NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Trainer Test 3 Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
The client is scheduled for a myelogram today. The permit has been signed. The client tells the nurse that she has changed her mind and does not want to have the procedure. What should the nurse do?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Clients have the right to withdraw consent at any time, respecting autonomy. Coercion or suggesting physician displeasure is unethical.
Question 2 of 5
Which of the following statements is both a correctly stated nursing diagnosis and a high priority for a 65-year-old client immediately following a modified radical mastectomy and axillary dissection?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: immediately after surgery, the priority is optimizing the client's comfort
Question 3 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client with a history of asthma who is receiving montelukast (Singulair) 10 mg PO daily. Which of the following client statements would be of GREATest concern to the nurse?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Feeling sad and hopeless suggests depression, a rare but serious side effect of montelukast, requiring immediate evaluation. Options A, B, and D are less concerning: nighttime dosing is standard, headaches are nonspecific, and albuterol use is appropriate.
Question 4 of 5
A client with a gastric ulcer is losing a significant amount of blood via the NG tube. The client's pulse is weak and thready, and she is hypotensive. A continuous irrigation of normal saline is ordered. How should the client be positioned?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Semi-Fowler's position helps prevent aspiration and facilitates gastric drainage in a hypotensive client with gastric bleeding.
Extract:
During the second session of individual therapy, a client sits quietly with arms folded and eyes cast down.
Question 5 of 5
Which of the following statements by the nurse is BEST?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Strategy: 'BEST' indicates that this is a priority question. Remember therapeutic communication. (1) is used to get client comfortable, but would not help to focus on what is important (2) focusing on client's difficulty speaking may make him defensive and block communication (3) concrete questions will encourage client to give yes/no answers, factual answers may block communication of feelings (4) correct-reflection allows client to verbalize feelings