PEDS TESTBANK [2026] | UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS | A+ VERIFIED ANSWERS |
COMPLETE EXAM PREPARATION
• Which nursing role is not directly involved when providing family-centered
approach to the pediatric population?
1. Advocacy
2. Case management
3. Patient education
4. Researcher -✓✓ANSWER: 4. Researcher
• A child diagnosed with a Wilms tumor is prescribed chemotherapy. Which
laboratory test will the nurse monitor prior to administering the chemotherapy to
determine the childs infection-fighting capability?
1. Hemoglobin
2. Red-blood-cell count
3. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)
4. Platelets -✓✓ANSWER: 3. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)
• The nurse in the long-termcare clinic is reviewing the charts of a group of
children with chronic physical, psychological, functional, and/or social limitations.
Which conditions are most likely to lead to chronic limitations?
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. Near drowning
2. Congenital heart defect
3. Sinusitis
,4. Fetal insult when the mother contracted rubella in the first trimester of
pregnancy
5. Sepsis contracted as a neonate -✓✓ANSWER: 1. Near drowning
2. Congenital heart defect
4. Fetal insult when the mother contracted rubella in the first trimester of
pregnancy
5. Sepsis contracted as a neonate
• A school-age client diagnosed with diabetes insipidus (DI) is admitted to the
pediatric unit. Which laboratory value does the nurse anticipate for this client
based on the diagnosis?
1. Hyperglycemia
2. Hypernatremia
3. Hypercalcemia
4. Hypoglycemia -✓✓ANSWER: 2. Hypernatremia
• (Chapter 11) The parents of a critically injured child wish to stay in the room
while the child is receiving emergency care. Which action by the nurse is the most
appropriate?
1. Escort the parents to the waiting room and assure them that they can see their
child soon.
2. Allow the parents to stay with the child.
3. Ask the physician if the parents can stay with the child.
,4. Tell the parents that they do not need to stay with the child. -✓✓ANSWER: 2
Parents should be allowed to stay with their child if they wish to do so. This
position is supported by the Emergency Nurses Association and is a key aspect of
family-centered care
• (pretest 5)A baby, 12 hours old, in the neonatal ICU, has been diagnosed with
esophageal atresia with trachoesophageal fistula. Which of the following
assessments is the highest priority for the nurse to make?
1. Quantity of nasogastric secretions
2. oxygen saturation levels
3. Apical heart rate
4. weight of wet diapers -✓✓ANSWER: 2. O2 saturation
• gender identity -✓✓ANSWER: how you feel and see yourself
woman - gender queer/others - male
• (18) A nurse is taking care of four different pediatric clients. Which client poses
the great risk for dehydration?
1. 15-year-old working out in a weight room for an hour before football practice
2. 10-year-old playing baseball outdoors in 85 degree heat
, 3. 5-year-old refusing to eat because of a virus
4. A newborn under a radiant warmer for an hour after the first bath -
✓✓ANSWER: 2
A condition that increases the risk of insensible fluid loss places the child at risk
for dehydration. Any of these situations can place the child at risk for dehydration
but the child at greatest risk is the child playing baseball in direct heat, which will
increase utilization of extracellular fluids more rapidly than the other situations.
• A child diagnosed with cancer is prescribed chemotherapy. The latest lab value
indicates the white-blood-cell count is very low. Which medication order does the
nurse anticipate?
1. Filgrastim (Neupogen)
2. Ondansetron (Zofran)
3. Oprelvekin (Neumega)
4. Epoetin alfa (human recombinant erythropoietin) -✓✓ANSWER: 1. Filgrastim
(Neupogen)
• (18) A 1-month-old client is admitted to the emergency room with severe
diarrhea. Which assessment suggests the client is severely dehydrated?
1. Skin moist and flushed; mucous membranes dry
2. Low specific gravity of urine; skin color pale
AND CORRECT ANSWERS | A+ VERIFIED ANSWERS |
COMPLETE EXAM PREPARATION
• Which nursing role is not directly involved when providing family-centered
approach to the pediatric population?
1. Advocacy
2. Case management
3. Patient education
4. Researcher -✓✓ANSWER: 4. Researcher
• A child diagnosed with a Wilms tumor is prescribed chemotherapy. Which
laboratory test will the nurse monitor prior to administering the chemotherapy to
determine the childs infection-fighting capability?
1. Hemoglobin
2. Red-blood-cell count
3. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)
4. Platelets -✓✓ANSWER: 3. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)
• The nurse in the long-termcare clinic is reviewing the charts of a group of
children with chronic physical, psychological, functional, and/or social limitations.
Which conditions are most likely to lead to chronic limitations?
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. Near drowning
2. Congenital heart defect
3. Sinusitis
,4. Fetal insult when the mother contracted rubella in the first trimester of
pregnancy
5. Sepsis contracted as a neonate -✓✓ANSWER: 1. Near drowning
2. Congenital heart defect
4. Fetal insult when the mother contracted rubella in the first trimester of
pregnancy
5. Sepsis contracted as a neonate
• A school-age client diagnosed with diabetes insipidus (DI) is admitted to the
pediatric unit. Which laboratory value does the nurse anticipate for this client
based on the diagnosis?
1. Hyperglycemia
2. Hypernatremia
3. Hypercalcemia
4. Hypoglycemia -✓✓ANSWER: 2. Hypernatremia
• (Chapter 11) The parents of a critically injured child wish to stay in the room
while the child is receiving emergency care. Which action by the nurse is the most
appropriate?
1. Escort the parents to the waiting room and assure them that they can see their
child soon.
2. Allow the parents to stay with the child.
3. Ask the physician if the parents can stay with the child.
,4. Tell the parents that they do not need to stay with the child. -✓✓ANSWER: 2
Parents should be allowed to stay with their child if they wish to do so. This
position is supported by the Emergency Nurses Association and is a key aspect of
family-centered care
• (pretest 5)A baby, 12 hours old, in the neonatal ICU, has been diagnosed with
esophageal atresia with trachoesophageal fistula. Which of the following
assessments is the highest priority for the nurse to make?
1. Quantity of nasogastric secretions
2. oxygen saturation levels
3. Apical heart rate
4. weight of wet diapers -✓✓ANSWER: 2. O2 saturation
• gender identity -✓✓ANSWER: how you feel and see yourself
woman - gender queer/others - male
• (18) A nurse is taking care of four different pediatric clients. Which client poses
the great risk for dehydration?
1. 15-year-old working out in a weight room for an hour before football practice
2. 10-year-old playing baseball outdoors in 85 degree heat
, 3. 5-year-old refusing to eat because of a virus
4. A newborn under a radiant warmer for an hour after the first bath -
✓✓ANSWER: 2
A condition that increases the risk of insensible fluid loss places the child at risk
for dehydration. Any of these situations can place the child at risk for dehydration
but the child at greatest risk is the child playing baseball in direct heat, which will
increase utilization of extracellular fluids more rapidly than the other situations.
• A child diagnosed with cancer is prescribed chemotherapy. The latest lab value
indicates the white-blood-cell count is very low. Which medication order does the
nurse anticipate?
1. Filgrastim (Neupogen)
2. Ondansetron (Zofran)
3. Oprelvekin (Neumega)
4. Epoetin alfa (human recombinant erythropoietin) -✓✓ANSWER: 1. Filgrastim
(Neupogen)
• (18) A 1-month-old client is admitted to the emergency room with severe
diarrhea. Which assessment suggests the client is severely dehydrated?
1. Skin moist and flushed; mucous membranes dry
2. Low specific gravity of urine; skin color pale
