NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Trainer Test 10 Questions
Extract:
A patient is admitted with abdominal pain and nausea. The physician orders stool for guaiac times three days.
Question 1 of 5
The nurse asks the health care technician to obtain the stool specimen. Which of the following statements, if made by the technician, would require an intervention by the nurse?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Strategy: Each answer choice is an implementation. Determine the outcome of each answer choice. Is it desired? (1) easier to get specimen (2) doesn't need to be sterile container (3) correct-ordered to be collected over 3-day period (4) may cause false-positive reading
Extract:
Question 2 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client with a new colostomy. Which of the following client statements indicates a need for further teaching?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: the pouch should be emptied when one-third to one-half full, not on a fixed schedule
Question 3 of 5
A client has an order for a low-sodium, low-cholesterol diet. The nurse knows that which of the following selections reflects the client's compliance?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: fresh fruits and vegetables are low sodium, roasted chicken is low cholesterol
Extract:
The mother of a seven-year-old child is dying.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse should anticipate that the seven-year-old child would have which of the following concepts of death?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Strategy: Remember growth and development. (1) correct-seven-year-olds see death as a punishment (2) by age of 9, most children begin to develop an adult concept of death and begin to understand that death is irreversible (3) is a preschool child's concept of death (4) is an adolescent's concept of death
Extract:
Question 5 of 5
A young client with a postoperative abdominal abscess had a drain inserted. Which of the following assessments by the nurse is BEST?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: with this complication, the character of the drainage, purulent or otherwise, is a major priority to note and report