NBSCN EXAM REVIEW 2020
Annular - correct answer ✔✔The configuration for skin lesions that are arranged in circles or arcs
Growth charts are helpful assessment tools because - correct answer ✔✔Children will generally follow
their own curve as they grow
Heart murmurs are characterized in relation to - correct answer ✔✔Timing, location, intensity, and
conduction
Ideal location to evaluate hyperactivity - correct answer ✔✔classroom
Growth variation - correct answer ✔✔short stature causes
BMI (body mass index) formula - correct answer ✔✔a person's weight in kilograms divided by the square
of height in meters
BMI (body mass index) ranges - correct answer ✔✔Underweight - Less than 18.5
Normal - 18.5 - 24.9
Overweight - 25 - 29.9
Obese - 30 - 39.9
BMI (body mass index) definition - correct answer ✔✔a measure of body weight relative to height
BMI is recommended for identifying? - correct answer ✔✔obesity
A five year old being evaluated by you cannot pronounce j, v, th, ch - correct answer ✔✔Encourage the
child to talk
,The primary reason for taking a health history for a middle school child complaining of pain is - correct
answer ✔✔Determine effective plan of care
Osgood-Schlatter's disease - correct answer ✔✔joint tenderness on knee flexion and a bony prominence
below the patella
cover/uncover test is for - correct answer ✔✔strabismus
Vision Screening - correct answer ✔✔Snellen chart- child should be at distance mark, sitting or standing
Hearing Screening Procedure- how long should you present the tone? - correct answer ✔✔Present tone
for 2-4 seconds
Sensory Hearing loss - correct answer ✔✔damage to inner ear or auditory nerve
Thyroid Disorder: assessment priority - correct answer ✔✔Priority- general nutritional assessment
Acanthoses Nigricans - correct answer ✔✔Type 2 Diabetes (endocrine dysfunction)
Mantoux test - correct answer ✔✔intradermal test to determine tuberculin sensitivity based on a
positive reaction where the area around the test site becomes red and swollen
Mantoux Test (PPD) recommended after? - correct answer ✔✔visiting area of incidence (ie. family in the
Middle East for 6 months
Sore throat needed MD referral - correct answer ✔✔Ulcerative lesions and white papules in the oral
mucosa
The Primary role of the School Nurse in pediculosis - correct answer ✔✔teach measures to reduce the
spread of lice
, FLACC Scale - correct answer ✔✔Pain scale for children with a developmental age of three and non-
verbal
Temperature Estimation - correct answer ✔✔Dorsal surface of the hand
Assess cerebellar function - correct answer ✔✔Heel to toe walk
7 year old developmental stage - correct answer ✔✔tells time, writes perfectly, uses passive sentence
structure, and prefers to play with same gender
Tanner stages - correct answer ✔✔a widely used system that describes the five stages of pubertal
development
middle ear disease - correct answer ✔✔causes severe hearing loss, ear pain, foul-smelling discharge,
low-grade fever
Vital signs Within Defined Limits for a 10 year old female at rest - correct answer ✔✔HR 80, BP 102/60,
RR 22
allergic rhinitis - correct answer ✔✔an allergic reaction to airborne allergens that causes an increased
flow of mucus; pale and boggy nasal mucosa
Acoustic screening: High sound frequency - correct answer ✔✔4000 Hz
Adam's Forward Bend Test is used to evaluate what? - correct answer ✔✔asymmetry of shoulder, ribs,
hips and waistline related to scoliosis
respiratory distress symptom - correct answer ✔✔Paroxysmal productive cough
HEADSS - correct answer ✔✔Pediatric Assessment: (In 2005 Eating and Safety were added making it
HEEADSSS)
home
Annular - correct answer ✔✔The configuration for skin lesions that are arranged in circles or arcs
Growth charts are helpful assessment tools because - correct answer ✔✔Children will generally follow
their own curve as they grow
Heart murmurs are characterized in relation to - correct answer ✔✔Timing, location, intensity, and
conduction
Ideal location to evaluate hyperactivity - correct answer ✔✔classroom
Growth variation - correct answer ✔✔short stature causes
BMI (body mass index) formula - correct answer ✔✔a person's weight in kilograms divided by the square
of height in meters
BMI (body mass index) ranges - correct answer ✔✔Underweight - Less than 18.5
Normal - 18.5 - 24.9
Overweight - 25 - 29.9
Obese - 30 - 39.9
BMI (body mass index) definition - correct answer ✔✔a measure of body weight relative to height
BMI is recommended for identifying? - correct answer ✔✔obesity
A five year old being evaluated by you cannot pronounce j, v, th, ch - correct answer ✔✔Encourage the
child to talk
,The primary reason for taking a health history for a middle school child complaining of pain is - correct
answer ✔✔Determine effective plan of care
Osgood-Schlatter's disease - correct answer ✔✔joint tenderness on knee flexion and a bony prominence
below the patella
cover/uncover test is for - correct answer ✔✔strabismus
Vision Screening - correct answer ✔✔Snellen chart- child should be at distance mark, sitting or standing
Hearing Screening Procedure- how long should you present the tone? - correct answer ✔✔Present tone
for 2-4 seconds
Sensory Hearing loss - correct answer ✔✔damage to inner ear or auditory nerve
Thyroid Disorder: assessment priority - correct answer ✔✔Priority- general nutritional assessment
Acanthoses Nigricans - correct answer ✔✔Type 2 Diabetes (endocrine dysfunction)
Mantoux test - correct answer ✔✔intradermal test to determine tuberculin sensitivity based on a
positive reaction where the area around the test site becomes red and swollen
Mantoux Test (PPD) recommended after? - correct answer ✔✔visiting area of incidence (ie. family in the
Middle East for 6 months
Sore throat needed MD referral - correct answer ✔✔Ulcerative lesions and white papules in the oral
mucosa
The Primary role of the School Nurse in pediculosis - correct answer ✔✔teach measures to reduce the
spread of lice
, FLACC Scale - correct answer ✔✔Pain scale for children with a developmental age of three and non-
verbal
Temperature Estimation - correct answer ✔✔Dorsal surface of the hand
Assess cerebellar function - correct answer ✔✔Heel to toe walk
7 year old developmental stage - correct answer ✔✔tells time, writes perfectly, uses passive sentence
structure, and prefers to play with same gender
Tanner stages - correct answer ✔✔a widely used system that describes the five stages of pubertal
development
middle ear disease - correct answer ✔✔causes severe hearing loss, ear pain, foul-smelling discharge,
low-grade fever
Vital signs Within Defined Limits for a 10 year old female at rest - correct answer ✔✔HR 80, BP 102/60,
RR 22
allergic rhinitis - correct answer ✔✔an allergic reaction to airborne allergens that causes an increased
flow of mucus; pale and boggy nasal mucosa
Acoustic screening: High sound frequency - correct answer ✔✔4000 Hz
Adam's Forward Bend Test is used to evaluate what? - correct answer ✔✔asymmetry of shoulder, ribs,
hips and waistline related to scoliosis
respiratory distress symptom - correct answer ✔✔Paroxysmal productive cough
HEADSS - correct answer ✔✔Pediatric Assessment: (In 2005 Eating and Safety were added making it
HEEADSSS)
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