NCLEX-PN
NCLEX-PN Practice Questions PDF Questions
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Question 1 of 5
A client with pneumonia is receiving IV antibiotics. Which assessment finding suggests the client is responding to treatment?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: A decreased white blood cell count indicates the infection is resolving, showing a response to antibiotics.
Question 2 of 5
The nurse is obtaining a hospital admission history for the client. Which statement should prompt the nurse to consider that the client has chronic prostatitis?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: A. Chronic prostatitis does not cause erectile dysfunction. B. Both chronic bacterial prostatitis and chronic prostatitis/pelvic pain syndrome manifest with ejaculatory pain. C. Chronic prostatitis does not cause rectal pain. D. Obstructive bladder symptoms, such as incomplete bladder emptying, are uncommon unless the client also has BPH.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse is assessing a client with suspected appendicitis. Which finding supports this diagnosis?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Rebound tenderness in the right lower quadrant is a classic sign of appendicitis.
Question 4 of 5
The female nurse is sitting across a table from the Latino male she has been educating about testicular self-examination. When the client successfully verbalizes the process, the nurse excitedly praises the client, leans over the table, and makes the "OK" sign with her thumb and forefinger. The client angrily gets up and abruptly leaves the room. What likely caused the client's abrupt departure?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: A. Since the client had participated in the discussion up to the point of the nurse's actions, he obviously was not uncomfortable with the discussion. B. A Latino is usually not uncomfortable with close personal space; some Latinos perceive Anglos as distant because they prefer more personal space during a conversation. C. In much of Latin America, the North American "OK" sign (i.e., pinched thumb and forefinger) may be considered obscene. D. Anger and an abrupt departure are usually not behaviors displayed by the client when teaching is completed.
Question 5 of 5
Which assessment finding provides the best evidence that a client with a long history of smoking is experiencing respiratory difficulty?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: A pulse oximeter reading of 85% indicates low oxygen saturation, a direct sign of respiratory difficulty in a smoker.