NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Trainer Test 10 Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client in the ICU. Hemodynamic monitoring is accomplished via a Swan-Ganz catheter. The nurse is aware that this type of monitoring will provide which of the following information?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: CVP readings measure the pressure in the right ventricle, the Swan-Ganz catheter measures the pulmonary artery wedge pressure, which is an indirect reading of the pressure in the left ventricle
Extract:
A 50-year old man who attends an outpatient clinic is taking chlorpromazine hydrochloride (Thorazine) 100 mg tid. He reports to the nurse that he is sleeping through the day.
Question 2 of 5
What should the nurse do?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Strategy: All answers are implementations. Determine the outcome of each answer choice. Is it desired? (1) 300-400 mg/day is needed to treat psychosis (2) correct-will reduce daytime sedation (3) won't decrease sedation from medication (4) won't decrease sedation from medication
Extract:
Question 3 of 5
The physician prescribes cimetidine (Tagamet) 300 mg PO qid for a 75-year-old man. The nurse instructs the client about the medication. Which of the following statements, if made by the client, would indicate that further teaching is needed?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: no change in stool color
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is caring for a postoperative patient. Four hours after surgery, the patient voids 200 cc of urine with a specific gravity of 1.019. The nurse should
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: amount and specific gravity normal (1.010-1.030)
Question 5 of 5
Which of the following guidelines is appropriate for the nurse to give a mother concerning the developmental stage of her seven-year-old daughter?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: normal for developmental stage, beginning to show independence from parents