CJE PEDIATRICS EXAMS SCRIPT ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔The nurse is providing care to the family of a preschool-age child who is diagnosed
with sickle cell disease. Which statement made by the sibling would initiate a teaching
session is needed? Select all that apply
A. "I like it when my brother is not sick ."
B. "I am afraid that I caused my brother to get sick again because I was mad at him."
C. "I never get to go over to my friends' houses because we are always taking my
brother to the doctor."
D. When I lied to my parents, I was punished for a week and my brother never gets
punished." - ✔✔B. "I am afraid that I caused my brother to get sick again because I was
mad at him."
C. "I never get to go over to my friends' houses because we are always taking my
brother to the doctor."
D. When I lied to my parents, I was punished for a week and my brother never gets
punished."
✔✔A nurse is developing a plan of care for an infant with nonorganic failure to thrive.
What is the most important aspect of care to be incorporated into the plan?
A. Periodically changing the seating arrangement during meals
B. Force the child to eat everything on there plate
C. Following a structured routine throughout the day
D. Maintaining silence while feeding the infant - ✔✔C. Following a structured routine
throughout the day
✔✔An 18 month-old child with RSV is admitted to the pediatric unit. The admitting nurse
reviews the instructions from the healthcare provider. Which order should the nurse
question?
A. Encourage oral fluids
,B. Albuterol treatments every 3 hours
C. Child may go to the playroom
D. Chest physiotherapy twice a day - ✔✔C. Child may go to the playroom
✔✔A nurse is caring for a preschooler. Which of the following is an expected behavior
of this age group?
A. Understanding causes off illness
B. Magical Thinking
C. Understands all the function of the body
D. Is self conscience of body image - ✔✔B. Magical Thinking
✔✔A Nurse is providing teaching about expected changes during puberty to a group of
parents of of early adolescent girls. Which statement indicates that the parents
understand what was taught ? Select all that apply
A. ''Breast development usually occurs after menarche"
B. ''Breast development is usually the first manifestation of puberty"
C. ''Girls may gain up to 75lbs before puberty
D. '" Girls stop growing about 2 years after menarche"" - ✔✔B. ''Breast development is
usually the first manifestation of puberty"
D. '" Girls stop growing about 2 years after menarche""
✔✔Which drug is usually the best choice for a hospitalized child receiving a patient-
controlled analgesia (PCA) in the immediate postoperative period?
A. Methadon
B. Meperidine
C. Morphine
D. Codeine - ✔✔C. Morphine
✔✔A child is diagnosed with failure to thrive. The nurse understands that the criteria for
this includes?
A. Weight below 35th percentile for height and age
B. Weight below 25th percentile for height and age
C. Weight below the 15th percentile for height and age
D. Weight below 5th percentile for height and age - ✔✔D. Weight below 5th percentile
for height and age
✔✔What statement by a 4 year old mom indicates that further teaching is needed?
Select all that apply
A. I don't put him in a car seat anymore he cries to much
B. I stay with him when he is bathing
, C. All of our medications are in locked cabinets
D. He is able to warm up his food in the microwave - ✔✔A. I don't put him in a car seat
anymore he cries to much
D. He is able to warm up his food in the microwave
✔✔A patient on an intravenous opioid analgesic has become apneic. The nurse should
implement which interventions FIRST ?
A. Call parents to wake child
B. Administer epinephrine
C. Prepare to calm the child as analgesia is reversed
D. Administer the prescribed naloxone (Narcan) dose by slow IV push. - ✔✔D.
Administer the prescribed naloxone (Narcan) dose by slow IV push
✔✔Augmentin 150mg is to administered every 8 hours po to a child weighing 33lbs
Available is 125mg/5ml. How much much would you give per dose?
10ml
5ml
15ml
6ml - ✔✔6ml
✔✔The mother of a 4 month old states she is not immunizing her child because she is
afraid of the child will develop Autism .The nurses best response would be ?
A. Get some of the vaccines and see how he does
B. There is no indication that there is any correlation between vaccines and autism
C. I am calling Children's Services this is neglect
D. I would do the same thing - ✔✔B. There is no indication that there is any correlation
between vaccines and autism
✔✔A 12 month old child is in the being sent up from the Emergency Room with a fever
and cough for 2 days the nurse suspects influenza .The charge nurse is following best
practice by?
