NBSCN EXAM REVIEW
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
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
