NCLEX-RN
NCLEX RN Exam Questions Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
The mother of a male child with cystic fibrosis tells the nurse that she hopes her son's children won't have the disease. The nurse is aware that:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Cystic fibrosis often causes infertility in males due to congenital absence of the vas deferens, making most males sterile. This reduces the likelihood of passing the disease to offspring.
Question 2 of 5
A 10-year-old has been diagnosed with acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis. The clinical findings were proteinuria, moderately elevated blood pressure, and periorbital edema. Which dietary plan is most appropriate for this client?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: A high-protein diet is usually indicated because protein is excreted in urine. Protein restriction is usually prescribed with severe azotemia. The kidneys usually enlarge in these children, and sodium and water are retained. Fluid restriction may be ordered to help reduce edema; however, monitoring for dehydration is indicated. A high-cholesterol diet would not be indicated for any child, especially one with elevated blood pressure.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse has performed discharge teaching to a client in need of a high-iron diet. The nurse recognizes that teaching has been effective when the client selects which meal plan?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: A high-iron diet includes iron-rich foods like veal and spinach. Sliced veal, spinach salad, and whole-wheat roll (
B) are optimal. Other options lack significant iron sources.
Question 4 of 5
The client is admitted with a suspected stroke. Which diagnostic test is most likely to confirm the diagnosis?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: A CT scan is the initial test to confirm a stroke, distinguishing ischemic from hemorrhagic types. EEG is for seizures, lumbar puncture is for infections, and ECG assesses cardiac status.
Question 5 of 5
A 30-year-old client has been admitted to the psychiatric service with the diagnosis of schizophrenia. He tells the nurse that when the woman he had been dating broke up with him, the CIA had replaced her with an identical twin. The client is experiencing:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: There are no indications that the client's thoughts reflect special powers or talents characteristic of grandiosity. The client's thought content is fixed, false, persecutory, and suspicious in nature, which is characteristic of paranoid delusions. (C,
D) The client is not demonstrating a sensory experience.