NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Trainer Test 4 Questions
Extract:
A client admitted with acute hypoparathyroidism.
Question 1 of 5
It is MOST important for the nurse to have which of the following items available?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Strategy: All answers are implementations. Determine the outcome of each answer choice. Is it desired? (1) correct-tracheostomy set is the most important for the client's safety due to risk for laryngospasm (2) nice to have, but not the most important (3) nice to have, but not the most important (4) unnecessary
Extract:
The nurse is teaching a client how to perform self-monitoring blood glucose (SMBG) using a blood glucose monitor.
Question 2 of 5
Which of the following actions, if performed by the client, indicates to the nurse the need for further teaching?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Strategy: 'Further teaching' indicates an incorrect response. (1) helps to facilitate venous congestion (2) less painful than the center of the fingertip (3) blood should sit on the strip like a raindrop, smearing alters the reading (4) correct-forces interstitial fluid to mix with capillary blood and dilutes the blood
Extract:
A client admitted with acute hypoparathyroidism.
Question 3 of 5
It is MOST important for the nurse to have which of the following items available?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Strategy: All answers are implementations. Determine the outcome of each answer choice. Is it desired? (1) correct-tracheostomy set is the most important for the client's safety due to risk for laryngospasm (2) nice to have, but not the most important (3) nice to have, but not the most important (4) unnecessary
Extract:
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is teaching a client with a new diagnosis of migraine headaches about sumatriptan (Imitrex). Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Chest pain may indicate vasoconstriction, a serious sumatriptan side effect. Options A, C, and D are incorrect.
Question 5 of 5
An adult is admitted in diabetic ketoacidosis. What observation by the nurse is consistent with the diagnosis?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Deep, rapid (Kussmaul) respirations are a compensatory mechanism in diabetic ketoacidosis to eliminate excess CO2, correcting acidosis.