NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Trainer Test 10 Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
The nurse assesses a prolonged deceleration of the fetal heart rate while the client is receiving oxytocin IV to stimulate labor. The priority nursing intervention would be to
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: will decrease contractions and thus possibly remove uterine pressure to the fetus, which is possibly cause of deceleration
Question 2 of 5
Which of the following strategies would be MOST therapeutic as the nurse tries to analyze a bulimic client's eating habits and the circumstances that precipitate the client's eating problems?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: implementation, nurse is trying to analyze and understand what triggers the client's binging and purging activities, so therapeutic nursing intervention of assigning a thought/feelings/actions (T/F/
A) journal relating to client's eating behaviors will be most helpful to the nurse and therapeutic to the client; after this information is gained and reviewed, collaboration by the nurse and client on other strategies such as delay and distraction techniques, stress reduction, and developing a 'lifeline' in relation to eating behaviors will further benefit the client
Question 3 of 5
Which of the following statements, if made to the nurse, indicates parental understanding about the cause of their newborn's diagnosis of cystic fibrosis (CF)?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: cystic fibrosis is inherited by an autosomal recessive trait
Question 4 of 5
A three-month-old patient is experiencing increased intracranial pressure (ICP). Which of the following assessment findings should the nurse report to the physician?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: sign of increased intracranial pressure
Question 5 of 5
The nurse is caring for a patient who experienced a thermal injury two weeks ago. The nurse would be MOST concerned if which of the following is observed?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: may indicate burn wound sepsis, a life-threatening complication of thermal injury