PEDIATRICS - HESI PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
The nurse is giving preoperative instructions to a 14-year old female client who is scheduled
... [Show More] for surgery to correct a spinal curvature. Which statement by the client best demonstrates that learning has taken place?
To take the vital signs of a 4-month old child, which order will give the most accurate results?
During routine screening at a school clinic, an otoscope examination of a child's ear reveals a tympanic membrane that is pearly gray, slightly bulging, and not movable. What action should the nurse take next?
Which restraint should be used for a toddler after a cleft palate repair?
What preoperative nursing intervention should be included in the plan of care for an infant with pyloric stenosis?
A six-month-old returns from surgery with elbow restraints in place. What nursing care should be included when caring for any restrained child?
A 2-year old child with Down syndrome is brought to the clinic for his regular physical examination. The nurse knows which problem is frequently associated with Down syndrome?
When assessing a child with asthma, the nurse should expect intercostal retractions during
When planning the care for a child who has had a cleft lip repair, the nurse knows that crying should be minimized because it
A full-term infant is admitted to the newborn nursery. After careful assessment, the nurse suspects that the infant may have an esophageal atresia. Which symptoms is this newborn likely to have exhibited?
Which behavior would the nurse expect a two-year-old child to exhibit?
the mother of a preschool-aged client asks the nurse if it is all right to administer Pepto Bismal to her son when he 'has a tummy ache." After reminding the mother to check the label of all OTC drugs for the presence of aspirin, which instruction should the nurse include when replying to this mother's question?
The nurse observes a 4-year old boy in a daycare setting. Which behavior should the nurse consider normal for this client?
A burned child is brought to the emergency room. In estimating the percentage of the body burned, the nurse uses a modified "Rule of Nines." Which part of a child's body is calculated as a larger percentage of total body surface than an adult?
The nurse receives a lab report stating a child with asthma has a theophylline level of 15 mcg/dl. What action will the nurse take?
A 12-month old boy is admitted with a respiratory infection and possible pneumonia. He is placed in a mist tent with oxygen. Which nursing intervention has the greatest priority for this infant?
All of the following interventions can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of nursing and medical interventions used to treat diarrhea. Which intervention is least useful in the nurse's evaluation of a 20-month-old child.
A 5-month-old is admitted to the hospital with vomiting and diarrhea. The pediatrician prescribed dextrose 5% and 0.25% normal saline with 2 mEq KCI/100 mL to be infused at 25mL/hr. Prior to initiating the infusion, the nurse should obtain which assessment finding? The nurse is assigning care for a 4-year old child with otitis media and is concerned about the child's increasing temperature over the past 24 hours. When planning care for this child, it is important for the nurse to consider that:
The nurse is assessing an 8-month old child who has a medical diagnosis of Tetrology of Fallot. Which symptom is this client most likely to exhibit?
As part of the physical assessment of children, the nurse observes and palpates the fontanels. Which child's fontanel finding should be reported to the healthcare provider? [Show Less]