The adolescent (also called the teenager) falls within the age range of 13 to 18-19 years. Before this time the child was considered a school-age child. The adolescent is going through major physical, emotional, and cognitive changes. For example, when you look at a 13-year-old and then an 18 or 19 year old, they […]
Adolescent (Teenager) Growth Development NCLEX Questions Quiz
Adolescent (teenager) growth and developmental milestones NCLEX questions quiz for nursing students! In pediatric nursing, you must be familiar with the developmental milestones. These milestones are routinely assessed by the nurse to ensure the adolescent is developing properly. This developmental milestones quiz will assess your knowledge on body changes, milestone achievement, nursing interventions for the […]
School-Age Growth and Development Milestones Pediatric Nursing Review
The school-age child falls within the age range of 6 to 12 years. Before this time the child was considered a preschooler and after this the child is considered an adolescent. After reviewing this information don’t forget to take the free school-age child quiz to test your knowledge and to watch the lecture on school-age […]
School-age Developmental Milestones NCLEX Questions Quiz
School-age developmental milestones NCLEX questions quiz for nursing students! In pediatric nursing, you must be familiar with the developmental milestones. These milestones are routinely assessed by the nurse to ensure the school-age child is developing properly. This developmental milestones quiz will assess your knowledge on body changes, milestone achievement, nursing interventions for the hospitalized school-age […]
Pediatric Safe Dose Range Practice Problems Review
This review will discuss how to solve pediatric safe dose range dosage calculations problems using a formula. In the previous lecture, I discussed how to solve weight-based safe dose range pediatric calculations using dimensional analysis. If you want to learn how to solve these problems using this method, you can watch this pediatric safe dose […]
Teething Symptoms, Sequences, Relief for Infant Nursing Review
Teething is a rough time for the pediatric population. In this review, you will learn about the teething process that includes the teething sequence, symptoms, and remedies to help the child who is teething. Teething can be separated into two stages: stage one is for the cutting of the 20 primary teeth and stage two […]
Separation Anxiety Pediatric Nursing Review
Let’s do a quick review over separation anxiety that occurs in young children and highlight what you need to know as a nurse and for exams. What is it? It’s anxiety that occurs in a child when the child is separated from its main caregiver. Hence, the caregiver is out of the child’s sight. This […]
Car Seat Restraint Safety Pediatric Nursing Review
As a nurse you can play an important role in teaching a parent about car seat safety. This education actually starts at birth before the baby goes home in its first car ride from the hospital. This lecture will concentrate on the main concepts you need to know as a nurse and for exams. Don’t […]
Car Seat Safety NCLEX Questions Quiz
Car seat safety NCLEX questions quiz for pediatric nursing students! For pediatric exams in nursing school, you want to be familiar with car seat safety restraints that are used in motor vehicles. These restraints include: rear-facing, forward-facing, booster seat, and seat belt. As the nurse you will play an important role in educating the parent […]
Preschooler Growth and Developmental Milestones Nursing Review
Preschooler growth and development milestones review for nursing students! For pediatric nursing class, you must be familiar with all the growth and development milestones for each age group. This review will discuss the growth and development for the PRESCHOOLER. After you review this material, don’t forget to take the preschooler growth and development quiz. Don’t […]
Preschooler Growth Developmental Milestones NCLEX Questions Quiz
Preschooler growth and developmental milestones NCLEX questions quiz for nursing students! In pediatric nursing, you must be familiar with the developmental milestones. These milestones are routinely assessed by the nurse to ensure the infant is developing properly. This developmental milestones quiz will assess your knowledge on body changes, milestone achievement, nursing interventions for the hospitalized […]
Moro Reflex Newborn Assessment (Startle Reflex)
Moro newborn (infant) review for nursing students! Babies are born with specific reflexes that tell us how well that nervous system is developing. This review will quickly cover the Moro reflex, sometimes called the startle reflex (hence it causes a startled reaction from the newborn when assessed). Video Demonstration of Moro’s Reflex Moro’s Newborn Reflex […]
Toddler Growth and Developmental Milestones Nursing Review
Toddler growth and development milestones review for nursing students! For pediatric nursing class, you must be familiar with all the growth and development milestones for each age group. This review will discuss the growth and development for the TODDLER. Don’t forget to check out the review toddler growth and development quiz. Don’t forget to check […]
Toddler Developmental Milestones NCLEX Questions Quiz
Toddler developmental milestones NCLEX questions quiz for nursing students! In pediatric nursing, you must be familiar with the developmental milestones. These milestones are routinely assessed by the nurse to ensure the infant is developing properly. This developmental milestones quiz will assess your knowledge on body changes, milestone achievement, nursing interventions for the hospitalized toddler, eating […]
How to Swaddle a Baby
Babies have been swaddled for thousands of years. Even in the Bible, we read of Jesus being wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger. Today, babies are still swaddled by labor and delivery nurses (and new moms and dads) across the world. Why Swaddle a Baby? Swaddling a baby has at least two […]
