NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Trainer Test 9 Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
An adult has received an injection of immunoglobulin. The client asks what this injection will do for him. The nurse's reply includes the information that he will develop which type of immunity as a result of this injection?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Immunoglobulin provides preformed antibodies, conferring passive artificial immunity. Active immunity requires the body to produce antibodies, and natural immunity involves natural exposure.
Extract:
A 56-year-old woman is receiving digoxin (Lanoxin) 0.25 mg PO qd and furosemide (Lasix) 40 mg PO bid. She calls her physician for complaints of mild diarrhea. The physician prescribes Kaopectate 60 mg after each bowel movement for 2 days and instructs her to call back if symptoms don't subside.
Question 2 of 5
The nurse should instruct the woman to
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Strategy: All answers are implementations. Determine the outcome of each answer choice. Is it desired? (1) PO meds would be absorbed by Kaopectate not by stomach (2) correct-Kaopectate absorbs PO meds, separate administration of other meds (3) other meds should be given later (4) both meds should be given later
Extract:
Two new admissions to the unit. One of the new admissions is diagnosed with pneumonia, and the other new patient is diagnosed with AIDS.
Question 3 of 5
Which of the following assignments is MOST appropriate?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Strategy: All answers are implementations. Determine the outcome of each answer choice. Is it desired? (1) increases the potential for transmission of infection (2) keeps the clients in the same room; should not be done (3) puts them in separate rooms but same nurse is caring for them (4) correct-to prevent spread of infection, clients should have private rooms with different nurses
Extract:
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client with a history of Cushing’s syndrome.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Moon face and truncal obesity result from cortisol excess in Cushing’s syndrome. Weight loss, hypotension, and polyuria are more typical of Addison’s disease or diabetes insipidus.
Question 5 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative day 1 after a thyroidectomy. Which of the following findings would be of GREATest concern to the nurse?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: A calcium level of 8.0 mg/dL indicates hypocalcemia, a serious complication post-thyroidectomy due to parathyroid damage, risking tetany or seizures. Options B, C, and D are expected: slight fever, tachycardia, and incision pain are common postoperatively.