NCLEX-PN
Pediatrics NCLEX Questions Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A healthy postpartum mother who is breastfeeding her term infant tells the nurse that she has noticed that her roommate is feeding iron-enriched formula to her newborn. The mother asks if she should be giving her baby supplemental iron. Which response by the nurse is correct?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Breast milk provides sufficient highly bioavailable iron for term infants making supplementation unnecessary. Maternal iron supplements or formula feeding are not required.
Question 2 of 5
The most common cause of heart disease in pregnant woman in Pakistan is:
Correct Answer: E
Rationale: Rheumatic heart disease is the most common cause of heart disease in pregnant women in developing countries like Pakistan due to high prevalence of rheumatic fever. Congenital heart disease is less common and other options are rare in pregnancy.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse meets the frantic father at an ED door. He says he just delivered his wife’s full-term newborn in the car when the temperature outside is only 10°F (—12.2°C). In response to the cold environment,the nurse knows that the infant’s body will immediately begin to produce heat by which mechanism?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: When skin receptors of full-term newborns perceive a drop in environmental temperature the sympathetic nervous system is stimulated. This in turn stimulates metabolism of brown fat thus producing heat that is transferred to the peripheral circulation. Shivering is rarely seen in newborns and it does little to produce heat. Newborns conserve heat by constricting not dilating blood vessels. Decreasing flexion promotes heat loss by exposing more skin surface.
Question 4 of 5
A 24 years old G3P2 presents to you at 32 weeks of gestation with preterm prelabour rupture of membranes for ten days. She is complaining of pain in lower abdomen,fever with rigors and chills and purulent vaginal discharge. What is her diagnosis:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Chorioamnionitis is an infection of the amniotic membranes often following prolonged rupture of membranes presenting with fever abdominal pain and purulent discharge. Other options do not fit the clinical picture.
Question 5 of 5
Which statement by the child indicates a need for further teaching about bicycle safety?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Riding in the opposite direction of traffic flow is unsafe, increasing collision risk. Bicycles should be ridden with traffic flow, indicating a need for further teaching.