Pediatric nursing worksheet with answers

Febrile seizures most often occur in which age group?

1. ABetween about 6 months and 5 years
2. BBetween 8 and 12 years
3. CIn the first week of life
4. DIn adolescence

Which food is a good source of iron for a toddler?

1. APlain white rice and pasta
2. BLean red meat or iron-fortified cereal
3. CLarge amounts of cow's milk
4. DApple juice with every meal

By about what age does the posterior fontanelle usually close?

1. ABy about 2 months
2. BBy about 12 months
3. CBy about 3 years
4. DBy about 18 months

When is the risk of bleeding after a tonsillectomy highest?

1. AThe risk stays exactly the same on every day for the first month
2. BOnly after 3 weeks, when the throat is fully healed
3. CIn the first 24 hours and again about 5 to 10 days later
4. DOnly during the first 2 hours after surgery

Which instruction about a child's new plaster cast is correct?

1. AKeep the limb raised and report increasing pain, numbness or pale or blue fingers
2. BPush a knitting needle inside the cast to scratch an itch
3. CLet the child walk on a leg cast as soon as it is applied
4. DKeep the cast covered with a plastic bag at all times while it dries, to keep it clean

A 9-month-old has episodes of severe crying with knees drawn up, and passes a stool that looks like red-currant jelly. What is the likely cause?

1. ACoeliac disease
2. BConstipation
3. CPyloric stenosis
4. DIntussusception

On day 5 of chickenpox, a child has a fever again, and one area of skin around some spots has become red, hot, swollen and very painful. What should the nurse suspect?

1. AA second attack of chickenpox caused by a different strain
2. BA secondary bacterial skin infection
3. CNormal healing of chickenpox spots
4. DAn allergy to calamine lotion

A 4-year-old says it is wrong to hit his sister "because then I get a time-out". Which level of Kohlberg's moral development does this reflect?

1. AFormal operational level
2. BConventional level
3. CPreconventional level
4. DPostconventional level