NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Trainer Test 3 Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
The nurse is teaching a client with a new diagnosis of heart failure about carvedilol (Coreg). Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Dizziness or lightheadedness may indicate hypotension, a carvedilol side effect, requiring reporting. Options A, C, and D are incorrect.
Question 2 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client with a history of HIV/AIDS.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: A CD4 count of 150 cells/mm³ indicates severe immunosuppression in HIV/AIDS, increasing infection risk and requiring immediate intervention. High viral load is concerning but less urgent, and normal WBC and hemoglobin are unremarkable.
Question 3 of 5
A wet-to-dry dressing is ordered for a client who has a decubitus ulcer. Which technique is appropriate?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Wet-to-dry dressings involve a moist gauze applied to the wound, covered with dry gauze, to debride tissue as it dries. Other techniques are incorrect.
Extract:
After abdominal surgery, a client is admitted from the recovery room with intravenous fluid infusing at 100 cc/h. One hour later, the nurse finds the clamp wide open and notes that the client has received 850 cc.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse would be MOST concerned by which of the following?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Strategy: 'MOST concerned' indicates a complication. (1) CVP is normal, and bradycardia is incorrect (2) does not contain information relevant to fluid overload (3) does not contain information relevant to fluid overload (4) correct-indicate cardiovascular fluid overload
Extract:
Question 5 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative day 1 after a pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure). Which of the following findings should the nurse report immediately?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: A temperature of 100.8°F suggests infection, a serious post-Whipple complication. Options A, C, and D are normal.