NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Trainer Test 5 Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
The nurse is caring for a child with cystic fibrosis. The nurse would anticipate that the child would be deficient in which vitamins?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: A, D, and K. The uptake of fat soluble vitamins is decreased in children with Cystic Fibrosis. Vitamins A, D, and K are fat soluble and are likely to be deficient in clients with Cystic Fibrosis.
Question 2 of 5
At a health-screening clinic, an adult male client's total plasma cholesterol level is 200 mg/dL. The nurse should
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: A cholesterol level of 200 mg/dL is borderline high; reducing fatty foods is appropriate. Options B, C, and D are less immediate or incorrect.
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A man is presently employed as a night watchman. When he comes to the clinic for a visit, he tells the nurse he is having difficulty sleeping and is fatigued much of the time.
Question 3 of 5
Which of the following responses by the nurse is BEST?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Strategy: Answers are a mix of assessments and implementations. Does this situation require assessment? Yes. (1) correct-assessment, open-ended, encourages discussion (2) judgment based on inadequate information, nontherapeutic (3) generalization with no factual basis, closed communication (4) closed communication, generalization
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Question 4 of 5
A client with clotting disorder has an order to continue Lovenox (Enoxaparin) injections after discharge. In assessing the client's readiness for teaching, the most important factor for the nurse to assess is the client's:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Willingness to learn is critical for effective teaching about self-administering injections. Knowledge, adaptation, and intelligence are secondary.
Question 5 of 5
The spouse of a client who had an angioplasty following a heart attack says to the nurse, 'What is an angioplasty? It sounds like plastic surgery. My husband had a heart attack.' What information should be included in the nurse's response?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: An angioplasty is the insertion of a balloon-tipped catheter into a coronary artery. The balloon is inflated, opening up the artery and increasing blood flow through the coronary artery to the heart muscle. Angioplasty does not repair heart damage. A left heart cardiac catheterization is the diagnostic procedure that precedes angioplasty. Answer 2 describes a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedure.