NCLEX-RN
NCLEX RN Questions with Detailed Explanations Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A client who sustained a fractured leg has learned how to use crutches. The nurse should determine that the client has a need for further teaching if the client makes which statement about using crutches?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The client should use only crutches measured for the client. Crutches belonging to another person should not be used unless they have been adjusted to fit the client. Spare tips and crutches fitted to the client should be available if needed. Crutch tips should remain dry. Water could cause slipping by decreasing the surface friction of the rubber tip on the floor. If crutch tips get wet, the client should dry them with a cloth or paper towel. The tips should be regularly inspected for wear.
Question 2 of 5
As you are assessing the fetus during labor you are determining and the fetal lie, presentation, attitude, station and position. Your client asks you what all these assessments are. Among other things, how should you respond to the mother?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Fetal station refers to the level of the fetus's presenting part relative to the mother's ischial spines, measured in centimeters above or below the spines. This is the correct definition among the options provided.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse reviewing a urinalysis report for a client with the diagnosis of acute kidney injury notes that the results are highly positive for proteinuria. The nurse determines that this client has which type of renal failure?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: With intrinsic (intrarenal) renal failure, there is a fixed specific gravity and the urine tests positive for proteinuria. In prerenal failure, the specific gravity is high, and there is very little or no proteinuria. In postrenal failure, there is a fixed specific gravity and little or no proteinuria. There is no such classification as atypical renal failure.
Question 4 of 5
An infusion of lidocaine hydrochloride (Xylocaine) is running at 30 mL/hour. The dilution is 1,000 mg/250 mL. What dosage is the client receiving per minute?
Correct Answer: 2 mg/minute.
Rationale: Calculate: 1,000 mg in 250 mL = 4 mg/mL. At 30 mL/hour, that's 30 mL × 4 mg/mL = 120 mg/hour. Per minute: 120 mg ÷ 60 min = 2 mg/minute.
Question 5 of 5
The nurse is teaching a client with osteoporosis about calcium supplements. Which instruction is correct?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Splitting doses above 500 mg improves absorption and reduces gastrointestinal side effects.