NCLEX-PN
PN NCLEX Practice Questions Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
The nurse reinforces teaching about the use of the peak flow meter to evaluate airflow to a client newly diagnosed with asthma. Which statement by the client indicates an understanding of the nurse's teaching?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Exhaling quickly is the correct technique for peak flow. Setting the indicator , recording the lowest reading , and using post-inhaler are incorrect.
Question 2 of 5
An adult is admitted with a pneumothorax following an accident. Immediately after insertion of a chest tube, the client says to the nurse, 'Why do I have a tube in my chest and that thing hanging on the side of the bed? I don't like it.' What should the nurse include when replying to the client?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The chest tube drains air/fluid from the pleural space, allowing lung re-expansion in pneumothorax, providing an accurate, educational response to the client's question.
Question 3 of 5
At the geriatric day care program a client is crying and repeating 'I want to go home. Call my daddy to come for me.' The nurse should
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Tell the client you will call someone to come for her and suggest joining the exercise group while she waits. This uses comforting and distraction to reduce distress in dementia.
Question 4 of 5
A client who is pregnant comes to the clinic for a first visit. The nurse gathers data about her obstetric history, which includes 3 year-old twins at home and a miscarriage 10 years ago. She is 8 weeks pregnant. Which description of her obstetric history is written correctly?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Gravida 3 para 1. Gravida is the number of pregnancies and Parity is the number of pregnancies that reach viability (not the number of fetuses). Thus, for this woman, she is now pregnant, had 2 prior pregnancies, and 1 viable birth (twins).
Question 5 of 5
The nurse is observing a staff member perform ear irrigation for an adult client with impacted cerumen. The nurse should intervene if the staff member is observed
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Pulling the pinna down and back is incorrect for adults; it should be up and back. Slow flow , head tilt , and directing solution upward are correct.