NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Trainer Test 10 Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client with a history of type 2 diabetes who is receiving glipizide (Glucotrol) 5 mg PO daily. Which of the following symptoms should the nurse report immediately?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Sweating and shakiness indicate hypoglycemia, a serious glipizide side effect. Options A, C, and D are less urgent.
Question 2 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)
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 nurse is caring for a patient following surgery for a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). Which of the following symptoms would the nurse expect to see if the patient was in the early stages of circulatory overload?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: will see dyspnea, cough, edema, hemoptysis
Question 5 of 5
The nurse is caring for a 34-year-old man admitted with low back pain. The history indicates that the patient has hemophilia A. The nurse should question which of the following orders?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: contraindicated for persons with bleeding disorders, contains aspirin