FNP PEDIATRIC EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS & RATIONALES WITH
|VERIFIED & REVISED ANSWERS (NEW) 2025/VERIFIED AND
GRADED A+
The concept of health promotion consists of efforts to prevent rather than to cure disease or disability.
This description best describes:
a. tertiary prevention
b. secondary prevention
c. primary prevention
d. morbidity prevention
Ans: c
Qiz Standards for well child care and health promotion are set forth by the:
a. Task Force on Preventative Services, US Department of Health and Human services
b. American Academy of Family Physicians
c. American Academy of pediatrics
d. Healthy People 2010 and 2020
Ans: c
Qiz A 15 yo female comes to the clinic for a health maintenance visit. The patient reports no complaints.
She does well in school, has many friends, and gets along well with her parents and two siblings. She has
,recently become sexually active with her boyfriend of 6mo. The physical exam is normal for her age.
What screening, lab tests, and/or immunizations should the PNP order?
a. Vision, hearing, urinalysis, STD screen, pelvic exam, and immunizations as needed
b. STD screen, pneumococcal vaccine, pelvic exam, and cholesterol screening as indicated
c. vision, hearing, STD screen, pelvic exam, and hemoglobin if indicated.
d. Measles vaccine, vision, hearing, STD screen, pelvic exam exam, and cholesterol screen if indicated.
Ans: a
Qiz Which of the following is the best written chief complaint?
a. 5yo asian female with itchy red rash
b. 1 mo with difficulty feeding
c. 15yo african american female complaining of lower abdominal pain for 3 days
d. 12yo caucasian with itchy eye for 1 week
Ans: c
Qiz The past history should include
a. family history
b. social hx
c. symptom analysis
d. hospitalization
Ans: d
Qiz The family history should include:
,a. the health status of the paternal grandparents
b. the living conditions of the family
c. the work status of the parents
d. school information
Ans: a
Qiz Which of the following statements would be considered subjective data obtained from the client
during the review of systems for the skin?
a. the skin appears dry & excoriated
b. a lesion is noted on the lateral aspect of the right leg
c. there is moderate acne on the forehead and back
d. the patient denies changes in skin texture
Ans: d
Qiz The PNP is completing the ROS on a 4mo. What response from the mother might indicate a cardiac
problem in the infant & require a more thorough history?
a. the baby gets the hiccups often.
b. it takes the baby over 30min to complete a bottle
c. the baby's heart seems to beat rapidly sometimes
d. sometimes the baby sounds congested
Ans: b
Qiz The PNP is obtaining a review of systems on a healthy 8yo girl. It would be important to include:
, a. the date of last breast self-exam.
b. any limitations related to sports participation.
c. the last hematocrit and hemoglobin
d. the last lead screen
Ans: b
Qiz The mother of a 3yo states that her son was completely toilet trained at 18mo. The PNP explores
further, asking:
a. how the mother did the toilet training
b. if the child is dry at night and fully trained for urine and stool day and night
c. at what age did the mother begin toilet training the other child.
d. if the child gets up at night to use the bathroom
Ans: b
Qiz Jasmine, a 5-month-old infant is in the clinic for a well child visit and is sleeping in her mother's
arms. What should the PNP do first?
a. Examine the ears, since this is uncomfortable for the infant.
b. Quickly give any needed immunizations.
c. Begin with assessment of the head and proceed from head to toe.
d. auscultate the heart & lungs while the infant is sleeping.
Ans: d
Qiz The mother of a newborn brings the baby to the clinic because she is afraid something is wrong with
her baby ("his head is so big"). The PNP responds that:
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS & RATIONALES WITH
|VERIFIED & REVISED ANSWERS (NEW) 2025/VERIFIED AND
GRADED A+
The concept of health promotion consists of efforts to prevent rather than to cure disease or disability.
This description best describes:
a. tertiary prevention
b. secondary prevention
c. primary prevention
d. morbidity prevention
Ans: c
Qiz Standards for well child care and health promotion are set forth by the:
a. Task Force on Preventative Services, US Department of Health and Human services
b. American Academy of Family Physicians
c. American Academy of pediatrics
d. Healthy People 2010 and 2020
Ans: c
Qiz A 15 yo female comes to the clinic for a health maintenance visit. The patient reports no complaints.
She does well in school, has many friends, and gets along well with her parents and two siblings. She has
,recently become sexually active with her boyfriend of 6mo. The physical exam is normal for her age.
What screening, lab tests, and/or immunizations should the PNP order?
a. Vision, hearing, urinalysis, STD screen, pelvic exam, and immunizations as needed
b. STD screen, pneumococcal vaccine, pelvic exam, and cholesterol screening as indicated
c. vision, hearing, STD screen, pelvic exam, and hemoglobin if indicated.
d. Measles vaccine, vision, hearing, STD screen, pelvic exam exam, and cholesterol screen if indicated.
Ans: a
Qiz Which of the following is the best written chief complaint?
a. 5yo asian female with itchy red rash
b. 1 mo with difficulty feeding
c. 15yo african american female complaining of lower abdominal pain for 3 days
d. 12yo caucasian with itchy eye for 1 week
Ans: c
Qiz The past history should include
a. family history
b. social hx
c. symptom analysis
d. hospitalization
Ans: d
Qiz The family history should include:
,a. the health status of the paternal grandparents
b. the living conditions of the family
c. the work status of the parents
d. school information
Ans: a
Qiz Which of the following statements would be considered subjective data obtained from the client
during the review of systems for the skin?
a. the skin appears dry & excoriated
b. a lesion is noted on the lateral aspect of the right leg
c. there is moderate acne on the forehead and back
d. the patient denies changes in skin texture
Ans: d
Qiz The PNP is completing the ROS on a 4mo. What response from the mother might indicate a cardiac
problem in the infant & require a more thorough history?
a. the baby gets the hiccups often.
b. it takes the baby over 30min to complete a bottle
c. the baby's heart seems to beat rapidly sometimes
d. sometimes the baby sounds congested
Ans: b
Qiz The PNP is obtaining a review of systems on a healthy 8yo girl. It would be important to include:
, a. the date of last breast self-exam.
b. any limitations related to sports participation.
c. the last hematocrit and hemoglobin
d. the last lead screen
Ans: b
Qiz The mother of a 3yo states that her son was completely toilet trained at 18mo. The PNP explores
further, asking:
a. how the mother did the toilet training
b. if the child is dry at night and fully trained for urine and stool day and night
c. at what age did the mother begin toilet training the other child.
d. if the child gets up at night to use the bathroom
Ans: b
Qiz Jasmine, a 5-month-old infant is in the clinic for a well child visit and is sleeping in her mother's
arms. What should the PNP do first?
a. Examine the ears, since this is uncomfortable for the infant.
b. Quickly give any needed immunizations.
c. Begin with assessment of the head and proceed from head to toe.
d. auscultate the heart & lungs while the infant is sleeping.
Ans: d
Qiz The mother of a newborn brings the baby to the clinic because she is afraid something is wrong with
her baby ("his head is so big"). The PNP responds that:
