NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Trainer Test 10 Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client who is receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN). Which of the following laboratory values should the nurse monitor closely?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: TPN can cause electrolyte imbalances, particularly hyperkalemia or hypokalemia
Question 2 of 5
The nurse observes the following patients in the emergency department (ED). The FIRST patient the nurse should see is the
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: possibility of internal bleeding, life-threatening situation
Extract:
A patient is admitted with abdominal pain and nausea. The physician orders stool for guaiac times three days.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse asks the health care technician to obtain the stool specimen. Which of the following statements, if made by the technician, would require an intervention by the nurse?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Strategy: Each answer choice is an implementation. Determine the outcome of each answer choice. Is it desired? (1) easier to get specimen (2) doesn't need to be sterile container (3) correct-ordered to be collected over 3-day period (4) may cause false-positive reading
Extract:
Question 4 of 5
The home care nurse is performing an assessment of a client with pneumonia secondary to chronic pulmonary disease. Which of the following goals is MOST appropriate?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: to improve the quality of ventilation would refer to levels of carbon dioxide and oxygen
Question 5 of 5
The nurse is caring for a 22-year-old woman who is completing the first stage of labor. The woman's husband is at her side and has been coaching her according to exercises they learned at natural childbirth classes. Suddenly the woman begins to shake and screams, 'I can't stand this anymore!' The nurse should encourage the husband to
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: entering transition phase of first stage of labor, slow shallow breaths needed (pant breathing)