NCLEX-PN
Free PN NCLEX Practice Questions Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client with a fractured femur who is in skeletal traction. Which of the following actions is MOST important for the nurse to perform?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Ensuring weights hang freely maintains proper traction alignment, preventing complications like malunion. Checking pin sites (
A) is important but secondary, ROM exercises (
C) are contraindicated in traction, and repositioning (
D) is limited to maintain traction.
Extract:
If a patient comes into facility with muscle weakness, where should you focus your physical assessment?
Question 2 of 5
If a patient comes into facility with muscle weakness, where should you focus your physical assessment?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Muscle strength assessment directly evaluates the extent and distribution of weakness.
Extract:
Question 3 of 5
A nurse is teaching a patient about the use of albuterol (Proventil) for asthma. Which of the following instructions should be included?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Albuterol, a rescue inhaler, is used before exercise to prevent exercise-induced bronchospasm. It’s not for daily prevention, symptom-only use, or bedtime dosing.
Extract:
On the day of surgery, the nurse noted the following laboratory results.
Question 4 of 5
Which one should be reported to the surgeon immediately?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Elevated WBC is a sign of infection, which requires immediate reporting to the surgeon to assess the need to postpone surgery.
Extract:
Question 5 of 5
The nurse administered an intramuscular injection to an adult. How should the nurse dispose of the needle and syringe?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Immediately placing the needle and syringe in a sharps container prevents needlestick injuries. Recapping or separating risks exposure, and cutting is unsafe.