2024 HESI PEDIATRICS (PEDS) PRACTICE EXAM
400 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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Check for red areas under the straps three times a day.
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An infant with developmental dysplasia of the hip is placed in a Pavlik harness. What
instructions should the nurse include in a teaching plan for the parents?
Apply lotion or powder to minimize skin irritation.
Put clothing over harness for maximum effectiveness.
Check for red areas under the straps three times a day.
Use a thin absorbent disposable diaper over the harness.
An 18-month-old is admitted to the hospital with possible Hirschsprung's disease. When
obtaining a nursing history, the nurse asks about bowel habits. What description of the
disease?
, 2 Foul-smelling and fatty.
Bile-colored and watery.
Semi-solid and yellow.
Ribbon-like and brown.
The nurses determines that an infant admitted for surgical repair of an inguinal hernia
voids a urinary stream from the ventral surface of the penis. What action should the
nurse take?
A. Document the finding.
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B. Palpate scrotum for testicular descent.
C. Assess for bladder distention.
D. Auscultate bowl sounds.
When caring for a child who has pertussis that is in the paroxysmal stage, which
intervention should the nurse implement to support the child's nutritional needs?
Provide small, frequent meals.
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Increase protein intake.
Maintain a liquid diet.
Offer the child a regular diet.
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,1. A 5-month-old is admitted Serum BUN and creatinine levels.
to the hospital with
vomiting and diarrhea. The adding potassium = need adequate renal function + urine
pediatrician prescribes output
dextrose 5% and 0.25%
normal saline with 2 mEq
KCl/100 ml to be infused at
25 ml/hour. Prior to
initiating the infusion, the
nurse should obtain which
assessment finding?
A 2-week-old female infant ANS: B
is hospitalized for the Administer a PRN analgesic prescription
surgical repair of an
umbilical hernia. After
returning to the
postoperative neonatal unit,
her respiratory rate and
heart rate have increased
during the last hour. Which
intervention should the
nurse implement?
A. Notify the healthcare
provider of these findings.
B. Administer a PRN
analgesic prescription.
C. Record the findings in
the child's record.
D. Wrap the infant tightly
and rock in rocking chair.
, 2. Which menu selection by Oven-baked potato chips and cola
a child with celiac disease
indicates to the nurse that avoid: oats, wheat, rye and barley; intolerance to protein
the child understands gluten
necessary dietary
considerations?
A 2-year-old child recently Apply pressure and ice for bleeding while elevating and
diagnosed with hemophilia resting the extremity.
A is discharged home. What
information should the Hemophilia, a blood disorder, causes joint bleeding
nurse include in a teaching which is treated with rest, ice, compression, and
plan about home care? elevation (RICE) (D). (A, B, and C) are inaccurate.
Minimize interactive play
with other children to
lessen chances for injury.
Give low-dose children's
chewable aspirin in orange
flavor for joint discomfort.
Use a firm and dry
toothbrush to clean teeth at
least twice per day.
Apply pressure and ice for
bleeding while elevating
and resting the extremity.
A 2-year-old child with Congenital heart disease.
Down syndrome is brought
to the clinic for his regular Congenital heart disease (A) is the most common
physical examination. The associated defect in children with Down syndrome. (C)
nurse knows which problem might have seemed possible since Down syndrome is a
is frequently associated trisomal chromosomal abnormality of chromosome 21.
with Down syndrome? (B) is a sex-linked abnormality also causing mental
Congenital heart disease. retardation. (D) is not associated with Down syndrome.
Fragile X chromosome.
Trisomy 13.
Pyloric stenosis.
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