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MATERNAL CHILD PEDIATRIC NURSING EXAM
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MATERNAL CHILD PEDIATRIC NURSING EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS
A toddler's parents ask the nurse how long the child is required to use a front
facing car seat. How should the nurse respond?
1. The child can stop using the front facing car seat when he is mature
enough.
2. The child must be at least 6-years-old to use a regular seat belt.
3. Your child must be at least 2 years old.
4. Your child should use a car seat with a harness as long as possible until he
outgrows the car seat.
4. Your child should use a car seat with a harness as long as possible until he
outgrows the car seat.
Rationale: Child should be rear-facing until 2 years old or until he or she has
outgrown the maximum height and weight allowed by the manufacturer of their rear-
facing car seat. Forward facing car seats with a harness should be used for the
maximum time possible until the child outgrows the height and weight allowed by the
manufacturer. A belt-positioning-booster seat should be used for children whose
weight or height is about the forward facing limit, typically when they have reached 4
feet 9 inches in height and are between 8 and 12 years of age.
A nurse is performing a developmental assessment on an 11-month-old.
Which of the following findings is of the most concern?
1. Able to stand up alone.
2. Double the birth weight.
3. Head circumference greater than chest circumference.
4. Unable to walk alone.
2. Double the birth weight.
Rationale: Birth weight should be doubled by 6 months and be tripled by 12 months.
This is cause for concern and should be investigated. The ability to stand up alone
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may happen at this age, but is usually accomplished by 20-24 months. This is not
worrisome. A head circumference is larger than chest is normal for this age and is
not alarming. The nurse would not be worried about an 11-month-old unable to walk
alone.
A pediatric nurse is assessing children in a community outreach clinic. The
nurse would expect an infant's first primary teeth to erupt at age:
1. 12 months.
2. 4 months.
3. 6 months.
4. 8 months.
3. 6 months
Rationale: The first 2 primary teeth (central incisors) usually erupt around age 6
months, but this may vary. All primary teeth are usually visible by 3 years of age.
A mother brings her 7-year-old daughter to the clinic after several nights of
bedwetting. The mother explains that her daughter never wet the bed until her
baby brother was born. The nurse explains that this situation is considered the
use of which ego defense mechanism?
1. Dissociation
2. Projection
3. Regression
4. Repression
3. Regression
Rationale: Regression is the reversion to an earlier stage of development that may
have felt like a less demanding or safer time, or a time they received care and
attention. This is common in children when exposed to new stressors, such as a new
sibling.
A nurse is performing a developmental assessment on a 4-and-a-half-year-old.
Which of the following findings is of the most concern?
1. The child is unable to balance on each foot for 4 seconds.
2. The child is unable to brush teeth without help.
3. The child is unable to prepare cereal.
4. The child's speech is not completely understandable.
4. The child's speech is not completely understandable.
According to the Denver II Developmental Screen: Speech should be completely
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understandable by age 4 and a half years. The child may be developmentally
delayed, but further assessment is needed. All other developmental tasks should be
achieved by age 5.
A nurse is performing a developmental age assessment on a 10-month-old.
Which will the nurse document as consistent with the infant's age?
1. Infant discriminates between pictures of objects.
2. Infant stands without support.
3. Infant builds a tower of 3 cubes.
4. Infant eats with fingers.
4. Infant eats with fingers
Eating with fingers typically occurs between 10 and 12 months. The baby can build a
tower of 3 cubes occurs between 16 and 18 months. Standing occurs at 15 months.
Discrimination of pictures typically begins by 24 months.
A nurse is performing an assessment on an infant. Which assessment should
be performed last?
1. Check heart and respiratory rates.
2. Assess deep tendon reflexes.
3. Assess ears and mouth.
4. Evaluate genitalia.
3. Assess ears and mouth.
Uncomfortable examinations may induce crying and should be done last. The nurse
should perform auscultation and less upsetting assessments first while the patient is
calm and quiet.
A pediatric clinic nurse teaches about behavior modification for young
children. It is most important to emphasize which points?
1. Once the child has calmed down, review what occurred.
2. If a child cries and refuses time-out, add another time-out period.
3. Time-outs should be 1 minute for each year of age.
4. Explain to the child why an act is wrong.
3. Time-outs should be 1 minute for each year of age.
One minute of time-out for each year of the child's age is the recommended practice
for time-outs. For toddlers the concept of time is limited and 1 minute can seem like
MATERNAL CHILD PEDIATRIC NURSING EXAM
2026 AND STUDY GUIDE
Download now
Champlain Nursing School
HIGH YIELDS QUESTIONS
Exam
NEWEST MODEL 2026 EXAM LATEST
VERSION SOLVED QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS VERIFIED 100 %
Perry
Cashion
PEDIATRIC
Hockenberry
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MATERNAL CHILD PEDIATRIC NURSING EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS
A toddler's parents ask the nurse how long the child is required to use a front
facing car seat. How should the nurse respond?
