NBCSN - School Nurse Certification
Exam 2025/2026 Exam Questions with
100% Correct Answers | Latest Update
Who administers the National School Lunch Program? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔USDA (US dept of agriculture)
What does the scope of school nursing practice describe? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔The who, what, where when and how of school nursing practice
What are the standards of school nursing? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The
authoritative statements of the duties school nurses are expected to
perform competently
What legal document describes school nurse delegation? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔State Nurse Practice Act
,Impetigo - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Begins as a single lesion which spreads to
secondary lesions that crust or scale. Staph bacteria skin infection. Honey
colored crust
Pinworm - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A student who is tired, can't sit still, itching
bottom
Describe the primary objective of the school nurse - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔to
protect and promote student health, facilitate optimal development and
advance academic success. Goal is to strengthen the educational process
through improvement of the health status and learning of students
Sickle cell anemia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔may cause painful events in hands feel
and or long bones. Treatment oxygen and fluids. Monitor for fever, cough,
rapid heartbeat that accompany an acute chest syndrome
Adolescents are commonly deficient in which vitamins - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Calcium, Iron, Vit D
Connors Rating Scale - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ADHD short form Similar to the
Vanderbilt Assessment Scales. Practitioner must purchase rights
Tanner staging - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔staging of sexual maturity
,Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔To chart
normal progress between the ages of 1 mo. to 6 yrs. To identify children
who are NOT developing normally. Does not measure intelligence
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the WAIS is the most
widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal)
subtests
How often is PPT review required? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Annually
What to do if suspected hearing loss? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Conduct
audiometric screening
Cleaning product for Norovirus, C Diff - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔5-6% hypochlorite
solution (chlorine bleach)
Amblyopia (lazy eye) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔If corrected early, affected eye can
have normal vision. Treatment before kindergarten
Ethical and professional behavior is guided by responsibility to who? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔the student
chicken pox communicability - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1-2 day before and 4-5 day
after onset of rash
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, When is an adolescent considered obese? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔BMI >95% for
age
>120% IBW (Ideal Body Weight)
Are active Tuberculosis patients always symptomatic? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔active TB may be asymptomatic and only diagnosed with chest x-ray
Does a positive mantoux test indicate presence of disease? Why or why
not? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Anyone who has been exposed to TB may have
positive Mantoux test
Does BCG vaccine prevent TB? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔No but may decrease
incidence of sever disease
When is an adolescent with active TB no longer infections? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Beyond 2 weeks of medication therapy
What happens if BP cuff too small - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Will give a high
reading. Opposite also true. Should have a bladder length 80% of the arm
circumference, length to width 2:1,
Exam 2025/2026 Exam Questions with
100% Correct Answers | Latest Update
Who administers the National School Lunch Program? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔USDA (US dept of agriculture)
What does the scope of school nursing practice describe? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔The who, what, where when and how of school nursing practice
What are the standards of school nursing? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The
authoritative statements of the duties school nurses are expected to
perform competently
What legal document describes school nurse delegation? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔State Nurse Practice Act
,Impetigo - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Begins as a single lesion which spreads to
secondary lesions that crust or scale. Staph bacteria skin infection. Honey
colored crust
Pinworm - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A student who is tired, can't sit still, itching
bottom
Describe the primary objective of the school nurse - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔to
protect and promote student health, facilitate optimal development and
advance academic success. Goal is to strengthen the educational process
through improvement of the health status and learning of students
Sickle cell anemia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔may cause painful events in hands feel
and or long bones. Treatment oxygen and fluids. Monitor for fever, cough,
rapid heartbeat that accompany an acute chest syndrome
Adolescents are commonly deficient in which vitamins - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Calcium, Iron, Vit D
Connors Rating Scale - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ADHD short form Similar to the
Vanderbilt Assessment Scales. Practitioner must purchase rights
Tanner staging - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔staging of sexual maturity
,Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔To chart
normal progress between the ages of 1 mo. to 6 yrs. To identify children
who are NOT developing normally. Does not measure intelligence
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the WAIS is the most
widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal)
subtests
How often is PPT review required? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Annually
What to do if suspected hearing loss? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Conduct
audiometric screening
Cleaning product for Norovirus, C Diff - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔5-6% hypochlorite
solution (chlorine bleach)
Amblyopia (lazy eye) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔If corrected early, affected eye can
have normal vision. Treatment before kindergarten
Ethical and professional behavior is guided by responsibility to who? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔the student
chicken pox communicability - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1-2 day before and 4-5 day
after onset of rash
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, When is an adolescent considered obese? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔BMI >95% for
age
>120% IBW (Ideal Body Weight)
Are active Tuberculosis patients always symptomatic? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔active TB may be asymptomatic and only diagnosed with chest x-ray
Does a positive mantoux test indicate presence of disease? Why or why
not? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Anyone who has been exposed to TB may have
positive Mantoux test
Does BCG vaccine prevent TB? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔No but may decrease
incidence of sever disease
When is an adolescent with active TB no longer infections? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Beyond 2 weeks of medication therapy
What happens if BP cuff too small - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Will give a high
reading. Opposite also true. Should have a bladder length 80% of the arm
circumference, length to width 2:1,
