pediatric osce questions

1.  Classification of age of children from birth to 18 years.

                                                                 

2.  Write any five international rights of the children.

3.  A 2 years old child admitted in paediatric medicine ward with the complaints of loose motion since two days.

a)  Write the management of baby with diarrhoea.

b) Complication of severe diarrhoea.

4.  After receiving an immunization for diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis, a child develops swelling and tenderness at the injection site, a low-grade fever, and malaise.

a)  What is the role of paediatric nurse in this situation?

b) Give any two examples for combined vaccines.

c)   Write any two examples for antisera.

5.  Master Rajesh is a 5 year old child admitted in paediatric surgical ward. Physician prescribed Amikacin 250mg IM.

a)  Write the reaction of preschool child to pain.

b) Name any 3 Scales used to assess pain of children.

6.  An adolescent, with chronic asthma, who has been hospitalized several times during the winter with severe asthmatic exacerbations confides, “I wish I could stay here in the hospital because every time that I go home, I get sick again!” The podiatric nurse's best response is: …(chose the right answer)

a)    “I think that you should consider participating on a swim team to improve your pulmonary function."

b)    Let's talk about preventing and managing your asthma on a daily basis at home."

c)    Why don't I speak with your parents about what they are doing at home to help control your asthma?"

d)    Your insurance company does not pay for any additional days of hospitalization that are not medically necessary."

7.  A one year old child chest X rays shows egg shaped heart.  And child shows signs of severe cyanosis.  Child was diagnosed to have congenital heart disease.

a)  Egg shape heart in radiological report indicates what congenital heart disease?

b) Write any three cyanotic heart diseases.

8.  6 years old female child seems to be very close to her father than mother.

a)  Write five stages of psychosexual development.

b) Explain about phallic stage.

9.    Mother Arlene says the infant’s physician recommends certain foods but the infant refuses to eat them afterbreastfeeding. The nurse should suggest that the mother alter the feeding plan by…(chose the right answer)

a) Offering desert followed by vegetable and meat.

b) Offering breast milk as long as the infant refuses to eatsolid food.

c) Mixing minced food with cow’s milk and feeding it tothe infant through a large hole nipple.

d)  Giving the infant a few minutes of breast and then offering solid food

10.                   A 3 year old child was playing with doll, where as another toddler also playing with same kind of doll but not together.

a)  What kind of play those toddlers were playing.

b) Define  sense pleasure play