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PEDS Hesi Questions And Correct Detailed Answers (Verified Answers) Already Graded A+
Nursing Assessment and Care Questions
- Question: The nurse is planning for a 5-month-old with gastroesophageal reflux disease
whose weight has decreased by 3 ounces since the last clinic visit one month ago. To increase caloric intake and decrease vomiting, what instructions should the nurse provide this mother?
Correct Answer: Thicken formula with cereal for each feeding
- Question: The nurse is preparing a 10-year-old with a lacerated forehead for suturing.
- Question: The nurse is measuring the frontal occipital circumference (FOC) of a 3-
Both parents and a 12-year-old sibling are at the child's bedside. Which instruction best supports the family?Correct Answer: Please decide who will stay when the healthcare provider begins suturing
month-old infant and notes that the FOC has increased 5 inches since birth and the child's head appears large in relation to body size. Which action is most important for the nurse to take next?
Correct Answer: Palpate the anterior fontanel for tension and bulging
- Question: 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?
Correct Answer: Object Permanence
- Question: 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?
Correct Answer: Creamed corn
- Question: A 7-year-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?
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Correct Answer: Serum potassium of 3.0 mg/dL
- Question: 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?
Correct Answer: Metabolic Acidosis
- Question: An infant with tetralogy of Fallot becomes acutely cyanotic and hyperpneic.
Which action should the nurse implement first?
Correct Answer: Place the infant in a knee-chest position
- Question: Following a motor vehicle collision, a 3-year-old girl has a spica cast applied.
Which toy is best for the nurse to provide for this 3-year-old child?
Correct Answer: Set of cloth and hand puppets
- Question: 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?
Correct Answer: Right foot is cool to the touch and appears pale and blanched
- Question: While teaching a parenting class to new parents the nurse describes the
needs of infants and toddlers regarding discipline and limit setting. What is the most important reason for implementing such parenting behaviors?
Correct Answer: They provide the child with a sense of security
- Question: The parents of a newborn infant with hypospadias are concerned about
- Question: Which drink choice on a hot day indicates to the nurse that a teenager with
when the surgical correction should occur. What information should the nurse provide?Correct Answer: Repairs typically should be done before the child is potty trained
sickle cell anemia understands dietary considerations related to the disease?
Correct Answer: Lemonade
- Question: The nurse is assessing an infant with diarrhea and lethargy. Which finding
should the nurse identify that is consistent with early dehydration?
Correct Answer: Tachycardia
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- Question: While auscultating the lung sounds of a 5-year-old Chinese boy who recently
completed antibiotic therapy for pneumonia, the nurse notices symmetrical, round, bruise- like blemishes on his chest. What action is best for the nurse to take?
Correct Answer: Inquire about the use of alternative methods of treatment
16. Question: A child with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) who is receiving
chemotherapy via a subclavian IV infusion, has an oral temperature of 103 degrees. In assessing the IV site, the nurse determines that there are no signs of infection at the site.Which intervention is the most important for the nurse to implement?
Correct Answer: Obtain specimen for blood cultures
- Question: A child who weighs 25 kg is receiving IV ampicillin 300mg/kg/24 hours in
equally divided doses every 4 hours. How many mg should the nurse administer to the child for each dose?
Correct Answer: 1875 mg
- Question: The nurse is caring for an infant scheduled for reduction of intussusception.
The day before the scheduled procedures the infant passes a soft-formed brown stool.Which intervention should the nurse implement?
Correct Answer: Notify the healthcare provider of the passage of brown stool
- Question: The mother of a 4-month-old asks the nurse for advice in preventing diaper
- Question: Which statement by a school-aged client going to summer camp indicates
- Question: The nurse is evaluating the effects of thyroid therapy used to treat a 5-
rash. What suggestion should the nurse provide?Correct Answer: Use a barrier cream, such as zinc oxide, which does not have to be completely removed with each diaper change
the best understanding of the mode of transmission of Lyme disease?Correct Answer: I have to wear long sleeves and pants when we're hiking around the pond
month-old with hypothyroidism. Which behavior indicates that the treatment has been effective?
Correct Answer: Laughs readily, turns from back to side
- Question: The HR for a 3-year-old with CHF has steadily decreased over the last few
hours, now is 76 bpm, the previous reading 4 hours ago was 110 bpm. Which additional finding should be reported immediately to a healthcare provider?
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Correct Answer: BP 70/40
- Question: A 2-year-old is admitted to the hospital with possible encephalitis, and a
- Question: The parents of a 3-year-old boy who has Duchenne muscular dystrophy ask
- Question: The nurse finds a 6-month-old infant unresponsive and calls for help. After
lumbar puncture is scheduled. Which information should the nurse provide this child concerning the procedure?Correct Answer: Describe the side-lying, knees to chest position that must be assumed during the procedure
"how can our son have this disease? We are wondering if we should have any more children." What information should the nurse provide these parents?Correct Answer: This is an inherited X-linked recessive disorder, which primarily affects male children in the family
opening the airway and finding the XXXX the infant is still not breathing. Which action should the nurse take?
Correct Answer: Give two breaths that makes the chest rise
- Question: A 3-year-old with HIV infection is staying with a foster family who is caring for
- other foster children in their home. When one of the children acquires pertussis, the
foster mother calls the clinic and asks the nurse what she should do. Which action should the nurse take first?
Correct Answer: Review the immunization documentation of the child who has HIV
- Question: A 16-year-old female student with a history of asthma controlled with both
an oral antihistamine and an albuterol (Proventil) meter-dose inhaler (MDI) comes to the school nurse. The student complains that she cannot sleep at night, feels shaky and her heart feels like it is "beating a mile per minute". Which information is most important for the nurse to obtain?
Correct Answer: How often the MDI is used daily
- Question: The nurse is assessing a child for neurological soft signs, which finding is
most likely demonstrated in the child's behavior?
Correct Answer: Poor coordination and sense of position
29. Question: The nurse is assessing an infant with pyloric stenosis. Which
pathophysiological mechanism is the most likely consequence of this infant's clinical picture?
