appendec-
tomy. He is not yet fully awake,
though he opens his eyes when
his name is called. Which pain as-
sessment tool would be most ef-
fective for the nurse to use at this
time?
a. OUCHER assessment tool.
b. Wong's FACES assessment
tool.
c. FLAACC pain assessment tool.
d. 1-10 verbal assessment scale.
5. A nurse enters the room of an a. Go the bedside and meet the child.
8-year-old child newly admitted
and diagnosed with type I dia-
betes. His mother is sitting in a
chair at his bedside. What should
the nurse do first?
a. Go the bedside and meet the
child.
b. Stand by the door, and say "I
am the assigned nurse today."
c. Go over to the mother and ask
what brought the child into the
hospital today.
d. Explain the use of the call light
to child.
6.
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Which hospitalized child would b. The 2-year-old that holds still during an
the nurse be most worried about IV start.
as needing support or follow-up?
a. The 9-month-old that cries
when the nurse walks in the
room.
b. The 2-year-old that holds still
during an IV start.
c. An adolescent that asks her fa-
ther to leave the room during an
assessment.
d. A school-age child that angrily
throws his food tray on the floor.
7. What nursing intervention would c. Allow the child to perform his or her
be most appropriate for a own Accuchecks and administration of
10-year-old child with type I dia- insulin.
betes in order to meet their needs
(as described by Erikson).
a. Explain carefully to the mother
the need to rigidly adhere to di-
etary modifications.
b. Allow the child to eat whatever
he or she wants and administer
insulin to maintain optimum glu-
cose levels.
c. Allow the child to perform his
or her own Accuchecks and ad-
ministration of insulin.
d. Perform Accuchecks four
times a day and at bedtime.
8. A 16 year old female comes for d. "Tell me more about how this em-
a sport's physical in the clinic. barasses you."
During the nursing history, the
teenage states she is bothered
that she "towers over her com-
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1. A nurse is conducting an admis- b. What is your child's normal routine?
sion interview with the mother of
a 2 year old child. What history
question is most important at this
time?
a. How many children are in the
family?
b. What is your child's normal
routine?
c. Does your child attend day-
care?
d. What toys are most important
to your child?
2. A 9 month old is sitting on his b. Talk with the father for a few minutes,
father's lap at the bedside. The before examining child.
nurse needs to do a shift assess-
ment. How should the nurse pro-
ceed?
a. Ask the father to put the child in
bed, and proceed with the exam.
b. Talk with the father for a few
minutes, before examining child.
c. Listen to the heart and lungs of
the child.
d. Take the child from the father,
and proceed with the exam.
3. Which nursing intervention best c. Allowing adolescent to keep the hospi-
supports the concept of atrau- tal door shut.
matic care for a hospitalized
child?
a. Allowing parents to visit once
every shift.
b. Encouraging six year old to be
brave during an IV start.
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c. Allowing adolescent to keep
the hospital door shut.
d. Asking parents of baby to wait
outside treatment room door dur-
ing spinal tap.
4. A six year old is in the recov- c. FLAACC pain assessment tool.
ery room following an appendec-
tomy. He is not yet fully awake,
though he opens his eyes when
his name is called. Which pain as-
sessment tool would be most ef-
fective for the nurse to use at this
time?
a. OUCHER assessment tool.
b. Wong's FACES assessment
tool.
c. FLAACC pain assessment tool.
d. 1-10 verbal assessment scale.
5. A nurse enters the room of an a. Go the bedside and meet the child.
8-year-old child newly admitted
and diagnosed with type I dia-
betes. His mother is sitting in a
chair at his bedside. What should
the nurse do first?
a. Go the bedside and meet the
child.
b. Stand by the door, and say "I
am the assigned nurse today."
c. Go over to the mother and ask
what brought the child into the
hospital today.
d. Explain the use of the call light
to child.
6.
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Which hospitalized child would b. The 2-year-old that holds still during an
the nurse be most worried about IV start.
as needing support or follow-up?
a. The 9-month-old that cries
when the nurse walks in the
room.
b. The 2-year-old that holds still
during an IV start.
c. An adolescent that asks her fa-
ther to leave the room during an
assessment.
d. A school-age child that angrily
throws his food tray on the floor.
7. What nursing intervention would c. Allow the child to perform his or her
be most appropriate for a own Accuchecks and administration of
10-year-old child with type I dia- insulin.
betes in order to meet their needs
(as described by Erikson).
a. Explain carefully to the mother
the need to rigidly adhere to di-
etary modifications.
b. Allow the child to eat whatever
he or she wants and administer
insulin to maintain optimum glu-
cose levels.
c. Allow the child to perform his
or her own Accuchecks and ad-
ministration of insulin.
d. Perform Accuchecks four
times a day and at bedtime.
8. A 16 year old female comes for d. "Tell me more about how this em-
a sport's physical in the clinic. barasses you."
During the nursing history, the
teenage states she is bothered
that she "towers over her com-