1. The child can stop using the front facing car seat when he is mature
enough.
2. The child must be at least 6-years-old to use a regular seat belt.
3. Your child must be at least 2 years old.
4. Your child should use a car seat with a harness as long as possible until he
outgrows the car seat.
4. Your child should use a car seat with a harness as long as possible until he
outgrows the car seat.
Rationale: Child should be rear-facing until 2 years old or until he or she has
outgrown the maximum height and weight allowed by the manufacturer of their rear-
facing car seat. Forward facing car seats with a harness should be used for the
maximum time possible until the child outgrows the height and weight allowed by the
manufacturer. A belt-positioning-booster seat should be used for children whose
weight or height is about the forward facing limit, typically when they have reached 4
feet 9 inches in height and are between 8 and 12 years of age.
A nurse is performing a developmental assessment on an 11-month-old.
Which of the following findings is of the most concern?
1. Able to stand up alone.
2. Double the birth weight.
3. Head circumference greater than chest circumference.
4. Unable to walk alone.
2. Double the birth weight.
Rationale: Birth weight should be doubled by 6 months and be tripled by 12 months.
This is cause for concern and should be investigated. The ability to stand up alone
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may happen at this age, but is usually accomplished by 20-24 months. This is not
worrisome. A head circumference is larger than chest is normal for this age and is
not alarming. The nurse would not be worried about an 11-month-old unable to walk
alone.
A pediatric nurse is assessing children in a community outreach clinic. The
nurse would expect an infant's first primary teeth to erupt at age:
1. 12 months.
2. 4 months.
3. 6 months.
4. 8 months.
3. 6 months
Rationale: The first 2 primary teeth (central incisors) usually erupt around age 6
months, but this may vary. All primary teeth are usually visible by 3 years of age.
A mother brings her 7-year-old daughter to the clinic after several nights of
bedwetting. The mother explains that her daughter never wet the bed until her
baby brother was born. The nurse explains that this situation is considered the
use of which ego defense mechanism?
1. Dissociation
2. Projection
3. Regression
4. Repression
3. Regression
Rationale: Regression is the reversion to an earlier stage of development that may
have felt like a less demanding or safer time, or a time they received care and
attention. This is common in children when exposed to new stressors, such as a new
sibling.
A nurse is performing a developmental assessment on a 4-and-a-half-year-old.
Which of the following findings is of the most concern?
1. The child is unable to balance on each foot for 4 seconds.
2. The child is unable to brush teeth without help.
3. The child is unable to prepare cereal.
4. The child's speech is not completely understandable.
4. The child's speech is not completely understandable.
According to the Denver II Developmental Screen: Speech should be completely
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understandable by age 4 and a half years. The child may be developmentally
delayed, but further assessment is needed. All other developmental tasks should be
achieved by age 5.
A nurse is performing a developmental age assessment on a 10-month-old.
Which will the nurse document as consistent with the infant's age?
1. Infant discriminates between pictures of objects.
2. Infant stands without support.
3. Infant builds a tower of 3 cubes.
4. Infant eats with fingers.
4. Infant eats with fingers
Eating with fingers typically occurs between 10 and 12 months. The baby can build a
tower of 3 cubes occurs between 16 and 18 months. Standing occurs at 15 months.
Discrimination of pictures typically begins by 24 months.
A nurse is performing an assessment on an infant. Which assessment should
be performed last?
1. Check heart and respiratory rates.
2. Assess deep tendon reflexes.
3. Assess ears and mouth.
4. Evaluate genitalia.
3. Assess ears and mouth.
Uncomfortable examinations may induce crying and should be done last. The nurse
should perform auscultation and less upsetting assessments first while the patient is
calm and quiet.
A pediatric clinic nurse teaches about behavior modification for young
children. It is most important to emphasize which points?
1. Once the child has calmed down, review what occurred.
2. If a child cries and refuses time-out, add another time-out period.
3. Time-outs should be 1 minute for each year of age.
4. Explain to the child why an act is wrong.
3. Time-outs should be 1 minute for each year of age.
One minute of time-out for each year of the child's age is the recommended practice
for time-outs. For toddlers the concept of time is limited and 1 minute can seem like
