Nursing Care of Children Practice Test 2 – Questions & Answers | Pediatric Nursing 2026

Nursing,/.Care,/.of,/.Children,/.Practice,/.test,/.#2


A,/.nurse,/.is,/.creating,/.a,/.plan,/.of,/.care,/.for,/.a,/.child,/.who,/.has,/.leukopenia,/.seco
ndary,/.to,/.chemotherapy.,/.Which,/.of,/.the,/.following,/.interventions,/.should,/.t
he,/.nurse,/.include,/.in,/.the,/.plan?


A.,/.Maintain,/.the,/.child,/.on,/.bed,/.rest.


B.,/.Monitor,/.the,/.child,/.for,/.increased,/.temperature.,/.


C.,/.Administer,/.oxygen,/.to,/.the,/.child.


D.,/.Monitor,/.the,/.child,/.for,/.bleeding.,/.-,/.correct,/.answer,/.✔ ✔
B.,/.Monitor,/.the,/.child,/.for,/.increased,/.temperature.,/.


Leukopenia,/.places,/.the,/.child,/.at,/.risk,/.for,/.infection;,/.therefore,,/.the,/.nurse,/.s
hould,/.monitor,/.the,/.child,/.for,/.a,/.fever.


A,/.nurse,/.is,/.reviewing,/.the,/.laboratory,/.results,/.of,/.a,/.child,/.who,/.has,/.experie
nced,/.diarrhea,/.for,/.the,/.past,/.24,/.hr.,/.Which,/.of,/.the,/.following,/.values,/.for,/.uri
ne,/.specific,/.gravity,/.should,/.the,/.nurse,/.expect?


A.,/.1.010

,B.,/.1.035


C.,/.1.020



D.,/.1.005,/.-,/.correct,/.answer,/.✔ ✔ B.,/.1.035


1.035,/.is,/.a,/.concentrated,/.specific,/.gravity,,/.which,/.is,/.an,/.expected,/.value,/.fo
r,/.a,/.child,/.who,/.is,/.dehydrated;,/.therefore,,/.this,/.is,/.an,/.expected,/.urine,/.specifi
c,/.gravity,/.for,/.a,/.child,/.who,/.has,/.experienced,/.diarrhea,/.for,/.24,/.hr.


A,/.nurse,/.is,/.providing,/.dietary,/.teaching,/.to,/.the,/.parent,/.of,/.a,/.child,/.who,/.has,/.
cystic,/.fibrosis.,/.Which,/.of,/.the,/.following,/.dietary,/.recommendations,/.shoul
d,/.the,/.nurse,/.make?


A.,/.Increase,/.the,/.child's,/.protein,/.intake.


B.,/.Decrease,/.the,/.child's,/.calorie,/.intake.


C.,/.Increase,/.the,/.child's,/.fiber,/.intake.

,D.,/.Decrease,/.the,/.child's,/.salt,/.intake.,/.-,/.correct,/.answer,/.✔ ✔
A.,/.Increase,/.the,/.child's,/.protein,/.intake.


The,/.nurse,/.should,/.recommend,/.an,/.increase,/.in,/.protein,/.intake,/.for,/.the,/.chil
d,/.who,/.has,/.cystic,/.fibrosis.,/.These,/.require,/.up,/.to,/.150%,/.of,/.the,/.recommen
ded,/.daily,/.allowances,/.to,/.meet,/.their,/.nutritional,/.needs.


A,/.nurse,/.is,/.assessing,/.a,/.6-month-
old,/.infant,/.following,/.a,/.cardiac,/.catheterization.,/.Which,/.of,/.the,/.following,/.
findings,/.should,/.the,/.nurse,/.report,/.to,/.the,/.provider?


A.,/.Temperature,/.of,/.37.5°C,/.(99.5°F)


B.,/.Apical,/.pulse,/.rate,/.140/min


C.,/.BP,/.86/40,/.mmHg


D.,/.Respiratory,/.rate,/.of,/.32/min,/.-,/.correct,/.answer,/.✔ ✔
C.,/.BP,/.86/40,/.mmHg


A,/.BP,/.86/40,/.mmHg,/.is,/.indicative,/.of,/.hypotension,/.and,/.bleeding,/.in,/.a,/.6-
month-old,/.infant,/.and,/.should,/.be,/.immediately,/.reported,/.to,/.the,/.provider.

, A,/.nurse,/.is,/.caring,/.for,/.a,/.child,/.who,/.is,/.in,/.skeletal,/.traction.,/.Which,/.of,/.the,/.
following,/.actions,/.is,/.the,/.nurse's,/.priority?


A.,/.Perform,/.passive,/.range,/.of,/.motion,/.for,/.unaffected,/.joints.,/.


B.,/.Apply,/.a,/.pressure-reducing,/.overlay,/.to,/.the,/.child's,/.mattress.
,/.


C.,/.Increase,/.the,/.child's,/.fluid,/.intake.
,/.


D.,/.Encourage,/.the,/.child,/.to,/.use,/.an,/.incentive,/.spirometer.,/.-
,/.correct,/.answer,/.✔ ✔
D.,/.Encourage,/.the,/.child,/.to,/.use,/.an,/.incentive,/.spirometer.


When,/.applying,/.the,/.ABC,/.priority-
setting,/.framework,,/.airway,/.is,/.always,/.the,/.highest,/.priority,,/.so,/.encouragin
g,/.the,/.child,/.to,/.use,/.the,/.incentive,/.spirometer,/.is,/.the,/.correct,/.answer.


A,/.nurse,/.is,/.caring,/.for,/.a,/.child,/.who,/.has,/.a,/.possible,/.intussusception.,/.The,/.
parents,/.of,/.the,/.child,/.ask,/.the,/.nurse,/.how,/.the,/.diagnosis,/.is,/.made.,/.Which,/.o
f,/.the,/.following,/.responses,/.should,/.the,/.nurse,/.make?


A.,/."An,/.abdominal,/.ultrasound,/.will,/.confirm,/.the,/.pocket,/.in,/.the,/.intestine."


B.,/."Genotyping,/.will,/.be,/.done,/.to,/.identify,/.this,/.condition."