NCLEX-PN
NCLEX-PN Practice Questions Quizlet Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A client with mania is busy investigating the unit and overseeing the activities of others. She is unable to finish her dinner. To help her maintain sufficient nourishment, the nurse should:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: High-calorie, portable foods accommodate the client's high energy and distractibility, ensuring adequate nutrition. Other options are less practical or effective.
Extract:
When assessing an individual with a spontaneous pneumothorax, there is a danger of mediastinal shift.
Question 2 of 5
Mediastinal shift is described as:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Mediastinal shift involves tracheal deviation to the unaffected side due to pressure imbalance.
Extract:
Question 3 of 5
A client, age 28, was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease. After staging, therapy is planned to include combination radiation therapy and systemic chemotherapy with MOPP—nitrogen mustard, vincristine (Oncovin), prednisone, and procarbazine. In planning care for this client, the nurse should anticipate which of the following side effects to contribute to a sense of altered body image?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Alopecia, or hair loss, is a common side effect of chemotherapy (e.g., vincristine) and radiation, significantly affecting body image. Pathologic fractures are not typical, and sterility or cushingoid appearance have less direct impact on body image. Physiological Adaptation
Extract:
When providing discharge teaching to a family with AIDS, the nurse should teach the family:
Question 4 of 5
When providing discharge teaching to a family with AIDS, the nurse should teach the family:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Normal dishwashing with hot soapy water is sufficient for AIDS patients, as HIV is not transmitted via dishes.
Extract:
A child comes to the hospital after exposure to diphtheria and is given antitoxin.
Question 5 of 5
This type of immunity is known as:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: In passive artificial immunity, an antibody made in another organism is injected into the infected or presumed infected person to provide immediate immunity.