Pediatric nursing worksheet with answers

Which practice most increases the risk of early childhood tooth decay?

1. APutting a baby to bed with a bottle of milk or juice
2. BHaving a first dental visit by about the first birthday
3. CBrushing the teeth with a smear of fluoride toothpaste
4. DOffering water to drink between meals

What causes respiratory distress syndrome in preterm babies?

1. AInhaling meconium-stained fluid during birth
2. BAn allergy to the oxygen used in the incubator
3. CA viral infection caught from the mother
4. DA lack of surfactant in the immature lungs

Egocentrism and magical thinking are typical of which of Piaget's stages?

1. AFormal operational stage (about 11 years onwards)
2. BPreoperational stage (about 2 to 7 years)
3. CSensorimotor stage (birth to about 2 years)
4. DConcrete operational stage (about 7 to 11 years)

A child with type 1 diabetes is unconscious from hypoglycaemia at school. What should be done?

1. AGive the child's usual dose of insulin
2. BLet the child sleep and check again in an hour
3. CGive glucagon and call emergency services
4. DGive a glass of orange juice by mouth

Which growth chart finding in a 10-month-old most needs further evaluation?

1. AWeight that has fallen across two major percentile lines since the last visits
2. BLength on the 50th percentile and weight on the 40th percentile
3. CHead circumference that follows the 75th percentile curve
4. DWeight that has stayed on the 10th percentile since birth

Why are IV fluids for young children given with an infusion pump or a volume-control set?

1. ATo remove bacteria from the fluid
2. BTo allow the child to adjust the rate
3. CTo prevent accidental fluid overload
4. DTo make the fluid warmer before it enters the vein

Which finding helps to distinguish epiglottitis from croup?

1. ADrooling, high fever and a toxic look, without a barking cough
2. BA barking cough that is worse at night after a cold
3. CSymptoms that improve within hours after a single dose of oral corticosteroid
4. DA hoarse voice with mild fever and a runny nose

Newborn pulse oximetry screening shows 97% in the right hand and 91% in the foot. What does this mean?

1. AA faulty probe or a cold foot; repeat the whole test at the 6-week check
2. BNormal transition; no further checks are needed
3. CA normal result, because foot readings are always lower
4. DAn abnormal screen that must be followed up promptly under the screening protocol