NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Trainer Test 6 Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A post-operative client is admitted to the post-anesthesia recovery room (PACU). The anesthetist reports that malignant hyperthermia occurred during surgery. The nurse recognizes that this complication is related to what factor?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Malignant hyperthermia is a rare, potentially fatal adverse reaction to inhaled anesthetics. There is a genetic predisposition to this disorder.
Extract:
A client chief complaint in a nursing health history.
Question 2 of 5
Which of the following is an example of a properly recorded client chief complaint in a nursing health history?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Strategy: Think about each answer choice. (1) incorrectly stated (2) objective finding (3) correct-chief complaint should be recorded using the client's own words (4) objective finding
Extract:
An adult woman is admitted to an acute locked psychiatric unit one month prior to an election.
Question 3 of 5
Which of the following responses by the nurse is BEST?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Strategy: Determine the outcome of each answer choice. (1) psychiatric patients do not forfeit their constitutional rights (2) correct-patient can vote by absentee ballot (3) can vote by absentee ballot (4) not the nurse's responsibility
Extract:
A client with a diagnosis of a ruptured lumbar disc.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse should anticipate which of the following in assessing a client with a diagnosis of a ruptured lumbar disc?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Strategy: Think about each answer choice. (1) results from cervical lesions (2) can occur in a person who has been paralyzed from a spinal cord injury (3) correct-lumbar lesions can cause paresthesia, pain, muscle weakness, and atrophy in the lower extremities (4) is a sign of Huntington chorea, resulting from atrophy of parts of the brain
Extract:
Question 5 of 5
Procrastination, noncompliance, and intentional inefficiency are characteristics of the client with:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Passive aggressive personality disorder is characterized by indirect resistance, such as procrastination and intentional inefficiency.