NCLEX-PN
NCLEX-PN Practice Questions Free Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
When the nurse asks a client to follow a moving finger, the nurse is assessing which cranial nerve?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Cranial nerve IV (trochlear) controls the superior oblique eye muscle, responsible for downward and inward eye movement, tested by following a moving finger.
Extract:
A nurse picks up an order for an asthmatic child. The order reads: Propranolol (Inderal) 80 mg. PO QD.
Question 2 of 5
The nurse reads this order as
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Propranolol, a beta-blocker, is contraindicated in asthma due to risk of bronchoconstriction.
Extract:
If your patient is in pain most of the day, administer analgesic doses
Question 3 of 5
If your patient is in pain most of the day, administer analgesic doses
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Regularly scheduled analgesics maintain consistent pain control.
Extract:
Question 4 of 5
A Schilling test has been ordered for a client. What is the nurse's primary responsibility in relation to this test?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The Schilling test, used to diagnose pernicious anemia, requires a 24-hour urine collection to measure vitamin B12 absorption after radioactive B12 administration. Blood, x-rays, or enemas are not involved.
Extract:
Hypophonia:
Question 5 of 5
Hypophonia:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Hypophonia is reduced speech volume, often seen in Parkinson's disease.