NCLEX-PN
Free NCLEX-PN Practice Questions Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A corporate executive works 60-80 hours a week. The client is experiencing some physical signs of stress. The nurse teaches the client biofeedback techniques. This is an example of which of the following health-promotion interventions?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Biofeedback is a relaxation technique that helps manage stress by teaching control over physiological responses. It is not structure, time management, or exercise. Psychosocial Integrity
Question 2 of 5
A client asks the nurse about the rhythm (calendar-basal body temperature) method of family planning. The nurse explains that this method involves:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The rhythm method of family planning combines basal body temperature measurement with analysis of cervical mucus changes to determine the fertile period. This method helps identify safe and unsafe periods for sexual intercourse. A natural family planning method, the rhythm method doesn't involve use of chemical barriers, hormones, or mechanical barriers.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client with delirium. Which of the following is most important for the nurse to provide the client?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Providing a safe environment is the most important aspect of caring for a client with delirium. Although all other options are logical and appropriate, meeting the client's safety needs takes priority.
Question 4 of 5
A 76-year-old client is admitted to a long-term care facility with Alzheimer's-type dementia. The client has been wearing the same dirty clothes for several days. The nurse contacts the family and asks them to bring in clean clothing. Which intervention would best prevent further regression in the client's personal hygiene?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Clients with Alzheimer's-type dementia tend to fluctuate in their capabilities. Encouraging self-care to the extent possible helps increase the client's orientation and promotes a trusting relationship with the nurse. Making the client assume responsibility for physical care is unreasonable. Assigning a staff member to take over the client's physical care restricts the client's independence. Accepting the client's desire to go without bathing promotes poor hygiene.
Question 5 of 5
A 3 year-old child comes to the pediatric clinic after the sudden onset of findings that include irritability, thick muffled voice, croaking on inspiration, skin hot to touch, sits leaning forward, tongue protruding, drooling and suprasternal retractions. What should the nurse do first?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: These findings suggest a medical emergency and may be due to epiglottitis. Any child with an acute onset of an inflammatory response in the mouth and throat should receive immediate attention in a facility equipped to perform intubation or a tracheostomy in the event of further or complete obstruction.