NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Trainer Test 4 Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
The nurse asks a client with a history of alcoholism about recent drinking behavior. The client states 'I didn't hurt anyone. I just like to have a good time, and drinking helps me to relax.' The client is using which defense mechanism?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Rationalization. The client justifies drinking by providing acceptable explanations for unacceptable behavior.
Extract:
The nurse is performing in-service education about the use of the defibrillator.
Question 2 of 5
Which of the following statements, if made by the nurse, is MOST important?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Strategy: Answers are implementations. Determine the outcome of each answer choice. Is it desired? (1) correct-is a priority to prevent accidental countershock (2) equipment should be checked every eight hours (3) equipment should remain plugged in at all times (4) is not a priority; while this should not occur, it can be safely done
Extract:
Question 3 of 5
The nurse is performing a post-op assessment of an elderly client with a total hip repair. Although he has not requested medication for pain, the nurse suspects that the client's discomfort is severe and prepares to administer pain medication. Which of the following signs would not support the nurse's assessment of acute post-op pain?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Acute pain typically increases heart rate, blood pressure, and pupil dilation. Decreased heart rate is not consistent with acute pain.
Extract:
A 25-year-old woman after a vaginal delivery.
Question 4 of 5
Which of the following is the FIRST nursing action that should be implemented for a 25-year-old woman after a vaginal delivery?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Strategy: 'FIRST' indicates that this is a priority question. Remember the ABCs. (1) correct-complication of hemorrhage assessed by observing lochial flow (2) done to assist its natural clamping-down action, assessed as firm or boggy (3) must meet physical needs first (4) not first action, hemorrhage most important complication
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Question 5 of 5
A 15-month-old child has just been diagnosed with sickle cell anemia. The mother is pregnant and asks if the child she is carrying will also have sickle cell anemia. She says that neither she nor her husband has sickle cell anemia. The nurse's reply should be based on which understanding?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Sickle cell anemia is autosomal recessive; if both parents are carriers (trait), there's a 25% (1 in 4) chance per child of inheriting the disease, independent of gender or prior children.