Hesi RN Pediatrics Exam 55 Questions

Hesi RN Pediatrics Exam 55 Questions and Answers Guide (already passed) Latest 2025

• The nurse is caring for a 3-year old child who is 2 hours

postop from a cardiac catheterization via the right femoral artery. Which assessment finding is an indication of arterial obstruction?a.Blood pressure trend is downward and pulse is rapid and irregular.b.Right foot is cool to the touch and appears pale and blanched.c.Pulse distal to the femoral artery is weaker on the left foot than right foot.d.The pressure dressing at right femoral area is moist and oozing blood. - Correct Answers ✅b.Right foot is cool to the touch and appears pale and blanched.

• Following a motor vehicle collision, a 3-year old girl has a

spica cast applied. Which toy is best for the nurse for this 3- year-old child?

• Duckthatsqueaks.
• Fashiondollandclothes.
• Set of cloth and hand puppets.
• Hand held video game. - Correct Answers ✅C. Set of

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Hesi RN Pediatrics Exam 55 Questions and Answers Guide (already passed) Latest 2025

• An infant with tetralogy of Fallot becomes acutely cyanotic

and hyperpneic. Which action should the nurse implement first?

• Administer morphine sulphate.
• Start IV fluids.
• Place the infant in a knee-chest position.
• Provide 100% oxygen by face mask. - Correct Answers

✅C. Place the infant in a knee-chest position.

• A child admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis is

demonstrating Kussmaul respirations. The nurse determines that the increased respiratory rate is a compensatory mechanism for which acid base alteration?

• Metabolicalkalosis.
• Respiratory acidosis.
• Respiratoryalkalosis.
• Metabolic acidosis. - Correct Answers ✅D. Metabolic

acidosis.

• 7 years old is admitted to the hospital with persistent

vomiting, and a nasogastric tube attached to low intermittent suction is applied. Which finding is most important for the nurse to report to the healthcare provider?

• Gastric output of 100 mL in the last 8 hours.
• Shift intake of 640 mL IV fluids plus 30 mL PO ice chips. 2 / 3

Hesi RN Pediatrics Exam 55 Questions and Answers Guide (already passed) Latest 2025

• Serum potassium of 3.0 mg/dL.
• Serum pH of 7.45. - Correct Answers ✅C. Serum

potassium of 3.0 mg/dL.

• The nurse is evaluating diet teaching for a client who has

nontropical sprue (celiac disease). Choosing which food indicates that the teaching has been effective?

• Creamed corn.
• Pancakes.
• Rye crackers.
• Cooked oatmeal. - Correct Answers ✅A. Creamed corn.
• During a well-baby check, the nurse hides a block under

the baby's blanket, and the baby looks for the block. Which normal growth and development milestone is the baby developing?

• Separation anxiety.
• Associativeplay.
• Object prehension.
• Object permanence. - Correct Answers ✅D. Object

permanence.

• The nurse is measuring the frontal occipital circumference

(FOC) of a 3-months old infant, and notes that the FOC has

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