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PNCB CPN Exam Prep 2025-2026 –Pediatric Nursing
Certification Board Test Bank questions and accurate
detailed answers\latest update
12 months- 5 words
18 months- 50 words
Toddler- 24 months- 400 words, uses 2-3 word phrases
Language/Cognition 3 yrs old- 3-4 word sentences
4 yrs old- 4-5 word sentences
Anterior fontanel closes 12-18 months
2-3 years old- daytime dryness
potty training
3-5 years old- night time dryness
3-5 years old. People
pleaser sharing, taking
Preschool age- social
emotional turns, follow rules
fears body integrity- bandages help allay
fear of losing blood parent is most
influential
Preschool age- tells long stories
Language/cognition
3 yr- builds a tower > 6 blocks
Preschool- physical/motor 4 yr- throws ball overhead
5 yr- agile, does it all
Vision matures by what age? 6 years. fix issues before vision matures
(6-12 years)
School-Age: social/emotional school is focal point of
activities teacher is
major non-parent
influence
School-age: Puberty 1st- boobs & balls
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10 yrs- breast
11- pubic hair
School age puberty: Female
12- height spurt
13- menarche
11- testicular enlargement
school age puberty: male 12- pubic hair
13-14- growth spurt (about 2 years later than girls)
adolescent age 13-18 years
sexual behavior and experimentation may be homo- or
heterosexual and is NOT necessarily related to sexual
adolescent- sexuality orientation.
Be supportive
talk about STDs and Birth control
encourage to talk to parents or support person
Treating teens in most states teens can be treated without parental
knowledge/consent
Trust vs Mistrust
Erikson Infant infants develop trust when needs
are met attachment, consistency,
predict response
Autonomy vs Shame
Erikson Toddler and doubt
increasing
independence
foster autonomy
Initiative vs guilt
Erikson Preschooler
learn through play, develop conscience
Industry vs inferiority
Erikson School age focus on achievement, marked by
social relationships school,
friendship
Identity vs Role
Erikson Adolescent Confusion identifies
own values
beliefs, values, self image, relationships
Sensorimotor
Piaget Infant and Toddler
learns through interaction with the environment
Preoperational
Piaget Preschooler thinking is non-logical, non-linear
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magical thinking: things happen as punishment, thoughts effect
events
Concrete Operations
Piaget School Age thinking becomes logical, linear,
concrete, tangible can consider
others' views
Formal Operations
Piaget Adolescent Thinking become adaptable
and flexible abstract
thoughts
Solitary Play (birth to
Infant Play
18 months) one-
sided
Parallel Play (18 months to 3 years)
Toddler Play
Parallel play, play side by side but not together
Imaginative play
Preschool Play
Pretend, Dramatic play, dress-up
Schoolage play Cooperative play, Team play
toddler age is when sleep problems are most common,
Toddler sleep
related to fear of separation. use transitional objects
prevent
Infant Safety SIDS
Back to
sleep
pacifier for 1st 6 months
No longer used routinely as it removes normal flora,
Use of sterile saline for
suctioning but is still used for plugs or near-plugs
Evidenced Based Practice answer to question can be found in literature ie is has already
(EBP) been researched
QI making sure EBP is being following (monitoring)
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PNCB CPN Exam Prep 2025-2026 –Pediatric Nursing
Certification Board Test Bank questions and accurate
detailed answers\latest update
12 months- 5 words
18 months- 50 words
Toddler- 24 months- 400 words, uses 2-3 word phrases
Language/Cognition 3 yrs old- 3-4 word sentences
4 yrs old- 4-5 word sentences
Anterior fontanel closes 12-18 months
2-3 years old- daytime dryness
potty training
3-5 years old- night time dryness
3-5 years old. People
pleaser sharing, taking
Preschool age- social
emotional turns, follow rules
fears body integrity- bandages help allay
fear of losing blood parent is most
influential
Preschool age- tells long stories
Language/cognition
3 yr- builds a tower > 6 blocks
Preschool- physical/motor 4 yr- throws ball overhead
5 yr- agile, does it all
Vision matures by what age? 6 years. fix issues before vision matures
(6-12 years)
School-Age: social/emotional school is focal point of
activities teacher is
major non-parent
influence
School-age: Puberty 1st- boobs & balls
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10 yrs- breast
11- pubic hair
School age puberty: Female
12- height spurt
13- menarche
11- testicular enlargement
school age puberty: male 12- pubic hair
13-14- growth spurt (about 2 years later than girls)
adolescent age 13-18 years
sexual behavior and experimentation may be homo- or
heterosexual and is NOT necessarily related to sexual
adolescent- sexuality orientation.
Be supportive
talk about STDs and Birth control
encourage to talk to parents or support person
Treating teens in most states teens can be treated without parental
knowledge/consent
Trust vs Mistrust
Erikson Infant infants develop trust when needs
are met attachment, consistency,
predict response
Autonomy vs Shame
Erikson Toddler and doubt
increasing
independence
foster autonomy
Initiative vs guilt
Erikson Preschooler
learn through play, develop conscience
Industry vs inferiority
Erikson School age focus on achievement, marked by
social relationships school,
friendship
Identity vs Role
Erikson Adolescent Confusion identifies
own values
beliefs, values, self image, relationships
Sensorimotor
Piaget Infant and Toddler
learns through interaction with the environment
Preoperational
Piaget Preschooler thinking is non-logical, non-linear
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magical thinking: things happen as punishment, thoughts effect
events
Concrete Operations
Piaget School Age thinking becomes logical, linear,
concrete, tangible can consider
others' views
Formal Operations
Piaget Adolescent Thinking become adaptable
and flexible abstract
thoughts
Solitary Play (birth to
Infant Play
18 months) one-
sided
Parallel Play (18 months to 3 years)
Toddler Play
Parallel play, play side by side but not together
Imaginative play
Preschool Play
Pretend, Dramatic play, dress-up
Schoolage play Cooperative play, Team play
toddler age is when sleep problems are most common,
Toddler sleep
related to fear of separation. use transitional objects
prevent
Infant Safety SIDS
Back to
sleep
pacifier for 1st 6 months
No longer used routinely as it removes normal flora,
Use of sterile saline for
suctioning but is still used for plugs or near-plugs
Evidenced Based Practice answer to question can be found in literature ie is has already
(EBP) been researched
QI making sure EBP is being following (monitoring)
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