NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Trainer Test 10 Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A client is scheduled to have a parathyroidectomy. The nurse would be MOST concerned if the client was observed eating quantities of food from which of the following food groups?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: low-calcium diet is recommended preoperatively
Question 2 of 5
A client has come to the clinic for a hepatitis B vaccine and asks if he has to be re-vaccinated after his first injection. Which of the following responses by the nurse is BEST?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: hepatitis B vaccine is repeated at one and six months
Question 3 of 5
A 20-year-old woman calls the outpatient clinic to schedule her first Papanicolaou's smear. The nurse should instruct the client to
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: douching would affect appearance of cells in vaginal smear, would make test inaccurate
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is preparing to suction a client with a new tracheostomy in the postanesthesia recovery room. Which of the following actions, if performed by the nurse, indicates a break in proper technique?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: break in sterile procedure, suction mouth after trachea
Question 5 of 5
Which of the following nursing actions has the HIGHEST priority for a teenager admitted with burns to 50% of his body?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: A teenager with 50% body burns is at high risk for infection due to loss of skin barrier. Maintaining aseptic technique during procedures is the highest priority to prevent life-threatening infections. Counseling, precautions, and peer visits are important but secondary to infection control.