NCLEX-PN
NCLEX-PN Practice Questions Free Questions
Extract:
The child with PKU is encouraged to eat food such as
Question 1 of 5
Meat and poultry.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: In PKU, the absence of hepatic enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase prevents normal metabolism of phenylalanine, and a low-phenylalanine diet is essential to prevent mental retardation.
Extract:
One of the following is not a symptom of the patient with right sided heart failure:
Question 2 of 5
Weight gain
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Right-sided heart failure causes jugular vein distension, not flattened neck veins.
Extract:
A 4-year-old child is being discharge.
Question 3 of 5
What is the suitable car seat for the child?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: A 4-year-old typically uses a forward-facing car seat with a harness, appropriate for their size.
Extract:
Bonnie and 4-year-old daughter moved to a new apartment. Two days after the move the girl became ill and was taken to the ER. Lead poisoning was suspected (plumbism). Lead was possibly inhaled from the fresh paint in the apartment.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is aware that lead can fatally affect the
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Lead is inhaled and deposited in bone marrow, blocking the formation of RBC, but it can seriously affect the central nervous system (CNS), leading to fatal consequences.
Extract:
The nurse anticipates that one of the following medications will be given to the patient with hypothyroidism:
Question 5 of 5
IV calcium
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Synthroid (levothyroxine) replaces thyroid hormone in hypothyroidism.