A. Allow child to go to the playroom as long as they wash there hands
B. Place child in a private room
C. Place child in a room with another child that has the same symptoms
D. Place child in a warm mist tent - ✔✔B. Place child in a private room
✔✔A 6 month old comes in with otitis media .The PCP prescribes Zithromax 10mg /kg
for the first day. Available 100mg/5ml .How many ml will the child get her weight is 22lb
3ml
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔The nurse is providing care to the family of a preschool-age child who is diagnosed
with sickle cell disease. Which statement made by the sibling would initiate a teaching
session is needed? Select all that apply
A. "I like it when my brother is not sick ."
B. "I am afraid that I caused my brother to get sick again because I was mad at him."
C. "I never get to go over to my friends' houses because we are always taking my
brother to the doctor."
D. When I lied to my parents, I was punished for a week and my brother never gets
punished." - ✔✔B. "I am afraid that I caused my brother to get sick again because I was
mad at him."
C. "I never get to go over to my friends' houses because we are always taking my
brother to the doctor."
D. When I lied to my parents, I was punished for a week and my brother never gets
punished."
✔✔A nurse is developing a plan of care for an infant with nonorganic failure to thrive.
What is the most important aspect of care to be incorporated into the plan?
A. Periodically changing the seating arrangement during meals
B. Force the child to eat everything on there plate
C. Following a structured routine throughout the day
D. Maintaining silence while feeding the infant - ✔✔C. Following a structured routine
throughout the day
✔✔An 18 month-old child with RSV is admitted to the pediatric unit. The admitting nurse
reviews the instructions from the healthcare provider. Which order should the nurse
question?
A. Encourage oral fluids
,B. Albuterol treatments every 3 hours
C. Child may go to the playroom
D. Chest physiotherapy twice a day - ✔✔C. Child may go to the playroom
✔✔A nurse is caring for a preschooler. Which of the following is an expected behavior
of this age group?
A. Understanding causes off illness
B. Magical Thinking
C. Understands all the function of the body
D. Is self conscience of body image - ✔✔B. Magical Thinking
✔✔A Nurse is providing teaching about expected changes during puberty to a group of
parents of of early adolescent girls. Which statement indicates that the parents
understand what was taught ? Select all that apply
A. ''Breast development usually occurs after menarche"
B. ''Breast development is usually the first manifestation of puberty"
C. ''Girls may gain up to 75lbs before puberty
D. '" Girls stop growing about 2 years after menarche"" - ✔✔B. ''Breast development is
usually the first manifestation of puberty"
D. '" Girls stop growing about 2 years after menarche""
✔✔Which drug is usually the best choice for a hospitalized child receiving a patient-
controlled analgesia (PCA) in the immediate postoperative period?
A. Methadon
B. Meperidine
C. Morphine
D. Codeine - ✔✔C. Morphine
✔✔A child is diagnosed with failure to thrive. The nurse understands that the criteria for
this includes?
A. Weight below 35th percentile for height and age
B. Weight below 25th percentile for height and age
C. Weight below the 15th percentile for height and age
D. Weight below 5th percentile for height and age - ✔✔D. Weight below 5th percentile
for height and age
✔✔What statement by a 4 year old mom indicates that further teaching is needed?
Select all that apply
A. I don't put him in a car seat anymore he cries to much
B. I stay with him when he is bathing
, C. All of our medications are in locked cabinets
D. He is able to warm up his food in the microwave - ✔✔A. I don't put him in a car seat
anymore he cries to much
D. He is able to warm up his food in the microwave
✔✔A patient on an intravenous opioid analgesic has become apneic. The nurse should
implement which interventions FIRST ?
A. Call parents to wake child
B. Administer epinephrine
C. Prepare to calm the child as analgesia is reversed
D. Administer the prescribed naloxone (Narcan) dose by slow IV push. - ✔✔D.
Administer the prescribed naloxone (Narcan) dose by slow IV push
✔✔Augmentin 150mg is to administered every 8 hours po to a child weighing 33lbs
Available is 125mg/5ml. How much much would you give per dose?
10ml
5ml
15ml
6ml - ✔✔6ml
✔✔The mother of a 4 month old states she is not immunizing her child because she is
afraid of the child will develop Autism .The nurses best response would be ?
A. Get some of the vaccines and see how he does
B. There is no indication that there is any correlation between vaccines and autism
C. I am calling Children's Services this is neglect
D. I would do the same thing - ✔✔B. There is no indication that there is any correlation
between vaccines and autism
✔✔A 12 month old child is in the being sent up from the Emergency Room with a fever
and cough for 2 days the nurse suspects influenza .The charge nurse is following best
practice by?
A. Allow child to go to the playroom as long as they wash there hands
B. Place child in a private room
C. Place child in a room with another child that has the same symptoms
D. Place child in a warm mist tent - ✔✔B. Place child in a private room
✔✔A 6 month old comes in with otitis media .The PCP prescribes Zithromax 10mg /kg
for the first day. Available 100mg/5ml .How many ml will the child get her weight is 22lb
3ml
