NCLEX-PN
Free NCLEX-PN Practice Questions Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A 76-year-old client is admitted to a long-term care facility with Alzheimer's-type dementia. The client has been wearing the same dirty clothes for several days. The nurse contacts the family and asks them to bring in clean clothing. Which intervention would best prevent further regression in the client's personal hygiene?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Clients with Alzheimer's-type dementia tend to fluctuate in their capabilities. Encouraging self-care to the extent possible helps increase the client's orientation and promotes a trusting relationship with the nurse. Making the client assume responsibility for physical care is unreasonable. Assigning a staff member to take over the client's physical care restricts the client's independence. Accepting the client's desire to go without bathing promotes poor hygiene.
Question 2 of 5
The family of a young adult who has been declared brain dead following an auto accident is approached by the physician about organ donation. Later they ask the nurse, 'If we donate the organs, can we still have a viewing and a regular funeral?' How should the nurse respond?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Organ donation surgery is performed carefully to preserve the body's appearance, allowing open-casket viewing and normal funeral proceedings, independent of accident injuries or clergy views.
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Antoinette is 47-year-old woman with history of hypertension presented to ER with complain of sudden pain in her heel. Her lifestyle is sedentary and denies history of trauma or rigorous physical exertion. On admission assessment, spontaneous rupture of the Achilles tendon was diagnosed and treatment was initiated. Few weeks following her ER visit, Antoinette sought the help of a family physician for prescription of pain medication. Her physical assessment showed central obesity, thin musculature, and abdominal striae. Cushing's syndrome was suspected. Further endocrine assessment showed clinical features typical of Cushing's syndrome, which had been present for at least four years.
Question 3 of 5
The PN who performs the admission assessment on Antoinette would expect to observe which of the following?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Excessive hair growth in the woman's face and extremities is caused by excessive glucocorticoid hormones, a hallmark of Cushing's syndrome.
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Question 4 of 5
A throat culture is positive for Streptococcus. An antibiotic is prescribed. Which question is it essential for the nurse to ask the client before administering the medication?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Streptococcal infections are commonly treated with penicillin or related antibiotics. Asking about penicillin allergies is critical to prevent anaphylaxis. Sulfa, vitamins, or alcohol are less relevant.
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When reviewing the immunization schedule for a 12-month-old, the nurse would expect that the infant had been previously immunized against:
Question 5 of 5
Pertussis, tetanus, polio, and measles.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The recommended immunization schedule for infants includes administration of the combined diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus vaccine and the trivalent oral polio virus at ages 2, 4, and 6 months.