Infant Growth and Development Milestones Nursing Review
Infant growth and development milestones review for nursing students! For pediatric nursing class, you must be familiar with all the growth and development milestones for each age group. This review will discuss the growth and development for the INFANT. Don’t forget to check out the other reviews and the infant growth and development quiz. Don’t […]
Infant Developmental Milestones NCLEX Questions
Infant developmental milestones NCLEX questions quiz for nursing students! In pediatric nursing, you must be familiar with the developmental milestones. These milestones are routinely assessed by the nurse to ensure the infant is developing properly. This developmental milestones quiz will assess your knowledge on body changes, milestone achievement, nursing interventions for the hospitalized infant, eating […]
Newborn (Infant) Vital Signs Pediatric Nursing
Learn how to assess vital signs on an infant! As a pediatric nurse, you will be required to know how to assess vital signs on many different pediatric populations, such as the newborn (infant). This review will detail how to assess the respiratory rate, heart rate, temperature, weight, length, head circumference, and chest circumference. Assessing […]
Newborn (Infant) Reflexes Nursing NCLEX Review
Newborn (infant) reflexes NCLEX review for nursing students! Infant reflexes are reflexes the baby is born with and it tells us how well that nervous system is functioning and developing. Newborn reflexes (sometimes called primitive reflexes) will go away after a period of time, which is a good thing because again it tells us the […]
Newborn Infant Reflexes NCLEX Questions Nursing Quiz
Newborn (infant) reflexes NCLEX questions quiz for nursing students! For exams, you want to be familiar with newborn reflexes. Newborns are born with reflexes (sometimes referred to as primitive reflexes) that help them survive the first months to year of life. These reflexes include: rooting, suck, palmar grasp, Babinski, plantar grasp, tonic neck, crawling, step, […]
Body Surface Area Calculations Nursing Review
This review will discuss how to solve nursing dosage and calculations on body surface area! Body surface area is used to help calculate the most accurate medication dosage for a patient. For example, some medications ordered for a pediatric patient may be based on body surface area (BSA) and strong medications, such as chemo agents […]
Body Surface Area Calculations Nursing Questions
Nursing body surface area (BSA) calculation questions for students! In this quiz, you will be tested on how to solve pediatric body surface area dosage calculations. Body surface area is used to obtain the most accurate medication dosage on a patient based on the square meters of body surface area. BSA is referred to as m² […]
Anaphylactic Shock NCLEX Questions
Anaphylactic shock NCLEX questions for nursing students! This quiz will test your knowledge on anaphylactic shock. Anaphylactic shock occurs when a foreign substance enters the body and causes the mast cells and basophils to release histamine and other inflammatory mediators system-wide. This causes major vasodilation, bronchoconstriction, and increase capillary permeability, which will alter cardiac output and decrease […]
Stages of Shock NCLEX Review
Stages of shock nursing NCLEX review for nursing students! In this review you will learn about the stages of shock (initial, compensatory, progressive, and refractory). After reviewing these notes, don’t forget to take the quiz that contains stages of shock NCLEX questions and to watch the lecture. Lecture on Stages of Shock Stages of Shock NCLEX […]
Stages of Shock NCLEX Questions
Stages of shock NCLEX questions for nursing students! This quiz will test your knowledge on all the stages of shock. Shock occurs when the body has experienced some type of injury or severe infection that cause the cardiac output to fall below the parameters needed to maintain tissue perfusion. This leads to cell hypoxia and […]
Truncus Arteriosus NCLEX Review
Truncus arteriosus review for nursing students! In this review you will learn about the congenital heart defect known as truncus arteriosus. This is a topic you will see on your pediatric nursing lecture exams and possibly the NCLEX exam. After reviewing these notes, don’t forget to take the quiz that contains truncus arteriosus NCLEX questions […]
Truncus Arteriosus NCLEX Questions
Truncus arteriosus NCLEX questions for nursing students. Truncus arteriosus is a congenital heart defect disorder. Don’t forget to watch the lecture on truncus arteriosus before taking the quiz. This quiz is part of a pediatric NCLEX review series. (NOTE: When you hit submit, it will refresh this same page. Scroll down to see your results.) […]
Coarctation of the Aorta NCLEX Review
Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) review for nursing students! In this review you will learn about the congenital heart defect known as coarctation of the aorta (CoA). This is a topic you will see on your pediatric nursing lecture exams and possibly the NCLEX exam. After reviewing these notes, don’t forget to take the quiz […]
Coarctation of the Aorta NCLEX Questions
Coarctation of the aorta NCLEX questions for nursing students. CoA is a congenital heart defect disorder. Before taking the quiz below, don’t forget to watch the lecture on coarctation of the aorta. This quiz is part of a pediatric NCLEX review series. (NOTE: When you hit submit, it will refresh this same page. Scroll down […]
Transposition of the Great Arteries NCLEX Review
Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) review for nursing students! In this review you will learn about the congenital heart defect known as transposition of the great arteries (TGA). This is a topic you will see on your pediatric nursing lecture exams and possibly the NCLEX exam. After reviewing these notes, don’t forget to take […]