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Certified Pediatric Nursing Exam
Questions and Answers Latest 2026
cephalocaudally Ans: from head to toe
proxodistally Ans: from the trunk to the tips of the
extremities
weight 6 months, then one year Ans: double, triple
overweight BMI Ans: 85-95% 25-29.9
average birth height Ans: 20 inches
rate of growth per year in inches Ans: 1 year = 10 in
2 years = 5 in
3rd year until puberty = 2.5
stranger anxiety Ans: 4-6 months
peek a boo, mirror Ans: 7-9 months
claps, waves hands Ans: 10-12 months
says few words, can point, understand Ans: 10-12
months
stomach to back rolling Ans: 4 months
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back to front Ans: 5-6 months, transfers objects
sits without support Ans: 8 months
pincer grasp Ans: 9 months
tonic neck Ans: fencing, until 4 months of age
development of separation anxiety Ans: toddler (1-2
years)
5 words Ans: 12 months
50 words Ans: 18 months
24 MONTHS Ans: 400 words
12-18 months Ans: anterior fontanel closes
toilet training Ans: 18-24 months
knows own gender Ans: preschool age
rides a tricycle, dresses self, uses scissors, 6 block towers
Ans: 3 years old
throws ball overhead, hops and stands on one foor for 5
seconds Ans: 4 years
dresses self, runs, jumps, skips, hops Ans: 5 years
who is greatest influence school age Ans: parents
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sense of right and wrong Ans: 6-9
breast develops Ans: 10 years old
period Ans: 13 years
early puberty for females Ans: less than 7 years
how does puberty start for males Ans: tesiticular
enlargement at age 11
pubic hair males Ans: 12
height spurt males Ans: 14
early puberty males Ans: less than 9 years
psychosocial development Ans: infant - trust
toddler - autonomy
preschooler - initiative
school age - achievement
adolescent - identity development
egocentric Ans: toddler - parallel play
magical thinking Ans: preschooler
santa clause, non-logical, non-linear
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disciple development Ans: infant - needs
toddler - distraction and redirection
preschoolers - reward good behavior, ignore bad behavior
school age - independence
adolescent - good choices
FLACC pain assessment Ans: infant, toddler, young
preschooler
faces scale Ans: 4-8
numeric scale Ans: > 8
multi-vitmain with iron tablet Ans: 4 months until solids
foods are introduced
for breast fed infants only
milk Ans: 1st 4 months - breast milk 4-6 months -
formula
sippy bup is what age Ans: by 12 months
whole mlik Ans: 1-2 years
pureed food start at Ans: 4 months
table food Ans: 4-12 months
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Certified Pediatric Nursing Exam
Questions and Answers Latest 2026
cephalocaudally Ans: from head to toe
proxodistally Ans: from the trunk to the tips of the
extremities
weight 6 months, then one year Ans: double, triple
overweight BMI Ans: 85-95% 25-29.9
average birth height Ans: 20 inches
rate of growth per year in inches Ans: 1 year = 10 in
2 years = 5 in
3rd year until puberty = 2.5
stranger anxiety Ans: 4-6 months
peek a boo, mirror Ans: 7-9 months
claps, waves hands Ans: 10-12 months
says few words, can point, understand Ans: 10-12
months
stomach to back rolling Ans: 4 months
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back to front Ans: 5-6 months, transfers objects
sits without support Ans: 8 months
pincer grasp Ans: 9 months
tonic neck Ans: fencing, until 4 months of age
development of separation anxiety Ans: toddler (1-2
years)
5 words Ans: 12 months
50 words Ans: 18 months
24 MONTHS Ans: 400 words
12-18 months Ans: anterior fontanel closes
toilet training Ans: 18-24 months
knows own gender Ans: preschool age
rides a tricycle, dresses self, uses scissors, 6 block towers
Ans: 3 years old
throws ball overhead, hops and stands on one foor for 5
seconds Ans: 4 years
dresses self, runs, jumps, skips, hops Ans: 5 years
who is greatest influence school age Ans: parents
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sense of right and wrong Ans: 6-9
breast develops Ans: 10 years old
period Ans: 13 years
early puberty for females Ans: less than 7 years
how does puberty start for males Ans: tesiticular
enlargement at age 11
pubic hair males Ans: 12
height spurt males Ans: 14
early puberty males Ans: less than 9 years
psychosocial development Ans: infant - trust
toddler - autonomy
preschooler - initiative
school age - achievement
adolescent - identity development
egocentric Ans: toddler - parallel play
magical thinking Ans: preschooler
santa clause, non-logical, non-linear
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disciple development Ans: infant - needs
toddler - distraction and redirection
preschoolers - reward good behavior, ignore bad behavior
school age - independence
adolescent - good choices
FLACC pain assessment Ans: infant, toddler, young
preschooler
faces scale Ans: 4-8
numeric scale Ans: > 8
multi-vitmain with iron tablet Ans: 4 months until solids
foods are introduced
for breast fed infants only
milk Ans: 1st 4 months - breast milk 4-6 months -
formula
sippy bup is what age Ans: by 12 months
whole mlik Ans: 1-2 years
pureed food start at Ans: 4 months
table food Ans: 4-12 months
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