NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Trainer Test 10 Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A client is admitted with a suspected pulmonary embolism. Which of the following diagnostic tests should the nurse anticipate being ordered?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: D-dimer is a specific test to detect blood clots, highly sensitive for pulmonary embolism
Question 2 of 5
The nurse is caring for a 34-year-old man admitted with low back pain. The history indicates that the patient has hemophilia A. The nurse should question which of the following orders?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: contraindicated for persons with bleeding disorders, contains aspirin
Question 3 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Which of the following statements is MOST descriptive of the affect of a patient with schizophrenia?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: inappropriate affect, expression of feelings bizarre for situation
Extract:
The neonatal nurse is instructing the family of a newborn about an apnea monitor.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse should be MOST concerned if a family member makes which of the following statements?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Strategy: 'MOST concerned' indicates that you are looking for an incorrect statement. (1) appropriate behavior (2) appropriate behavior (3) appropriate behavior (4) correct-indicates a feeling that monitor may not let them know if their infant stops breathing
Extract:
Question 5 of 5
A nurse is the first on the scene of a motor vehicle accident. The victim has sucking sounds with respirations at a chest wound site and tracheal deviation toward the uninjured side. Until others arrive, the priority nursing action would be to
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: implementation, in an open pneumothorax, air enters the pleural cavity through an open wound; placing a sterile dressing loosely over the wound allows air to escape but not reenter the pleural space