NCLEX-PN
NCLEX-PN Practice Questions Free Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
The nurse is inserting an indwelling catheter in a female. The nurse knows that the urethral meatus is located where?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The urethral opening is located between the clitoris and the vagina.
Extract:
The day before a patient who has had a subtotal gastrectomy is to be discharged, the patient complains of perspiring and having epigastric discomfort about a half hour after eating lunch. The symptoms disappear within a few minutes.
Question 2 of 5
The nurse recognizes that the teaching about prevention is understood when the patient states, 'I can limit these symptoms by:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Small, low-carbohydrate meals reduce dumping syndrome symptoms post-gastrectomy.
Extract:
Question 3 of 5
An adult is receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN). Which assessment is essential for the nurse to make?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Daily weights monitor fluid balance and nutritional status, critical for TPN to prevent overload or malnutrition. TPN is intravenous, not gastric, and bowel movements/sounds are less relevant.
Extract:
After a patient with multiple fractures of the left femur is admitted to the hospital for surgery, the patient demonstrates cyanosis, tachycardia, dyspnea, and restlessness.
Question 4 of 5
Initially the nurse should:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Symptoms suggest fat embolism syndrome, and oxygen administration is the priority to address hypoxia.
Extract:
Question 5 of 5
A Schilling test has been ordered for a client. What is the nurse's primary responsibility in relation to this test?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The Schilling test, used to diagnose pernicious anemia, requires a 24-hour urine collection to measure vitamin B12 absorption after radioactive B12 administration. Blood, x-rays, or enemas are not involved.