HESI PEDIATRIC exam Most Updated Question
and Answer (2026/2027) | Verified Practice
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• Following a motor vehicle collision, a 3 year old girl has a spica cast applied.
Which toy is best for the nurse for this 3 year old child? -✓✓ Set of cloth and hand
puppets
• An infant with tetralogy of fallot becomes acutely cyanotic and hyperpneic.
Which action should the nurse implement first? -✓✓ Place the infant in a knee-
chest position
• A child admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis is demonstrating Kussmaul
respirations. The nurse determines that the increased respiratory rate is a
compensatory mechanism for which acid base alteration? -✓✓ Metabolic
Acidoses
• A 7 year old is admitted to the hospital with persistent vomiting, and a
nasogastric tube attached to low intermittent suction is applied. Which finding is
most important for the nurse to report to the healthcare provider? -✓✓ Serum
potassium of 3.0 mg/dL
• The nurse is evaluating diet teaching for a client who has nontropical sprue
(celiac disease). Choosing which food indicates that the teaching has been
effective? -✓✓ Creamed corn
• During a well-baby check, the nurse hides a block under the baby's blanket, and
the baby looks for the block. Which normal growth and development milestone is
the baby developing? -✓✓ Object Permanence
, • The nurse is measuring he frontal occipital circumference (FOC) of a 3 month
old infant, and notes that the FOC has increased 5 inches since birth and the
child's head appears large in relation to body size. Which action is most important
for the nurse to take next? -✓✓ Palpate the anterior fontanel for tension and
bulging
• The nurse is preparing a 10 year old with a lacerated forehead for suturing. Both
parents and 12 years old sibling are at the child's bedside. Which instruction best
supports family? -✓✓ Please decide who will stay when the healthcare provider
begins suturing
• The nurse is planning for a 5 month old with gastroesophageal reflux disease
whose weight has decreased by 3 ounces since the last clinic visit one month ago.
To increase caloric intake and decrease vomiting, what instructions should the
nurse provide this mother? -✓✓ Thicken formula with cereal for each feeding
• While teaching a parenting class to new parents the nurse describes the needs
of infants and toddlers regarding discipline and limit setting. What is the most
important reason for implementing such parenting behaviors? -✓✓ They provide
the child with a sense of security
• The parents of a newborn infant with hypospadia are concerned about when
the surgical correction should occur. What information should the nurse provide?
-✓✓ Repairs typically should be done before the child is potty trained
• Which drink choice on a hot day indicates to the nurse that a teenager with
sickle cell anemia understands dietary considerations related to the disease? -✓✓
Lemonade
and Answer (2026/2027) | Verified Practice
Material | A+ Verified
• Following a motor vehicle collision, a 3 year old girl has a spica cast applied.
Which toy is best for the nurse for this 3 year old child? -✓✓ Set of cloth and hand
puppets
• An infant with tetralogy of fallot becomes acutely cyanotic and hyperpneic.
Which action should the nurse implement first? -✓✓ Place the infant in a knee-
chest position
• A child admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis is demonstrating Kussmaul
respirations. The nurse determines that the increased respiratory rate is a
compensatory mechanism for which acid base alteration? -✓✓ Metabolic
Acidoses
• A 7 year old is admitted to the hospital with persistent vomiting, and a
nasogastric tube attached to low intermittent suction is applied. Which finding is
most important for the nurse to report to the healthcare provider? -✓✓ Serum
potassium of 3.0 mg/dL
• The nurse is evaluating diet teaching for a client who has nontropical sprue
(celiac disease). Choosing which food indicates that the teaching has been
effective? -✓✓ Creamed corn
• During a well-baby check, the nurse hides a block under the baby's blanket, and
the baby looks for the block. Which normal growth and development milestone is
the baby developing? -✓✓ Object Permanence
, • The nurse is measuring he frontal occipital circumference (FOC) of a 3 month
old infant, and notes that the FOC has increased 5 inches since birth and the
child's head appears large in relation to body size. Which action is most important
for the nurse to take next? -✓✓ Palpate the anterior fontanel for tension and
bulging
• The nurse is preparing a 10 year old with a lacerated forehead for suturing. Both
parents and 12 years old sibling are at the child's bedside. Which instruction best
supports family? -✓✓ Please decide who will stay when the healthcare provider
begins suturing
• The nurse is planning for a 5 month old with gastroesophageal reflux disease
whose weight has decreased by 3 ounces since the last clinic visit one month ago.
To increase caloric intake and decrease vomiting, what instructions should the
nurse provide this mother? -✓✓ Thicken formula with cereal for each feeding
• While teaching a parenting class to new parents the nurse describes the needs
of infants and toddlers regarding discipline and limit setting. What is the most
important reason for implementing such parenting behaviors? -✓✓ They provide
the child with a sense of security
• The parents of a newborn infant with hypospadia are concerned about when
the surgical correction should occur. What information should the nurse provide?
-✓✓ Repairs typically should be done before the child is potty trained
• Which drink choice on a hot day indicates to the nurse that a teenager with
sickle cell anemia understands dietary considerations related to the disease? -✓✓
Lemonade
