Pediatrics HESI Practice Questions and answers Newest 2025/2026 RATED A+

Pediatrics HESI Practice Questions and answers Newest
2025/2026 RATED A+
A 9-month-old child is seen in the well clinic. Which of the following behaviors would the nurse
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expect to see? SATA
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(A) Plays peek-a-boo
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(B) Walks independently
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(C) Feeds self with a spoon
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(D) Stacks 2 blocks together
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(E) Transfers objects from hand to hand - Correct Answers A, E
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-walks independently at 15 months
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-feeds self with spoon at 18 months
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Il` The mother of a six-year-old child arrives at the clinic because the child has been experiencing red
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Il` and swollen eyes. The nurse notes a discharge from the eyes and sends a culture to the lab.
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Il` Chlamydia conjunctivitis is diagnosed. On the basis of this diagnosis, the nurse determines that
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(A) Possible trauma to the eye
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(B) Possible sexual abuse
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(C) Presence of an allergy
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(D) Presence of a respiratory infection - Correct Answers (B) Possible sexual abuse
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-Chlamydia is sexual transmitted disease. The diagnosis of chlamydia in a child not sexually active
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should signal the health care provider to assess the signs of possible sexual abuse
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Il` The school nurse determines a group of young women are in early adolescents based on the
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Il` following observation. All of the women: Il` Il` Il` Il` Il` Il`




(A) Have decided on their career path
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, (B) Are dressed in the same-style clothes and have the same hair style
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(C) Broke curfew by staying out late at a party they went to
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(D) Brag about drinking beer when their parents were at work - Correct Answers (B) Peer
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identity is important at this age
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Il` The nurse is watching two siblings, ages 7 and 9 years of age, verbally arguing over a toy. The
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Il` nurse has counseled the parents before about how to handle the situation. The nurse should
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Il` judge that the teaching has been effective when the parent takes which action?
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(A) Tell the siblings to stop arguing and shake hands
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(B) Ignores the arguing and continues what she is doing
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(C) Tells the children they will be punished when they go home
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(D) Says they will not go out to lunch now since they have argued - Correct Answers (B) The best
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approach by the mother is not to interfere. The children need to learn how to solve
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disagreements on their own. If the parents always intervenes, when the children do not learn
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how to do this
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Il` The nurse is caring for a newborn with a suspected diagnosis of imperforated anus. Which clinical
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(A) Bile-stained fecal emesis
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(B) The passage of current jelly stools
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(C) Failure to pass meconium stool in the first 24 hours after birth
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(D) Sausage-shaped mass in the upper right quadrant - Correct Answers (C) This is a defect
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where incomplete development or absence of the anus
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Il` Which drug may be given to newborns to close the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)? - Correct
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Il` Answers Indomethacin (prostaglandin inhibitor) Il` Il` Il` Il` Il` Il` Il`




Il` Which drug may be given to newborns to keep the ductus arteriosus (PDA) open until surgery can
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Il` be performed? - Correct Answers Prostaglandin E
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