NSG 325 Peds WK 1 EXAM QUESTIONS
VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
2025/2026 RATED A+
Answer: 1, 3, 5
1. Soft toys that can be manipulated
3. Jack-in-the-box toys
4. Toys with black and white patterns - CORRECT ANSWERS 1) While in the pediatrician's office
for their child's 12-month well-child exam, the parents ask the nurse for advice on age-appropriate toys
for their child. Based on the child's developmental level, which types of toys would the nurse suggest?
Select all that apply.
1. Soft toys that can be manipulated
2. Small toys that can pop apart and go back together
3. Jack-in-the-box toys
4. Toys with black and white patterns
5. Push-and-pull toys
Answer: 3
3. Regression - CORRECT ANSWERS 2) A mother of a school-age client who recently had
surgery for the removal of tonsils and adenoids complains that the child has begun sucking his thumb
again. Which coping mechanisms is the child using to cope with the surgery and hospitalization?
1. Repression
2. Rationalization
3. Regression
4. Fantasy
Answer: 4
4. Reassuring the child that it is normal to get angry and say things that we do not mean but that we
have no control over whether or not an accident happens - CORRECT ANSWERS 3) While being
,comforted in the emergency department, a young school-age sibling of a pediatric trauma victim blurts
out to the nurse, "It's my fault! When we were fighting yesterday, I told him I wished he was dead!"
Which response is most appropriate by the nurse?
1. Asking the child if she would like to sit down and drink some water
2. Sitting the child down in an empty room with markers and paper so that she can draw a picture
3. Calmly discussing the catheters, tubes, and equipment that the patient requires and explaining to the
sibling why the patient needs them
4. Reassuring the child that it is normal to get angry and say things that we do not mean but that we
have no control over whether or not an accident happens
Answer: 1
1. Object permanence - CORRECT ANSWERS 4) While assessing the development of a 9-month-
old infant, the nurse asks the mother if the child actively looks for toys when they are placed out of
sight. Which developmental task is the nurse assessing this infant for?
1. Object permanence
2. Centration
3. Transductive reasoning
4. Conservation
Answer: 1
1. Soft, fluid-filled ring that can be chilled in the refrigerator - CORRECT ANSWERS 5) The nurse
is counseling the parents of a 6-1/2-month-old infant. Which age-appropriate toy is most appropriate for
the nurse to suggest to these parents?
1. Soft, fluid-filled ring that can be chilled in the refrigerator
2. Colorful rattle
3. Jack-in-the-box toy
4. Push-and-pull toy
Answer: 3
, 3. 9 and 12 months - CORRECT ANSWERS 6) A nurse is assessing language development in all
the infants presenting at the doctor's office for well-child visits. At which age range would the nurse
expect a child to verbalize the words "dada" and "mama"?
1. 3 and 5 months
2. 6 and 8 months
3. 9 and 12 months
4. 13 and 18 months
Answer: 3
3. Industry versus inferiority - CORRECT ANSWERS 7) The parents of an 8-year-old state that
their son seems very interested in trying new activities. When the parents ask for suggested activities for
this age child, the nurse recommends scouts as an activity that will foster growth and development. In
which stage of Erikson's "psychosocial stages of development" is this child?
1. Trust versus mistrust
2. Initiative versus guilt
3. Industry versus inferiority
4. Identity versus role confusion
Answer: 3
3. Parallel play - CORRECT ANSWERS 8) Two 3-year-olds are playing in a hospital playroom
together. One is working on a puzzle while the other is stacking blocks. Which type of play are these
children exhibiting?
1. Cooperative play
2. Associative play
3. Parallel play
4. Solitary play
Answer: 2
VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
2025/2026 RATED A+
Answer: 1, 3, 5
1. Soft toys that can be manipulated
3. Jack-in-the-box toys
4. Toys with black and white patterns - CORRECT ANSWERS 1) While in the pediatrician's office
for their child's 12-month well-child exam, the parents ask the nurse for advice on age-appropriate toys
for their child. Based on the child's developmental level, which types of toys would the nurse suggest?
Select all that apply.
1. Soft toys that can be manipulated
2. Small toys that can pop apart and go back together
3. Jack-in-the-box toys
4. Toys with black and white patterns
5. Push-and-pull toys
Answer: 3
3. Regression - CORRECT ANSWERS 2) A mother of a school-age client who recently had
surgery for the removal of tonsils and adenoids complains that the child has begun sucking his thumb
again. Which coping mechanisms is the child using to cope with the surgery and hospitalization?
1. Repression
2. Rationalization
3. Regression
4. Fantasy
Answer: 4
4. Reassuring the child that it is normal to get angry and say things that we do not mean but that we
have no control over whether or not an accident happens - CORRECT ANSWERS 3) While being
,comforted in the emergency department, a young school-age sibling of a pediatric trauma victim blurts
out to the nurse, "It's my fault! When we were fighting yesterday, I told him I wished he was dead!"
Which response is most appropriate by the nurse?
1. Asking the child if she would like to sit down and drink some water
2. Sitting the child down in an empty room with markers and paper so that she can draw a picture
3. Calmly discussing the catheters, tubes, and equipment that the patient requires and explaining to the
sibling why the patient needs them
4. Reassuring the child that it is normal to get angry and say things that we do not mean but that we
have no control over whether or not an accident happens
Answer: 1
1. Object permanence - CORRECT ANSWERS 4) While assessing the development of a 9-month-
old infant, the nurse asks the mother if the child actively looks for toys when they are placed out of
sight. Which developmental task is the nurse assessing this infant for?
1. Object permanence
2. Centration
3. Transductive reasoning
4. Conservation
Answer: 1
1. Soft, fluid-filled ring that can be chilled in the refrigerator - CORRECT ANSWERS 5) The nurse
is counseling the parents of a 6-1/2-month-old infant. Which age-appropriate toy is most appropriate for
the nurse to suggest to these parents?
1. Soft, fluid-filled ring that can be chilled in the refrigerator
2. Colorful rattle
3. Jack-in-the-box toy
4. Push-and-pull toy
Answer: 3
, 3. 9 and 12 months - CORRECT ANSWERS 6) A nurse is assessing language development in all
the infants presenting at the doctor's office for well-child visits. At which age range would the nurse
expect a child to verbalize the words "dada" and "mama"?
1. 3 and 5 months
2. 6 and 8 months
3. 9 and 12 months
4. 13 and 18 months
Answer: 3
3. Industry versus inferiority - CORRECT ANSWERS 7) The parents of an 8-year-old state that
their son seems very interested in trying new activities. When the parents ask for suggested activities for
this age child, the nurse recommends scouts as an activity that will foster growth and development. In
which stage of Erikson's "psychosocial stages of development" is this child?
1. Trust versus mistrust
2. Initiative versus guilt
3. Industry versus inferiority
4. Identity versus role confusion
Answer: 3
3. Parallel play - CORRECT ANSWERS 8) Two 3-year-olds are playing in a hospital playroom
together. One is working on a puzzle while the other is stacking blocks. Which type of play are these
children exhibiting?
1. Cooperative play
2. Associative play
3. Parallel play
4. Solitary play
Answer: 2
