NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Trainer Test 2 Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client receiving chemotherapy.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: A temperature of 100.8°F indicates possible infection, a life-threatening complication in chemotherapy patients due to immunosuppression. Nausea, fatigue, and alopecia are expected side effects but less urgent.
Question 2 of 5
The nurse is administering a tuberculin skin test. How should the nurse insert the needle when administering the skin test?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: A tuberculin skin test requires intradermal injection at a 10-degree angle to form a wheal under the skin. Other angles are used for subcutaneous or intramuscular injections.
Question 3 of 5
The preoperative client is from a different country and tells the nurse that his family will be coming for a prayer service. Eighteen persons arrive and start chanting in the client's semiprivate room. What is the best response for the nurse?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Arranging for a private space respects cultural practices while minimizing disruption to the roommate, balancing sensitivity and practicality.
Extract:
A client receiving cromolyn sodium (Intal).
Question 4 of 5
Which of the following statements, if made by the client to the nurse, indicates that teaching has been successful?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Strategy: All answers are implementations. Determine the outcome of each answer choice. Is it desired? (1) inappropriate information (2) inappropriate information (3) cromolyn sodium is not an antihistamine agent, an antiinflammatory, or a bronchodilator, does nothing for a client in respiratory distress (4) correct-cromolyn sodium (Intal) is used to prevent the release of histamine and other allergy-triggering substances
Extract:
Question 5 of 5
Following a coronary artery bypass, a client develops a temperature of 102°. The nurse should notify the doctor because an elevation in temperature:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: A fever increases metabolic demand, which can decrease cardiac output in a post-bypass patient, potentially straining the heart.