MATERNITY AND PEDIATRIC NURSING EXAM
Q&A 2026 STUDY GUIDE
◉ Which statement by the parent of a hospitalized toddler shows
understanding of the toddler's need for transitional objects?
Answer: -"This stuffed animal makes him feel secure."
◉ Which statement best represents the characteristic thinking of a
preschooler's understanding of why he/she is sick or hospitalized?
Answer: -"I got sick because I was mad at my mother."
◉ A nurse encourages a school-age child to be involved with his/her
care. Why is this important? Answer: Gives some sense of control
◉ Nursing interventions for a hospitalized toddler would be: (Select
all that apply) Answer: -Encourage a parent to be with the child.
Reinforce mother/parent relationship.
Identity events per child's routine
◉ Which child would have the most difficulty in coping with
separation from parents because of hospitalization? Answer: 16-
month-old child
,◉ A hospitalized toddler was drinking from a cup at home but now
refuses to drink from anything except his favorite bottle. What is the
most likely reason for this behavior? Answer: He is dealing with the
anxiety of hospitalization by regressing.
◉ The school nurse is discussing challenges of the adolescent years
with a group of high school students in health class. What challenges
toward adolescent development will the nurse include? (Select all
that apply) Answer: -Developing intimacy
Searching for identity
Adjusting to body changes
Establishing future goals
◉ According to Piaget, what characteristics of thinking does the
adolescent exhibit? (Select all that apply) Answer: -Abstract thinking
Logic
Problem solving
◉ A 13 year old boy states, "The girls in my class tower over me."
What would be the nurse's most appropriate response? Answer: -"It
may seem that way because girls have a growth spurt 2 years earlier
than boys."
◉ Assessment of secondary sex development of boys and girls is
compared to what? Answer: Tanner scale
, ◉ The nurse is planning care of an adolescent. What psychosocial
task does the nurse understand is important for the adolescent to
develop? Answer: A sense of identity
◉ A 13 year old girl tells the nurse she is concerned because she has
not had her first menstrual period. What is the best initial response
from the nurse? Answer: -"Age of first menstrual cycle varies."
◉ A woman on the labor and delivery unit had her membranes
artificially ruptured. What are the risks post this procedure? Select
all that apply Answer: Umbilical cord compression
Abrupto placentae
Infection
◉ The main goal of controlling a woman is diabetes mellitus is to
prevent what? Answer: Hydramnios
◉ A 33 week pregnant woman is admitted to the antenatal unit with
gestational hypertension. What evaluative finding would indicate
that her condition advanced to pre-eclampsia. Answer: Proteinuria
◉ A pregnant woman is at her 28 week prenatal visit. The nurse
gives her a sugar drink for what reason? Answer: Test for diabetes
Q&A 2026 STUDY GUIDE
◉ Which statement by the parent of a hospitalized toddler shows
understanding of the toddler's need for transitional objects?
Answer: -"This stuffed animal makes him feel secure."
◉ Which statement best represents the characteristic thinking of a
preschooler's understanding of why he/she is sick or hospitalized?
Answer: -"I got sick because I was mad at my mother."
◉ A nurse encourages a school-age child to be involved with his/her
care. Why is this important? Answer: Gives some sense of control
◉ Nursing interventions for a hospitalized toddler would be: (Select
all that apply) Answer: -Encourage a parent to be with the child.
Reinforce mother/parent relationship.
Identity events per child's routine
◉ Which child would have the most difficulty in coping with
separation from parents because of hospitalization? Answer: 16-
month-old child
,◉ A hospitalized toddler was drinking from a cup at home but now
refuses to drink from anything except his favorite bottle. What is the
most likely reason for this behavior? Answer: He is dealing with the
anxiety of hospitalization by regressing.
◉ The school nurse is discussing challenges of the adolescent years
with a group of high school students in health class. What challenges
toward adolescent development will the nurse include? (Select all
that apply) Answer: -Developing intimacy
Searching for identity
Adjusting to body changes
Establishing future goals
◉ According to Piaget, what characteristics of thinking does the
adolescent exhibit? (Select all that apply) Answer: -Abstract thinking
Logic
Problem solving
◉ A 13 year old boy states, "The girls in my class tower over me."
What would be the nurse's most appropriate response? Answer: -"It
may seem that way because girls have a growth spurt 2 years earlier
than boys."
◉ Assessment of secondary sex development of boys and girls is
compared to what? Answer: Tanner scale
, ◉ The nurse is planning care of an adolescent. What psychosocial
task does the nurse understand is important for the adolescent to
develop? Answer: A sense of identity
◉ A 13 year old girl tells the nurse she is concerned because she has
not had her first menstrual period. What is the best initial response
from the nurse? Answer: -"Age of first menstrual cycle varies."
◉ A woman on the labor and delivery unit had her membranes
artificially ruptured. What are the risks post this procedure? Select
all that apply Answer: Umbilical cord compression
Abrupto placentae
Infection
◉ The main goal of controlling a woman is diabetes mellitus is to
prevent what? Answer: Hydramnios
◉ A 33 week pregnant woman is admitted to the antenatal unit with
gestational hypertension. What evaluative finding would indicate
that her condition advanced to pre-eclampsia. Answer: Proteinuria
◉ A pregnant woman is at her 28 week prenatal visit. The nurse
gives her a sugar drink for what reason? Answer: Test for diabetes
