CPEN exam 2023/2024 with 100% correct answers

Pediatric Age Categories - correct answer Newborns and infants: birth to 1 year Toddlers: 1-3 years Preschool: 3-6 years School age: 6-12 years Adolescent: 12-18 years Normal pulse rate ranges - correct answer Pediatric pulse rates! Newborns: 120-160/minute Adolescents: 60-105/minute Normal respiration rate ranges - correct answer From 30-50/minute in newborns to 12-20/minute in adolescents Normal blood pressure ranges - correct answer average 99/65 in preschoolers to average 114/76 in adolescents. Consider a Child's head size - correct answer A child's head is proportionately larger than an adult's until age 4. Because of this, children often fall head first. As a result you should suspect head injury whenever there is a serious MOI. Up to 12-18 months infants will have a soft spot just to the anterior center of the skull called the anterior fontanelle. A sunken fontanelle may indicate dehydration and a bulging fontanelle may indicate elevated intercranial pressure. Fontanelle - correct answer a soft spot on an infant's anterior scalp formed by the joining of not-yet-fused bones of the skull. Pediatric Assessment Triangle (PAT) - correct answer is a method of pediatric assessment from two viewpoints. The first is the general impression formed as you approach the child, often referred to as an assessment "from the doorway." The second is the impression based on the remainder of the primary assessment that is done next to the patient. Each of the three sides of the triangle represents a different patient presentation that should be evaluated: • Ap