PEDIATRICS - HESI PRACTICE EXAM 2025
QURSTION & Answers
The nurse is giving preoperative instructions to a 14-year old female
client who is scheduled for surgery to correct a spinal curvature. Which
statement by the client best demonstrates that learning has taken
place? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D. I understand that I will be in a
body cast and I will show you how you taught me to turn.
To take the vital signs of a 4-month old child, which order will give the
most accurate results? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A. Respiratory rate,
heart rate, then rectal temperature
During routine screening at a school clinic, an otoscope examination of
a child's ear reveals a tympanic membrane that is pearly gray, slightly
bulging, and not movable. What action should the nurse take next? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B. Ask the child if he/she has had a cold,
runny nose, or any ear pain lately.
Which restraint should be used for a toddler after a cleft palate repair?
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C. elbow restraints
What preoperative nursing intervention should be included in the plan
of care for an infant with pyloric stenosis? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔D. observe for projectile vomiting.
,PEDIATRICS - HESI PRACTICE EXAM 2025
QURSTION & Answers
A six-month-old returns from surgery with elbow restraints in place.
What nursing care should be included when caring for any restrained
child? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B. remove restraints one at a time
and provide range of motion exercises
A 2-year old child with Down syndrome is brought to the clinic for his
regular physical examination. The nurse knows which problem is
frequently associated with Down syndrome? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔A. congenital heart disease
When assessing a child with asthma, the nurse should expect
intercostal retractions during - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A. inspiration
When planning the care for a child who has had a cleft lip repair, the
nurse knows that crying should be minimized because it - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔D. stresses the suture line
A full-term infant is admitted to the newborn nursery. After careful
assessment, the nurse suspects that the infant may have an esophageal
atresia. Which symptoms is this newborn likely to have exhibited? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A. choking, coughing, and cyanosis
Which behavior would the nurse expect a two-year-old child to exhibit?
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C. display possessiveness of toys
, PEDIATRICS - HESI PRACTICE EXAM 2025
QURSTION & Answers
the mother of a preschool-aged client asks the nurse if it is all right to
administer Pepto Bismal to her son when he 'has a tummy ache." After
reminding the mother to check the label of all OTC drugs for the
presence of aspirin, which instruction should the nurse include when
replying to this mother's question? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B. do
not give if the child has chickenpox, the flu, or any other viral illness.
The nurse observes a 4-year old boy in a daycare setting. Which
behavior should the nurse consider normal for this client? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔C. demonstrates aggressiveness by boasting when
telling a story
A burned child is brought to the emergency room. In estimating the
percentage of the body burned, the nurse uses a modified "Rule of
Nines." Which part of a child's body is calculated as a larger percentage
of total body surface than an adult? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A.
head and neck
The nurse receives a lab report stating a child with asthma has a
theophylline level of 15 mcg/dl. What action will the nurse take? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A. pass the information on in the report
A 12-month old boy is admitted with a respiratory infection and
possible pneumonia. He is placed in a mist tent with oxygen. Which
QURSTION & Answers
The nurse is giving preoperative instructions to a 14-year old female
client who is scheduled for surgery to correct a spinal curvature. Which
statement by the client best demonstrates that learning has taken
place? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D. I understand that I will be in a
body cast and I will show you how you taught me to turn.
To take the vital signs of a 4-month old child, which order will give the
most accurate results? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A. Respiratory rate,
heart rate, then rectal temperature
During routine screening at a school clinic, an otoscope examination of
a child's ear reveals a tympanic membrane that is pearly gray, slightly
bulging, and not movable. What action should the nurse take next? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B. Ask the child if he/she has had a cold,
runny nose, or any ear pain lately.
Which restraint should be used for a toddler after a cleft palate repair?
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C. elbow restraints
What preoperative nursing intervention should be included in the plan
of care for an infant with pyloric stenosis? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔D. observe for projectile vomiting.
,PEDIATRICS - HESI PRACTICE EXAM 2025
QURSTION & Answers
A six-month-old returns from surgery with elbow restraints in place.
What nursing care should be included when caring for any restrained
child? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B. remove restraints one at a time
and provide range of motion exercises
A 2-year old child with Down syndrome is brought to the clinic for his
regular physical examination. The nurse knows which problem is
frequently associated with Down syndrome? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔A. congenital heart disease
When assessing a child with asthma, the nurse should expect
intercostal retractions during - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A. inspiration
When planning the care for a child who has had a cleft lip repair, the
nurse knows that crying should be minimized because it - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔D. stresses the suture line
A full-term infant is admitted to the newborn nursery. After careful
assessment, the nurse suspects that the infant may have an esophageal
atresia. Which symptoms is this newborn likely to have exhibited? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A. choking, coughing, and cyanosis
Which behavior would the nurse expect a two-year-old child to exhibit?
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C. display possessiveness of toys
, PEDIATRICS - HESI PRACTICE EXAM 2025
QURSTION & Answers
the mother of a preschool-aged client asks the nurse if it is all right to
administer Pepto Bismal to her son when he 'has a tummy ache." After
reminding the mother to check the label of all OTC drugs for the
presence of aspirin, which instruction should the nurse include when
replying to this mother's question? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B. do
not give if the child has chickenpox, the flu, or any other viral illness.
The nurse observes a 4-year old boy in a daycare setting. Which
behavior should the nurse consider normal for this client? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔C. demonstrates aggressiveness by boasting when
telling a story
A burned child is brought to the emergency room. In estimating the
percentage of the body burned, the nurse uses a modified "Rule of
Nines." Which part of a child's body is calculated as a larger percentage
of total body surface than an adult? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A.
head and neck
The nurse receives a lab report stating a child with asthma has a
theophylline level of 15 mcg/dl. What action will the nurse take? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A. pass the information on in the report
A 12-month old boy is admitted with a respiratory infection and
possible pneumonia. He is placed in a mist tent with oxygen. Which
