NCLEX-RN
Practice NCLEX RN Questions Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
An electrical fire occurs in a client's room shortly after the client returns from the recovery room after repair of a hip fracture with insertion of a prosthesis. What is the best method of removing the client from the room?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Moving the bed with the client on it (
C) is the safest and fastest method to evacuate a post-surgical client with limited mobility during an emergency like a fire. Other methods (A, B,
D) risk injury or delay.
Question 2 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client receiving theophylline for asthma. In reviewing client labs, the nurse understands that the dose is therapeutic when the drug level is at what concentration?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The therapeutic range for theophylline is 10-20 mcg/mL. Other ranges are incorrect for this medication.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative day 1 following a mastectomy. The client refuses to look at the surgical site or participate in wound care teaching. Which of the following actions by the nurse is MOST appropriate?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: encouraging the client to express feelings promotes coping and addresses potential body image concerns
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is talking in the lounge with other nurses about grief and loss. The nurse understands which to be true regarding grief and loss? Select all that apply.
Correct Answer: B, C, E
Rationale: Age, gender, and culture influence grief; nurses must process their own feelings to help others, and supporting families post-loss is key. Grief is not inherently detrimental, and expression should be encouraged.
Question 5 of 5
A nurse is at a local swimming pool, and a man collapses with a cardiac arrest after exiting the pool. The man is still wet when the nurse begins cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and another person brings the automated external defibrillator (AED). Which of the following should the nurse do next?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Wiping the chest dry (
B) ensures AED pads adhere properly and deliver an effective shock. Applying pads on a wet chest (
A) risks ineffective defibrillation, continuing CPR (
C) delays defibrillation, and alcohol wipes (
D) are inappropriate.