NCLEX-PN
Best NCLEX-PN Practice Questions Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
The family of an elderly client asks why their father puts so much salt on his food. The nurse should include which information in the response?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Aging often dulls taste buds, particularly for salt, leading elderly individuals to overuse salt to enhance flavor.
Question 2 of 5
The adolescent client diagnosed with HIV has a CD4-positive T-lymphocyte count of 160 mcL. The nurse evaluates that interventions have been most effective when which outcome in the client's plan of care is achieved?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: A CD4 count of 160 mcL indicates severe immunosuppression; preventing opportunistic infections is the most critical outcome.
Question 3 of 5
The clinic nurse is preparing to assess the 14-year-old client who has impetigo on the hands and neck. In reviewing the client's history, the nurse would expect which predisposing factors to be associated with bacterial skin infections?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Diabetes mellitus and eczema increase the risk of bacterial skin infections like impetigo due to impaired skin barriers and immune responses.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is assessing a 22-month-old child who is thought to be autistic. During an interview with the nurse, the child's mother makes all of the following statements about his behavior until he was 1 year old. Which statement most strongly suggests that the child may be autistic?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Lack of distress when separated from the caregiver suggests impaired social attachment, a hallmark of autism, more so than feeding or motor milestones.
Question 5 of 5
In attempting to establish a therapeutic relationship with a child who may be autistic, the nurse should expect to encounter which of these problems?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Children with autism often display unusual or repetitive behaviors, which can appear bizarre, complicating the establishment of a therapeutic relationship.