NCLEX-RN
RN NCLEX Next Gen Questions Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A client's medical record states a history of intermittent claudication. In collecting data about this symptom, the nurse should ask the client about which symptom?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Intermittent claudication is a symptom characterized by a sudden onset of leg pain that occurs with exercise and is relieved by rest. It is the classic symptom of peripheral arterial insufficiency. Chest pain can occur for a variety of reasons, including indigestion or angina pectoris. Venous insufficiency is characterized by an achy type of leg pain that intensifies as the day progresses.
Question 2 of 5
The nurse is performing Leopold's maneuvers on a woman who is in her eighth month of pregnancy. The nurse is palpating the uterus as shown by the following maneuvers is the nurse performing?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The third Leopold's maneuver involves palpating the lower uterus to determine the presenting part, typically performed in the eighth month to assess fetal position.
Question 3 of 5
A family has taken home their newborn and later received a call from the pediatrician that the PKU levels for their newborn daughter are abnormally high. Additional testing confirmed the diagnosis of phenylketonuria. The parents refuse to believe the results as no one else in their family has the disease. The nurse explains that the disease:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Phenylketonuria is an autosomal recessive disorder, requiring both parents to contribute a defective gene. It is not caused by a single parent's gene, cannot be cured by diet alone (though managed by low-phenylalanine diet), and may impact future childbearing as parents are carriers.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client with a spinal cord injury at the T4 level. Which of the following findings indicates autonomic dysreflexia?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Autonomic dysreflexia presents with bradycardia and hypertension due to unopposed sympathetic stimulation below the injury level.
Question 5 of 5
A postoperative client has been placed on a clear liquid diet. Which items is the client allowed to consume? Select all that apply.
Correct Answer: A,B,C
Rationale: A clear liquid diet consists of foods that are relatively transparent to light, and are clear and liquid at room and body temperature. These foods include such items as water, either regular or decaffeinated coffee or tea, bouillon, clear broth, gelatin, carbonated beverages, hard candy, lemonade, and popsicles. The incorrect food items are items that are allowed on a full liquid diet.