NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Trainer Test 3 Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
The nursing team includes two RNs, one LPN/LVN, and one nursing assistant.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Nursing assistants can care for clients with standard, unchanging procedures like feeding an Alzheimer’s patient. Clients with urinary symptoms, tube feedings, or unstable respirations require RN or LPN assessment and intervention.
Question 2 of 5
Which of the following statements describes Piaget's stage of concrete operations?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Concrete operations (ages 7-11) involve logical, coherent thought about concrete events. Perspective-taking develops but is not primary, and abstract thinking is characteristic of later stages.
Question 3 of 5
A Miller-Abbott tube is ordered for a client. The nurse knows that the main reason this tube is inserted is to
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Miller-Abbott tube provides for inTest inal decompression; inTest inal tube is often used for treatment of paralytic ileus
Question 4 of 5
During a routine check-up, an insulin-dependent diabetic has his glycosylated hemoglobin checked. The results indicate a level of 11%. Based on this result, what teaching should the nurse emphasize?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Daily blood sugar monitoring. Normal hemoglobin A1C (glycosylated hemoglobin) level is 7 to 9%. Elevation indicates elevated glucose levels over time.
Extract:
During the second session of individual therapy, a client sits quietly with arms folded and eyes cast down.
Question 5 of 5
Which of the following statements by the nurse is BEST?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Strategy: 'BEST' indicates that this is a priority question. Remember therapeutic communication. (1) is used to get client comfortable, but would not help to focus on what is important (2) focusing on client's difficulty speaking may make him defensive and block communication (3) concrete questions will encourage client to give yes/no answers, factual answers may block communication of feelings (4) correct-reflection allows client to verbalize feelings