NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Trainer Test 9 Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
The nurse is performing physical assessments on adolescents. What finding would the nurse anticipate concerning female growth spurts?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: They occur about 2 years earlier than for males. Females experience a growth spurt about 2 years earlier than their male peers.
Question 2 of 5
The nurse on postpartum is preparing four clients for discharge. It would be MOST important for the nurse to refer which of the following clients for homecare?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Burning on urination suggests a urinary tract infection, requiring homecare follow-up. Options A, B, and C are routine postpartum findings.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client after dental surgery. The dentist has prescribed ibuprofen (Motrin IB) 600 mg PO. The nurse would be MOST concerned if the client made which of the following statements?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Ibuprofen risks gastroinTest inal bleeding in clients with a peptic ulcer history. Options B, C, and D are not contraindications.
Extract:
A 67-year-old man following a cardiac catheterization. Two hours after the procedure, the nurse checks the patient's insertion site in the antecubital space, and the patient complains that his hand is numb.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse should
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Strategy: Answers are a mix of assessments and implementations. Does the assessment answer validate what is going on? No. Determine the outcome of each answer choice. (1) assumes that numbness is related to positioning of hand, not circulatory changes (2) part of assessment, but doesn't indicate status of circulation (3) correct-absent or weak pulse or numbness could indicate problem with circulation, anticoagulants and vasodilators may be ordered (4) assumes that numbness is related to immobility of fingers, not circulatory changes
Extract:
Question 5 of 5
A baby boy is delivered after a rapid labor of three hours. What nursing action takes priority in the immediate newborn period?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Suctioning with a bulb syringe clears airways, ensuring respiratory patency, the priority in the immediate newborn period to prevent aspiration.