Pediatric HESI Practice Questions and

Pediatric HESI Practice Questions and Answers Guide (already passed) Latest 2025 The mother of a 4-year-old child asks the nurse what she can do to help her other children cope with their sibling's repeated hospitalizations. Which is the best response that the nurse should offer?

• Inform the parent that the child is too young to visit the

hospital.

• Suggest that the child visit a grandmother until the sibling

returns home.

• Ask the mother if the child asks when the sibling will be

discharged.

• Encourage the mother to have the children visit the

hospitalized sibling. - Correct Answers ✅D. Encourage the mother to have the children visit the hospitalized sibling.When planning the care for a child who has had a cleft lip repair the nurse knows that crying should be minimized because it

• Increases salivation.
• Increases the respiratory rate.
• Stresses the suture line.
• Leads to vomiting. - Correct Answers ✅C. Stresses the

suture line.The nurse assigning care for a 5-year-old child with otitis media is concerned about the child's increasing temperature 1 / 4

Pediatric HESI Practice Questions and Answers Guide (already passed) Latest 2025 over the past 24 hours. Which statement is accurate and should be considered when planning care for the remainder of the shift?

• An RN should be assigned to take temperatures frequently.
• Tympanic and oral temperatures are equally accurate.
• The PN should take rectal temperatures on this child.
• The pediatrician should decide how to assess the

temperature. - Correct Answers ✅B. Tympanic and oral temperatures are equally accurate.A 2-year-old child with gastro-esophageal reflux has developed a fear of eating. What instruction should the nurse include in the parents' teaching plan?

• Invite other children home to share meals
• Accept that he will eat when he is hungry.
• Reward the child with a nap after eating.
• Consistently follow a set mealtime routine. - Correct

Answers ✅D. Consistently follow a set mealtime routine.What preoperative nursing intervention should be included in the plan of care for an infant with pyloric stenosis?

• Monitor for signs of metabolic acidosis.
• Estimate the quantity of diarrhea stools.
• Place in a supine position after feeding. 2 / 4

Pediatric HESI Practice Questions and Answers Guide (already passed) Latest 2025

• Observe for projectile vomiting. - Correct Answers ✅D.

Observe for projectile vomiting.The nurse is assessing a 2-year-old. What behavior indicates that the child's language development is within normal limits?

• Is able to name four colors.
• Half of child's speech is understandable.
• Can count five blocks.
• Is capable of making a three word sentence. - Correct

Answers ✅B. Half of child's speech is understandable.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?

• Pass the information on in the report.
• Notify the healthcare provider because the value is high.
• Repeat the lab study because the value is too high.
• Hold the next dose of theophylline. - Correct Answers

✅A. Pass the information on in the report.A 4- year- old girl continues to interrupt her mother during a routine clinic visit. The mother appears irritated with the child and asks the nurse, "Is this normal behavior for a child this 3 / 4

Pediatric HESI Practice Questions and Answers Guide (already passed) Latest 2025 age?" The nurse's response should be based on which information?

• Role conflict is a common problem of children this age. She

is just wondering where she fits into society.

• Children need to retain a sense of initiative without

impinging on the rights and privileges of others.

• Negative feelings of doubt and shame are characteristic of

4-year-old children.

• At this age children compete and like to produce and carry

through with tasks. She is just competing with her mother. - Correct Answers ✅B. Children need to retain a sense of initiative without impinging on the rights and privileges of others.A 6-month-old infant with congestive heart failure (CHF) is receiving digoxin elixir. Which observation by the nurse warrants immediate intervention?

• Sweating across the forehead.
• Doesn't suck well.
• Apical heart rate of 60.
• Respiratory rate of 30 breaths per minute. - Correct

Answers ✅C. Apical heart rate of 60.Which restraint should be used for a toddler after a cleft palate repair?

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