NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Trainer Test 10 Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
After receiving report, which of the following patients should the nurse see FIRST?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: IV fluids are critical to reduce clotting and pain
Question 2 of 5
A 20-year-old primipara attends a class for women who plan to breastfeed. To prepare for breastfeeding, the nurse should encourage the women to
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: prepares nipples for stretching action of sucking during breastfeeding, soap avoided to prevent drying
Question 3 of 5
Which of the following strategies would be MOST therapeutic as the nurse tries to analyze a bulimic client's eating habits and the circumstances that precipitate the client's eating problems?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: implementation, nurse is trying to analyze and understand what triggers the client's binging and purging activities, so therapeutic nursing intervention of assigning a thought/feelings/actions (T/F/
A) journal relating to client's eating behaviors will be most helpful to the nurse and therapeutic to the client; after this information is gained and reviewed, collaboration by the nurse and client on other strategies such as delay and distraction techniques, stress reduction, and developing a 'lifeline' in relation to eating behaviors will further benefit the client
Question 4 of 5
A 45-year-old client with newly diagnosed IDDM (insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus) is being seen by the home health nurse. The physician has placed him on a 1,800-calorie ADA diet, ordered the client to self-administer 15 units of NPH insulin each day before breakfast, and check his blood sugar qid. When the nurse visits the client at 5 PM, the nurse discovers that the client has not eaten since noon and has just returned from jogging. The client's vital signs are: BP 110/80, pulse 120, respirations 18, temperature 98.2°F (36.8°C). When the client obtains his blood sugar reading, the nurse would expect it to be?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: hypoglycemia symptoms are cool, clammy skin, diaphoresis, nervousness, weakness, hunger, confusion, headache, slurred speech, coma
Question 5 of 5
The nurse is planning care for a 56-year-old man who returned from surgery for a bowel resection with an IV of 0.9% NaCl infusing at 100 cc/h into his left wrist. Which of the following actions, if performed by the nurse, is BEST?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: will prevent dislodgment of needle