NCLEX-PN
PN NCLEX Practice Exam Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
The nurse is caring for a 12 year-old with an acute illness. Which of the following indicates the nurse understands common sibling reactions to hospitalization?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Visitation is helpful for both. Contact with the ill child helps siblings understand hospitalization and maintain relationships.
Question 2 of 5
The nurse prepares to insert an indwelling urinary catheter in a client who is disoriented to time, place, and person and cannot follow directions or commands. Which intervention is most important when inserting the urinary catheter?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Maintaining a sterile field (
B) is critical to prevent infection, especially in a disoriented client. Explaining the procedure (
A) is ideal but not feasible, kit placement (
C) is secondary, and swab disposal (
D) follows insertion.
Question 3 of 5
While assisting a doctor with a sterile dressing change, the nurse notices that the doctor has contaminated his left hand. Which action should the nurse take?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Telling the doctor about the contamination maintains sterility and patient safety. Handing gloves assumes he noticed. Antibiotics are not a substitute for sterility. Reporting is secondary to immediate action.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse's neighbor calls the nurse and asks for assistance with her child who developed a nosebleed after being hit in the nose by a ball. What should the nurse recommend to the neighbor?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Pinching the nose and leaning forward compresses the bleeding site and prevents blood swallowing, effectively managing a nosebleed caused by trauma.
Question 5 of 5
A child and his family were exposed to Mycobacterium tuberculosis about 2 months ago, to confirm the presence or absence of an infection, it is most important for all family members to have a
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: PPD intradermal test. The administration of the PPD intradermal test determines the presence of the infection with the Mycobacterium tuberculosis organism. It is effective at 3 to 6 weeks after the initial infection.