NBCSN - SCHOOL NURSE CERTIFICATION
EXAM ACTUAL Questions and Answers | 2026
Ultimate Final Review | Grade A+
• What does the scope of school nursing practice describe? -✓✓The who, what,
where when and how of school nursing practice
• What are the standards of school nursing? -✓✓The authoritative statements of
the duties school nurses are expected to perform competently
• What legal document describes school nurse delegation? -✓✓State Nurse
Practice Act
• Impetigo -✓✓Begins as a single lesion which spreads to secondary lesions that
crust or scale. Staph bacteria skin infection. Honey colored crust
• Pinworm -✓✓A student who is tired, can't sit still, itching bottom
• Describe the primary objective of the school nurse -✓✓to protect and promote
student health, facilitate optimal development and advance academic success. Goal
is to strengthen the educational process through improvement of the health status
and learning of students
• Sickle cell anemia -✓✓may cause painful events in hands feel and or long bones.
Treatment oxygen and fluids. Monitor for fever, cough, rapid heartbeat that
accompany an acute chest syndrome
• Adolescents are commonly deficient in which vitamins -✓✓Calcium, Iron, Vit D
,• Connors Rating Scale -✓✓ADHD short form Similar to the Vanderbilt
Assessment Scales. Practitioner must purchase rights
• Tanner staging -✓✓staging of sexual maturity
• Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) -✓✓To chart normal progress
between the ages of 1 mo. to 6 yrs. To identify children who are NOT developing
normally. Does not measure intelligence
• Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale -✓✓the WAIS is the most widely used
intelligence test; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests
• How often is PPT review required? -✓✓Annually
• What to do if suspected hearing loss? -✓✓Conduct audiometric screening
• Cleaning product for Norovirus, C Diff -✓✓5-6% hypochlorite solution
(chlorine bleach)
• Amblyopia (lazy eye) -✓✓If corrected early, affected eye can have normal
vision. Treatment before kindergarten
• Ethical and professional behavior is guided by responsibility to who? -✓✓the
student
• chicken pox communicability -✓✓1-2 day before and 4-5 day after onset of rash
, • When is an adolescent considered obese? -✓✓BMI >95% for age
>120% IBW (Ideal Body Weight)
• Are active Tuberculosis patients always symptomatic? -✓✓active TB may be
asymptomatic and only diagnosed with chest x-ray
• Does a positive mantoux test indicate presence of disease? Why or why not? -
✓✓Anyone who has been exposed to TB may have positive Mantoux test
• Does BCG vaccine prevent TB? -✓✓No but may decrease incidence of sever
disease
• When is an adolescent with active TB no longer infections? -✓✓Beyond 2 weeks
of medication therapy
• What happens if BP cuff too small -✓✓Will give a high reading. Opposite also
true. Should have a bladder length 80% of the arm circumference, length to width
2:1,
• How long can Hepatitis B Virus survive on surfaces? -✓✓1 week
• Signs of MDMA intoxication -✓✓jaw clenching, teeth grinding, N&V, muscle
cramping, blurred vision, inc HR
• what does snorting drugs cause -✓✓nose bleeds and nasal lesions
EXAM ACTUAL Questions and Answers | 2026
Ultimate Final Review | Grade A+
• What does the scope of school nursing practice describe? -✓✓The who, what,
where when and how of school nursing practice
• What are the standards of school nursing? -✓✓The authoritative statements of
the duties school nurses are expected to perform competently
• What legal document describes school nurse delegation? -✓✓State Nurse
Practice Act
• Impetigo -✓✓Begins as a single lesion which spreads to secondary lesions that
crust or scale. Staph bacteria skin infection. Honey colored crust
• Pinworm -✓✓A student who is tired, can't sit still, itching bottom
• Describe the primary objective of the school nurse -✓✓to protect and promote
student health, facilitate optimal development and advance academic success. Goal
is to strengthen the educational process through improvement of the health status
and learning of students
• Sickle cell anemia -✓✓may cause painful events in hands feel and or long bones.
Treatment oxygen and fluids. Monitor for fever, cough, rapid heartbeat that
accompany an acute chest syndrome
• Adolescents are commonly deficient in which vitamins -✓✓Calcium, Iron, Vit D
,• Connors Rating Scale -✓✓ADHD short form Similar to the Vanderbilt
Assessment Scales. Practitioner must purchase rights
• Tanner staging -✓✓staging of sexual maturity
• Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) -✓✓To chart normal progress
between the ages of 1 mo. to 6 yrs. To identify children who are NOT developing
normally. Does not measure intelligence
• Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale -✓✓the WAIS is the most widely used
intelligence test; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests
• How often is PPT review required? -✓✓Annually
• What to do if suspected hearing loss? -✓✓Conduct audiometric screening
• Cleaning product for Norovirus, C Diff -✓✓5-6% hypochlorite solution
(chlorine bleach)
• Amblyopia (lazy eye) -✓✓If corrected early, affected eye can have normal
vision. Treatment before kindergarten
• Ethical and professional behavior is guided by responsibility to who? -✓✓the
student
• chicken pox communicability -✓✓1-2 day before and 4-5 day after onset of rash
, • When is an adolescent considered obese? -✓✓BMI >95% for age
>120% IBW (Ideal Body Weight)
• Are active Tuberculosis patients always symptomatic? -✓✓active TB may be
asymptomatic and only diagnosed with chest x-ray
• Does a positive mantoux test indicate presence of disease? Why or why not? -
✓✓Anyone who has been exposed to TB may have positive Mantoux test
• Does BCG vaccine prevent TB? -✓✓No but may decrease incidence of sever
disease
• When is an adolescent with active TB no longer infections? -✓✓Beyond 2 weeks
of medication therapy
• What happens if BP cuff too small -✓✓Will give a high reading. Opposite also
true. Should have a bladder length 80% of the arm circumference, length to width
2:1,
• How long can Hepatitis B Virus survive on surfaces? -✓✓1 week
• Signs of MDMA intoxication -✓✓jaw clenching, teeth grinding, N&V, muscle
cramping, blurred vision, inc HR
• what does snorting drugs cause -✓✓nose bleeds and nasal lesions
