PEDIATRICS NURSING EXAM 4 CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION EXAMS 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS WITH FULL SOLUTION
◉ Where do primary teeth first erupt?
Answer: The lower central incisors are usually the first to appear,
followed by the upper central incisors.
Start brushing them as soon as they come in at 5-7 or 6-8 months.
◉ Car Seats
Answer: Infant - 2 years of age: Rear-facing car seat.
5-point harness seat is made for children up to 40 pounds (18
kilograms) & the booster seat for children from 40 to 80 pounds (18
to 36 kilograms).
◉ Infants at 4 months
Answer: Infants typically turn over front to back at 4 months,
enlarging the area of the house that needs to be childproofed.
◉ Primitive Reflexes: at what point do they disappear?
Answer: -Step reflex: 4-8 weeks
,-Suck: 2-5 months
-Root Reflex (Stroke cheek): 3 months
-Moro: 4-6 months
-Tonic neck reflex: 4 months
-Palmar grasp reflex: 4-6 months
-Tongue Extrusion reflex: 4-6 months
-Plantar grasp: 9 months
-Babinski reflex (fanning of toes when sole of foot stroked) by 12
months. [last to go]
◉ Protective Reflexes & emergence
Answer: -Neck righting: 4-6 months
-Parachute (sideways): 6 months
-Parachute (forward): 6-7 months
-Parachute (backward): 9-10 months
◉ Infants at 7-10 months
Answer: -Sit up *w/ assistance* by 7 months
-Transferring an object from one hand to the other expected at 7
months.
-*8 months: sit up independently*
, -8 months: *Stranger Anxiety* starts, gets worse
-*Crawl at 9 months*
-Pull to standing at 10 months.
◉ Gross & fine motor skills develop
Answer: in a cephalocaudal fashion
◉ Capacity of the normal newborn's stomach is
Answer: between 1/2 - 1 ounce
◉ Babies are considered newborn (or perinatal)
Answer: birth - 28 days, then they are infants (till 12 months).
◉ By 1 year of age, the infant's weight should
Answer: have tripled their birth weight & grown 10 to 12 inches (25
to 30 cm) or length increases by 50%.
-Most infants double their birth weight by 4-6 months of age & triple
their birth weight by 1 year old.
EVALUATION EXAMS 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS WITH FULL SOLUTION
◉ Where do primary teeth first erupt?
Answer: The lower central incisors are usually the first to appear,
followed by the upper central incisors.
Start brushing them as soon as they come in at 5-7 or 6-8 months.
◉ Car Seats
Answer: Infant - 2 years of age: Rear-facing car seat.
5-point harness seat is made for children up to 40 pounds (18
kilograms) & the booster seat for children from 40 to 80 pounds (18
to 36 kilograms).
◉ Infants at 4 months
Answer: Infants typically turn over front to back at 4 months,
enlarging the area of the house that needs to be childproofed.
◉ Primitive Reflexes: at what point do they disappear?
Answer: -Step reflex: 4-8 weeks
,-Suck: 2-5 months
-Root Reflex (Stroke cheek): 3 months
-Moro: 4-6 months
-Tonic neck reflex: 4 months
-Palmar grasp reflex: 4-6 months
-Tongue Extrusion reflex: 4-6 months
-Plantar grasp: 9 months
-Babinski reflex (fanning of toes when sole of foot stroked) by 12
months. [last to go]
◉ Protective Reflexes & emergence
Answer: -Neck righting: 4-6 months
-Parachute (sideways): 6 months
-Parachute (forward): 6-7 months
-Parachute (backward): 9-10 months
◉ Infants at 7-10 months
Answer: -Sit up *w/ assistance* by 7 months
-Transferring an object from one hand to the other expected at 7
months.
-*8 months: sit up independently*
, -8 months: *Stranger Anxiety* starts, gets worse
-*Crawl at 9 months*
-Pull to standing at 10 months.
◉ Gross & fine motor skills develop
Answer: in a cephalocaudal fashion
◉ Capacity of the normal newborn's stomach is
Answer: between 1/2 - 1 ounce
◉ Babies are considered newborn (or perinatal)
Answer: birth - 28 days, then they are infants (till 12 months).
◉ By 1 year of age, the infant's weight should
Answer: have tripled their birth weight & grown 10 to 12 inches (25
to 30 cm) or length increases by 50%.
-Most infants double their birth weight by 4-6 months of age & triple
their birth weight by 1 year old.
