NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Trainer Test 9 Questions
Extract:
A client suspected to have bulimia.
Question 1 of 5
Which of the following observations by the nurse would MOST likely indicate bulimia?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Strategy: Determine the cause of each symptom. Does it relate to bulimia? (1) common with anorexia (2) seen with anorexia (3) correct-due to frequent vomiting (4) bulimics are normal in appearance
Extract:
Question 2 of 5
Which laboratory test conducted on the client with diabetes mellitus indicates compliance?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Hgb A-1C reflects average blood glucose over 2-3 months, indicating long-term compliance. Options A, B, and D provide short-term snapshots and are less reliable for compliance.
Question 3 of 5
A victim of domestic violence states to the nurse, 'If only I could change and be how my companion wants me to be, I know things would be different.' Which would be the best response by the nurse?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Batterers lose self-control because of their own internal reasons, not because of what their partner did or did not do. This clarifies that the abuser is responsible for the violence.
Question 4 of 5
Under the supervision of the registered nurse, a student nurse is changing the dressing of a 49-year-old woman with a newly inserted peritoneal dialysis catheter. Which of the following activities, if performed by the student nurse after removal of the old dressing, would require an intervention by the registered nurse?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: should clean from insertion site outward toward outer abdomen
Question 5 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client who is terminally ill. Upon admission, the client signed advance directives indicating that she does not wish to have any resuscitative measures. The client is now in and out of consciousness. Her daughter comes to the nurse and says, 'I want everything done for my mother if she stops breathing.' How should the nurse respond?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Discussing advance directives respects the client's documented wishes, clarifying the DNR order with the daughter to ensure alignment.