NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Practice Test PN Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A 9 year-old is taken to the emergency room with right lower quadrant pain and vomiting. When preparing the child for an emergency appendectomy, what must the nurse expect to be the child's greatest fear?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: For school-age children, major fears are loss of control and separation from friends/peers.
Question 2 of 5
A new mother is two days postpartum, is breastfeeding her infant, and now is preparing for discharge. She states that for contraception she is going to use her diaphragm, which she still has. The nurse's response should be based on which information?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Postpartum pelvic changes require diaphragm refitting to ensure effective contraception, as size may differ after childbirth.
Question 3 of 5
Spirituality affects a client's life in all of the following areas except:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Spirituality is a belief in or relationship with some higher power, creative force, divine being, or infinite source of energy and does not have any effect on genetic makeup.
Question 4 of 5
The family of a young man who has been declared brain dead following an accident tells the nurse that the doctors said their son would be a good organ donor. They ask the nurse if donating his organs would mean that they could not have a regular funeral. Which response by the nurse is most accurate?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Organ donation involves surgical incisions but allows for open-casket funerals with proper preparation, addressing the family's concern accurately.
Question 5 of 5
The mother of a boy who has recently been diagnosed with sickle cell anemia is pregnant and asks the nurse if her unborn baby will have sickle cell anemia. What information should the nurse include in the answer?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Sickle cell anemia is autosomal recessive; if both parents are carriers, each child has a 25% chance of inheriting the disease, regardless of sex or birth order.