NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Trainer Test 2 Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A woman calls the physician's office stating that her 16-year-old daughter took 20 or 30 sleeping pills. The mother tells the nurse that her daughter is awake and says, 'Leave me alone. I just want to die.' How should the nurse respond?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: A suicide attempt with sleeping pills requires immediate emergency care to prevent overdose complications. Other responses delay critical intervention.
Question 2 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client who had a cholecystectomy. Which of the following observations is MOST important for the nurse to report to the next shift?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Decreased breath sounds suggest atelectasis or pneumonia, serious post-cholecystectomy complications due to reduced ventilation from pain. Options A, B, and C are routine: resting is expected, absent bowel sounds are normal post-surgery, and IV rate is standard.
Question 3 of 5
While assessing a client in an outpatient facility with a panic disorder, the nurse completes a thorough health history and physical exam. Which finding is most significant for this client?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Sense of impending doom. The feeling of overwhelming and uncontrollable doom is characteristic of a panic attack.
Question 4 of 5
A 23-year-old man with Addison's disease comes to the health clinic. The nurse should expect the client to report that his skin has become
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: increase in melanocyte-stimulating hormone results in 'eternal tan'
Question 5 of 5
A client with asthma has low pitched wheezes present on the final half of exhalation. One hour later the client has high pitched wheezes extending throughout exhalation. This change in assessment indicates to the nurse that the client
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Has increased airway obstruction. The higher pitched a sound is, the more narrow the airway.
Therefore, the obstruction has increased or worsened.