SCHOOL NURSE 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTION
RATED A+
✔✔Spinal screenings take place - ✔✔Twice between 5th and 9th grades
✔✔Spine disorders - ✔✔scoliosis (curve), lordosis (swayback - spine sucked forward,
anterior convexity of spine), kyphosis (humpback - upper back, posterior convexity)
✔✔CPR: single rescuer compression/ventilation ratio - ✔✔30:2
✔✔CPR second rescuer - ✔✔15 compressions to 2 breaths
✔✔If pulse but no breathing - ✔✔give breaths every 3 seconds and check pulse every 2
min
✔✔Use AED immediately - ✔✔if you saw the child go down. Otherwise use it after 5
cycles of CPR
✔✔CPR switch with second rescuer - ✔✔Every 5 min if possible
✔✔How long until epi pen effects are gone? - ✔✔20 minutes
✔✔Lead is toxic at blood levels abover - ✔✔10mcg/dl
✔✔symptoms of pneumothorax - ✔✔dyspnea (pain with respiration), dec lung sounds
on affected side, anxiety, movement of trachea to one side of the midline of the throat,
any open chest wound sucking air.
✔✔hypergylcemia symptoms - ✔✔thirst, urination, fruity breath, flushing, irritability,
drowsiness, unconsciousness (call EMS if unconscious)
✔✔Hypoglycemia symptoms - ✔✔hunger, fatigue, weakness, sweating, headache,
dizziness, low bp, cold or clammy skin
If unconscious give glucagon
✔✔most common childhood cancer - ✔✔leukemia
✔✔muscular dystrophy - ✔✔group of hereditary diseases characterized by
degeneration of muscle and weakness. Most are in wheel chair by late teens and dies in
20's
✔✔Achondroplasia - ✔✔dwarfism., bowed legs, spine is curved
, ✔✔osteogenesis imperfecta - ✔✔brittle bone disease
✔✔Juvenille Rheumatoid Arthritis - ✔✔peak ages onset of 2-5 and 9-12 years old
usually occurs in girls
✔✔cerebral palsy - ✔✔paralysis caused by damage to the area of the brain responsible
for movement. May be seizures, intellectual disability or attention deficit disorders
✔✔Tourette's syndrome - ✔✔effects boys 4x's as much as girls, associated with OCD,
ADHD, Impulse control, anxiety and depression
✔✔febrile seizures - ✔✔Seizures that result from sudden high fevers, particularly in
children. Usually less than 7 yo
✔✔status epilepticus - ✔✔A condition in which seizures recur every few minutes or last
more than 30 minutes. Up to 75% of children having first seizure will have status
epilepticus. Infection and metabolic disorders usually trigger. Call EMS if first seizure
over 5 min or known epileptic over 10 min
✔✔signs of shunt malfunction (hydrocephalus) - ✔✔-Irritability
-Headache
-Diplopia
-Nausea/vomiting
-Lethargy
-Loss of milestones
-Change in seizure pattern
-Decreased level of consciousness
-They also will sometimes show signs of infection and not a blockage
✔✔Mantoux test - ✔✔TB test, read 48-72 hours. 15mm positive w/o risk factors, 10mm
positive with risk factors.
✔✔Common Cold - ✔✔Symptoms 2-8 days after exposure and last up to 10 days
✔✔Chicken pox - ✔✔rash develops 10-21 days after exposure and person is infective
24-48 hours before rash until they scab over
✔✔viral meningitis - ✔✔usually self limiting within 7-10 days and is less severe than
bacterial meningitis
✔✔Disaster Preparedness should prepare to care for students for - ✔✔3 days
✔✔How much time in between doses of same live vaccine? - ✔✔4 weeks
RATED A+
✔✔Spinal screenings take place - ✔✔Twice between 5th and 9th grades
✔✔Spine disorders - ✔✔scoliosis (curve), lordosis (swayback - spine sucked forward,
anterior convexity of spine), kyphosis (humpback - upper back, posterior convexity)
✔✔CPR: single rescuer compression/ventilation ratio - ✔✔30:2
✔✔CPR second rescuer - ✔✔15 compressions to 2 breaths
✔✔If pulse but no breathing - ✔✔give breaths every 3 seconds and check pulse every 2
min
✔✔Use AED immediately - ✔✔if you saw the child go down. Otherwise use it after 5
cycles of CPR
✔✔CPR switch with second rescuer - ✔✔Every 5 min if possible
✔✔How long until epi pen effects are gone? - ✔✔20 minutes
✔✔Lead is toxic at blood levels abover - ✔✔10mcg/dl
✔✔symptoms of pneumothorax - ✔✔dyspnea (pain with respiration), dec lung sounds
on affected side, anxiety, movement of trachea to one side of the midline of the throat,
any open chest wound sucking air.
✔✔hypergylcemia symptoms - ✔✔thirst, urination, fruity breath, flushing, irritability,
drowsiness, unconsciousness (call EMS if unconscious)
✔✔Hypoglycemia symptoms - ✔✔hunger, fatigue, weakness, sweating, headache,
dizziness, low bp, cold or clammy skin
If unconscious give glucagon
✔✔most common childhood cancer - ✔✔leukemia
✔✔muscular dystrophy - ✔✔group of hereditary diseases characterized by
degeneration of muscle and weakness. Most are in wheel chair by late teens and dies in
20's
✔✔Achondroplasia - ✔✔dwarfism., bowed legs, spine is curved
, ✔✔osteogenesis imperfecta - ✔✔brittle bone disease
✔✔Juvenille Rheumatoid Arthritis - ✔✔peak ages onset of 2-5 and 9-12 years old
usually occurs in girls
✔✔cerebral palsy - ✔✔paralysis caused by damage to the area of the brain responsible
for movement. May be seizures, intellectual disability or attention deficit disorders
✔✔Tourette's syndrome - ✔✔effects boys 4x's as much as girls, associated with OCD,
ADHD, Impulse control, anxiety and depression
✔✔febrile seizures - ✔✔Seizures that result from sudden high fevers, particularly in
children. Usually less than 7 yo
✔✔status epilepticus - ✔✔A condition in which seizures recur every few minutes or last
more than 30 minutes. Up to 75% of children having first seizure will have status
epilepticus. Infection and metabolic disorders usually trigger. Call EMS if first seizure
over 5 min or known epileptic over 10 min
✔✔signs of shunt malfunction (hydrocephalus) - ✔✔-Irritability
-Headache
-Diplopia
-Nausea/vomiting
-Lethargy
-Loss of milestones
-Change in seizure pattern
-Decreased level of consciousness
-They also will sometimes show signs of infection and not a blockage
✔✔Mantoux test - ✔✔TB test, read 48-72 hours. 15mm positive w/o risk factors, 10mm
positive with risk factors.
✔✔Common Cold - ✔✔Symptoms 2-8 days after exposure and last up to 10 days
✔✔Chicken pox - ✔✔rash develops 10-21 days after exposure and person is infective
24-48 hours before rash until they scab over
✔✔viral meningitis - ✔✔usually self limiting within 7-10 days and is less severe than
bacterial meningitis
✔✔Disaster Preparedness should prepare to care for students for - ✔✔3 days
✔✔How much time in between doses of same live vaccine? - ✔✔4 weeks
