FINAL EXAM 3 NSG 434 2026 CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ When does the anterior fontanel close? Answer: Between 12-18
months
◉ What age do you always take apical pulse first? Answer: Birth-2
◉ What age do you start taking radial pulse Answer: 2 years old
◉ When performing assessment, what age do you use minimal
physical contact initially? Answer: Toddlers
◉ What age has the hardest time coping with being alone in the
hospital? Answer: Toddlers
◉ What age is bowlegged normal? Answer: Toddlers
◉ What is an appropriate play activity for a 7 month old infant to
encourage visual stimulation? Answer: Peek a Boo
,◉ When is object permanence developed and how do you know?
Answer: Age 2 and when the child is actively seeking for the hidden
object
◉ How can you encourage preschoolers (5 year olds) to make
friends? Answer: Actively involve child in finding practical methods
to deal with the frightening experience by scheduling a play date
◉ What age would you explain procedures and menu to select own
food? Answer: School age (6-12)
◉ Why would you want to show a colonoscopy bag to a school age
child? Answer: Have heightened concern about body integrity
◉ What are the 3 reasons why adolescents engage in risky behavior?
Answer: Peer pressure, belief that they invulnerable, impulsivity
◉ What locations do infants have atopic dermatitis? (Eczema)
Answer: Generalized, especially cheeks, scalp, trunk, and extensor
surfaces of extremities
◉ Interventions for atopic dermatitis Answer: Hydrate the skin,
relieve pruritus, prevent and minimize flare-ups or inflammation,
and prevent and control secondary infection
, ◉ How do you apply steroid medication to atopic dermatitis?
Answer: Thin layer rubbed into specific areas- pat them dry
◉ What does impetigo look like? Answer: Seen on kids faces, reddish
macula's, vascular appearance (red sores or blisters) and they
rupture easily and form honey-colored crusts
◉ What skin condition is very contagious? Answer: impetigo
◉ What skin condition does not leave scarring? Answer: Impetigo
◉ What do you give a child before immunizations to minimize pain?
Answer: EMLA cream (topical lidocaine) apply to skin 1 hour before
◉ What is Piagets formal operational stage? Answer: Think in
abstract terms at the age of 11-15 years
◉ What are s/s of moderate dehydration? Answer: irritability, dry
mucous membrane, tachycardia, oliguria, normal to sunken fontanel
◉ What is the earliest sign of moderate dehydration? Answer:
Tachycardia
EVALUATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ When does the anterior fontanel close? Answer: Between 12-18
months
◉ What age do you always take apical pulse first? Answer: Birth-2
◉ What age do you start taking radial pulse Answer: 2 years old
◉ When performing assessment, what age do you use minimal
physical contact initially? Answer: Toddlers
◉ What age has the hardest time coping with being alone in the
hospital? Answer: Toddlers
◉ What age is bowlegged normal? Answer: Toddlers
◉ What is an appropriate play activity for a 7 month old infant to
encourage visual stimulation? Answer: Peek a Boo
,◉ When is object permanence developed and how do you know?
Answer: Age 2 and when the child is actively seeking for the hidden
object
◉ How can you encourage preschoolers (5 year olds) to make
friends? Answer: Actively involve child in finding practical methods
to deal with the frightening experience by scheduling a play date
◉ What age would you explain procedures and menu to select own
food? Answer: School age (6-12)
◉ Why would you want to show a colonoscopy bag to a school age
child? Answer: Have heightened concern about body integrity
◉ What are the 3 reasons why adolescents engage in risky behavior?
Answer: Peer pressure, belief that they invulnerable, impulsivity
◉ What locations do infants have atopic dermatitis? (Eczema)
Answer: Generalized, especially cheeks, scalp, trunk, and extensor
surfaces of extremities
◉ Interventions for atopic dermatitis Answer: Hydrate the skin,
relieve pruritus, prevent and minimize flare-ups or inflammation,
and prevent and control secondary infection
, ◉ How do you apply steroid medication to atopic dermatitis?
Answer: Thin layer rubbed into specific areas- pat them dry
◉ What does impetigo look like? Answer: Seen on kids faces, reddish
macula's, vascular appearance (red sores or blisters) and they
rupture easily and form honey-colored crusts
◉ What skin condition is very contagious? Answer: impetigo
◉ What skin condition does not leave scarring? Answer: Impetigo
◉ What do you give a child before immunizations to minimize pain?
Answer: EMLA cream (topical lidocaine) apply to skin 1 hour before
◉ What is Piagets formal operational stage? Answer: Think in
abstract terms at the age of 11-15 years
◉ What are s/s of moderate dehydration? Answer: irritability, dry
mucous membrane, tachycardia, oliguria, normal to sunken fontanel
◉ What is the earliest sign of moderate dehydration? Answer:
Tachycardia
