NCLEX-PN
NCLEX PN Test Questions Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A client with emphysema visits the clinic. While teaching about proper nutrition, the nurse should emphasize that the client should
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Use oxygen during meals to improve gas exchange. This supports breathing and energy needs during eating.
Question 2 of 5
The nurse is to administer a tuberculin skin test. What is the correct procedure?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Tuberculin skin tests are given intradermally at a 10-degree angle on the volar forearm to create a wheal, ensuring accurate reading.
Question 3 of 5
In a long term rehabilitation care unit, a client with spinal cord injury complains of a pounding headache. The client is sitting in a wheelchair watching television. Further assessment by the nurse reveals excessive sweating, a splotchy rash, pilomotor erection, facial flushing, congested nasal passages and a heart rate of 50. The nurse should perform which action next?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Check the client for bladder distention and the client's urinary catheter for kinks. These are findings of autonomic dysreflexia, typically initiated by a noxious stimulus below the level of injury such as a full bladder.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse in the pediatric clinic is planning to reinforce postoperative teaching to parents. The nurse should talk with the parent of which child first?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: A foreign object in the ear (
A) poses an immediate risk of injury or infection, requiring urgent attention. Ear pain post-adenotonsillectomy (
B) is common and less urgent. School clearance (
C) and returning to sports (
D) are non-emergent.
Question 5 of 5
Immediately following a cardiac catheterization, the client asks to go to the toilet. What is the best response by the nurse?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Post-catheterization, bed rest is required to prevent bleeding at the insertion site; a bedpan maintains immobility.