NBCSN - SCHOOL NURSE CERTIFICATION
EXAM 2024/2025
Who administers the National School Lunch Program? - Precise Answer
✔✔USDA (US dept of agriculture)
What does the scope of school nursing practice describe? - Precise
Answer ✔✔The who, what, where when and how of school nursing
practice
What are the standards of school nursing? - Precise Answer ✔✔The
authoritative statements of the duties school nurses are expected to
perform competently
What legal document describes school nurse delegation? - Precise
Answer ✔✔State Nurse Practice Act
Impetigo - Precise Answer ✔✔Begins as a single lesion which spreads
to secondary lesions that crust or scale. Staph bacteria skin infection.
Honey colored crust
Pinworm - Precise Answer ✔✔A student who is tired, can't sit still,
itching bottom
,Describe the primary objective of the school nurse - Precise Answer
✔✔to protect and promote student health, facilitate optimal
development and advance academic success. Goal is to strengthen the
educational process through improvement of the health status and
learning of students
Sickle cell anemia - Precise Answer ✔✔may cause painful events in
hands feel and or long bones. Treatment oxygen and fluids. Monitor for
fever, cough, rapid heartbeat that accompany an acute chest syndrome
Adolescents are commonly deficient in which vitamins - Precise Answer
✔✔Calcium, Iron, Vit D
Connors Rating Scale - Precise Answer ✔✔ADHD short form Similar
to the Vanderbilt Assessment Scales. Practitioner must purchase rights
Tanner staging - Precise Answer ✔✔staging of sexual maturity
Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) - Precise Answer ✔✔To
chart normal progress between the ages of 1 mo. to 6 yrs. To identify
children who are NOT developing normally. Does not measure
intelligence
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Precise Answer ✔✔the WAIS is the
most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance
(nonverbal) subtests
, How often is PPT review required? - Precise Answer ✔✔Annually
What to do if suspected hearing loss? - Precise Answer ✔✔Conduct
audiometric screening
Cleaning product for Norovirus, C Diff - Precise Answer ✔✔5-6%
hypochlorite solution (chlorine bleach)
Amblyopia (lazy eye) - Precise Answer ✔✔If corrected early, affected
eye can have normal vision. Treatment before kindergarten
Ethical and professional behavior is guided by responsibility to who? -
Precise Answer ✔✔the student
chicken pox communicability - Precise Answer ✔✔1-2 day before and
4-5 day after onset of rash
When is an adolescent considered obese? - Precise Answer ✔✔BMI
>95% for age
>120% IBW (Ideal Body Weight)
Are active Tuberculosis patients always symptomatic? - Precise Answer
✔✔active TB may be asymptomatic and only diagnosed with chest x-
ray
EXAM 2024/2025
Who administers the National School Lunch Program? - Precise Answer
✔✔USDA (US dept of agriculture)
What does the scope of school nursing practice describe? - Precise
Answer ✔✔The who, what, where when and how of school nursing
practice
What are the standards of school nursing? - Precise Answer ✔✔The
authoritative statements of the duties school nurses are expected to
perform competently
What legal document describes school nurse delegation? - Precise
Answer ✔✔State Nurse Practice Act
Impetigo - Precise Answer ✔✔Begins as a single lesion which spreads
to secondary lesions that crust or scale. Staph bacteria skin infection.
Honey colored crust
Pinworm - Precise Answer ✔✔A student who is tired, can't sit still,
itching bottom
,Describe the primary objective of the school nurse - Precise Answer
✔✔to protect and promote student health, facilitate optimal
development and advance academic success. Goal is to strengthen the
educational process through improvement of the health status and
learning of students
Sickle cell anemia - Precise Answer ✔✔may cause painful events in
hands feel and or long bones. Treatment oxygen and fluids. Monitor for
fever, cough, rapid heartbeat that accompany an acute chest syndrome
Adolescents are commonly deficient in which vitamins - Precise Answer
✔✔Calcium, Iron, Vit D
Connors Rating Scale - Precise Answer ✔✔ADHD short form Similar
to the Vanderbilt Assessment Scales. Practitioner must purchase rights
Tanner staging - Precise Answer ✔✔staging of sexual maturity
Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) - Precise Answer ✔✔To
chart normal progress between the ages of 1 mo. to 6 yrs. To identify
children who are NOT developing normally. Does not measure
intelligence
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Precise Answer ✔✔the WAIS is the
most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance
(nonverbal) subtests
, How often is PPT review required? - Precise Answer ✔✔Annually
What to do if suspected hearing loss? - Precise Answer ✔✔Conduct
audiometric screening
Cleaning product for Norovirus, C Diff - Precise Answer ✔✔5-6%
hypochlorite solution (chlorine bleach)
Amblyopia (lazy eye) - Precise Answer ✔✔If corrected early, affected
eye can have normal vision. Treatment before kindergarten
Ethical and professional behavior is guided by responsibility to who? -
Precise Answer ✔✔the student
chicken pox communicability - Precise Answer ✔✔1-2 day before and
4-5 day after onset of rash
When is an adolescent considered obese? - Precise Answer ✔✔BMI
>95% for age
>120% IBW (Ideal Body Weight)
Are active Tuberculosis patients always symptomatic? - Precise Answer
✔✔active TB may be asymptomatic and only diagnosed with chest x-
ray
