NCLEX-PN
NCLEX-PN Practice Questions Free Questions
Extract:
When a patient is unconscious, the nurse should expect the patient to be unable to:
Question 1 of 5
When a patient is unconscious, the nurse should expect the patient to be unable to:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Unconscious patients cannot control elimination due to loss of voluntary muscle control.
Extract:
Question 2 of 5
The nurse is teaching a group of college students about breast self-examination. A woman asks for the best time to perform the monthly exam. What is the best reply by the nurse?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The best time for a breast self-exam (BSE) is a week after a menstrual cycle, when the breasts are no longer swollen and tender due to hormone elevation.
Question 3 of 5
A 40-year-old woman is admitted in labor with high blood pressure, edema, and proteinuria. She is started on magnesium sulfate. The nurse caring for her should be sure to keep which drug at the bedside?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Magnesium sulfate, used for preeclampsia, can cause toxicity; calcium gluconate is the antidote, reversing respiratory depression or cardiac effects, and must be readily available.
Extract:
A 14-year-old patient with a diagnosis of gonorrhea requested you not to tell her parents about the disease.
Question 4 of 5
How will you respond?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Confidentiality is maintained for minors in sensitive diagnoses like STIs, unless there's a legal requirement to disclose.
Extract:
A new mother has some questions about PKU.
Question 5 of 5
Which of the following statements made by the nurse is not correct regarding PKU?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: PKU effects are irreversible if untreated, making this statement incorrect.