NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Trainer Test 6 Questions
Extract:
A postoperative client has returned to his room from the surgical recovery area. The client is sleeping, and the nurse notes that the client is disoriented when aroused.
Question 1 of 5
Which of the following actions, if taken by the nurse, is BEST?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Strategy: All answers are implementations. Determine the outcome of each answer choice. Is it desired? (1) not the safety action (2) unnecessary to stay with the client, especially while he is sleeping (3) restraints are unnecessary at this time (4) correct-side rails should always be elevated for any disoriented client
Extract:
Question 2 of 5
The nurse is teaching the mother of a 5 month-old about nutrition for her baby. Which statement by the mother indicates the need for further teaching?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: I dip his pacifier in honey so he'll take it.' Honey has been associated with infant botulism and should be avoided. Older children and adults have digestive enzymes that kill the botulism spores.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse is teaching a client with a new diagnosis of hypothyroidism about levothyroxine (Synthroid). Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Chest pain may indicate overstimulation from levothyroxine, mimicking hyperthyroidism. Options A, C, and D are incorrect: morning dosing is preferred, stopping the medication risks relapse, and calcium supplements should be avoided but are secondary.
Extract:
The physician prescribes sucralfate (Carafate) 1 gm PO tid and 2 Maalox tablets tid for a 50-year-old man in the outpatient clinic.
Question 4 of 5
The client asks the nurse when to take these medications. The nurse should advise the man to take
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Strategy: All answers are implementations. Determine the outcome of each answer choice. Is it desired? (1) Maalox (antacids) decreases bonding to GI mucosa, don't give within 30 minutes of each other (2) Carafate best results on empty stomach, antacids decrease bonding to GI mucosa, so don't give within 30 minutes of each other (3) antacids decrease bonding to GI mucosa, so don't give within 30 minutes of each other (4) correct-Carafate has best results on empty stomach
Extract:
Question 5 of 5
The nurse is assessing a client with complaints of right lower quadrant pain.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Inspection is the first step in abdominal assessment, allowing the nurse to observe for distention, masses, or visible abnormalities before proceeding to auscultation, percussion, and palpation. Palpation last prevents discomfort that could alter other findings.