NCLEX-PN
Practice NCLEX PN Questions Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
The postoperative client on hydrocodone becomes hypoxic, and naloxone is administered per protocol. What is most important for the nurse to consider in the follow-up care of this client?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: After naloxone administration for opioid-induced hypoxia, monitoring respiratory status is critical as naloxone's effects are short-acting, and respiratory depression may recur. Documentation is important but secondary, changing analgesics is not immediate, and drug interactions are less urgent.
Question 2 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client who had surgery yesterday. When administering omeprazole, the client asks 'What is that for? I don't take it at home.' Which reply by the nurse is most appropriate?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Omeprazole is a proton pump inhibitor used postoperatively to prevent stress ulcers due to surgical stress. It does not affect gastric emptying , prevent infections , or assume GERD without a diagnosis.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse has attended a staff education program about narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). The nurse should understand that clients with NPD
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Clients with NPD typically have a fragile self-esteem masked by grandiosity and may fear abandonment . Hallucinations are not characteristic, magical thinking aligns more with schizotypal personality disorder, and acute anxiety is less specific.
Question 4 of 5
A 67 year-old client with non-insulin dependent diabetes should be instructed to contact the out-patient clinic immediately if the following findings are present
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: An open, reddened wound on the heel. When signs of trauma and/or infection occur in their feet, elderly clients who have diabetes and/or vascular disease should seek health care quickly and continue treatment until the problem is resolved. Without treatment, serious infection, gangrene, limb loss, and death may result.
Question 5 of 5
The charge nurse on a cardiac unit tells you a patient is exhibiting signs of right-sided heart failure. Which of the following would not indicate right-sided heart failure?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Left sided heart failure exhibits signs of pulmonary compromise (SO
B).