Pediatric nursing worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

A 13-year-old boy has sudden, severe pain in one testis with nausea and vomiting. How should this be treated?

  1. AAs a sports strain that will heal with rest
  2. BAs normal growing pains of puberty
  3. CAs a urine infection to be treated at home
  4. DAs a surgical emergency
2.Easy

Which type of play is typical of preschool children?

  1. AOnlooker play only
  2. BSolitary play only
  3. CAssociative play: playing together loosely, without firm rules or roles
  4. DOrganised team sports: playing in fixed teams with strict rules and roles
3.Easy

Which measure helps an infant with a cleft palate to feed?

  1. AThickening every feed with baby cereal from birth onwards to slow the milk
  2. BA special bottle or teat, an upright position and frequent burping
  3. CFeeding only through a nasogastric tube until school age
  4. DFeeding lying flat to let gravity move the milk along
4.Medium

A medicine is prescribed at 10 mg/kg. The child weighs 18 kg and the liquid contains 120 mg in 5 mL. What volume should be given?

  1. A15 mL
  2. B7.5 mL
  3. C3.75 mL
  4. D1.5 mL
5.Medium

Which finding suggests repeated self-induced vomiting?

  1. AYellow skin, itching and dark urine
  2. BSwelling of the ankles and puffy eyes
  3. CA butterfly rash on the cheeks and patchy hair loss
  4. DCalluses on the knuckles and loss of tooth enamel
6.Medium

Which early sign may tell a child with haemophilia that a joint bleed is starting?

  1. ATingling or warmth in the joint
  2. BA cold, pale hand or foot
  3. CA sudden fever with a rash
  4. DAn itchy feeling on the skin over the elbow
7.Hard

A 7-year-old with an asthma attack was wheezing loudly but is now quiet, drowsy and has very reduced air entry. What does this indicate?

  1. AA life-threatening deterioration with exhaustion and very poor air movement
  2. BA good response to the reliever inhaler, with the airways now opening up again
  3. CThe child is falling asleep normally
  4. DThe attack is resolving
8.Hard

Which finding in an infant with diarrhoea suggests the most severe dehydration?

  1. ASlightly dry lips and thirst
  2. BA mild decrease in appetite
  3. CA normal fontanelle, moist mucous membranes and 4 wet nappies so far today
  4. DLethargy, a capillary refill of 4 seconds and no wet nappy for 10 hours

Answer key

  1. 1. D · As a surgical emergency
  2. 2. C · Associative play: playing together loosely, without firm rules or roles
  3. 3. B · A special bottle or teat, an upright position and frequent burping
  4. 4. B · 7.5 mL
  5. 5. D · Calluses on the knuckles and loss of tooth enamel
  6. 6. A · Tingling or warmth in the joint
  7. 7. A · A life-threatening deterioration with exhaustion and very poor air movement
  8. 8. D · Lethargy, a capillary refill of 4 seconds and no wet nappy for 10 hours

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