★ Peds HESI Test Bank 2022 ★

★ Peds HESI Test Bank 2022 ★

"A mother tells the nurse that her child does not want anything to do with toilet

training and yells "NO!" consistently when she tries to toilet train. The child is 2

years old. According to Erikson, the nurse interprets that the child is experiencing

which psychosocial crisis?"

a. autonomy vs shame and doubt

b. initiative vs guilt

c. industry vs inferiority

d. trust vs mistrust (answer) Autonomy vs shame and doubt

A 2-year-old child is admitted to the hospital with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

(JRA). During the focused assessment, the nurse makes it a priority to note the

presence of which of the following?"

a. increased irritability and the child's insistence to be carried out

b. complaints of joint stiffness

c. history of daily temperature elevations

d. description of how difficult it is to move around after periods of inactivity

(answer) increased irritability and the child's insistence to be carried out

A mother of a toddler who is hospitalized with mild dehydration must leave her

child to go to work. Which behavior would the nurse expect to observe in the

toddler immediately after the mother's departure?

a. silently curled in bed with a blanket

b. loudly crying and kicking both legs

c. playing quietly with a favorite toy

d. sucking thumb and rocking back and forth (answer) loudly crying and kicking

both legs

"A newborn infant is diagnosed with hypospadias, and the mother asks the nurse

about the disorder. The nurse bases the response on which of the following?"

a. it is a congenital anomaly in which the actual opening of the urethra meatus is

below the normal placement on the glans penis

b. it occurs when one or both testes fail to descend through the inguinal canal into

the scrotal sac

c. it is a congenital anomaly in which the actual opening of the urethral meatus is

dorsal to the urethral opening

d. it is a congential anomaly characterized by the extrusion of the urinary bladder to

the outside of the body (answer) it is a congenital anomaly in which the actual

opening of the urethra meatus is below the normal placement on the glans penis