NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Trainer Test 10 Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
Which of the following statements, if made to the nurse, indicates parental understanding about the cause of their newborn's diagnosis of cystic fibrosis (CF)?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: cystic fibrosis is inherited by an autosomal recessive trait
Question 2 of 5
A client is scheduled for a cardiac catheterization, and the nurse teaches him about the procedure. What statements, if made by the client, would indicate to the nurse that he understands the teaching?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: peripheral pulses checked every 15 min for 1 h, then every 30 min for 2 h, then every 4 h
Question 3 of 5
The nurse is caring for a postoperative patient. Four hours after surgery, the patient voids 200 cc of urine with a specific gravity of 1.019. The nurse should
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: amount and specific gravity normal (1.010-1.030)
Question 4 of 5
Which of the following strategies would be MOST therapeutic as the nurse tries to analyze a bulimic client's eating habits and the circumstances that precipitate the client's eating problems?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: implementation, nurse is trying to analyze and understand what triggers the client's binging and purging activities, so therapeutic nursing intervention of assigning a thought/feelings/actions (T/F/
A) journal relating to client's eating behaviors will be most helpful to the nurse and therapeutic to the client; after this information is gained and reviewed, collaboration by the nurse and client on other strategies such as delay and distraction techniques, stress reduction, and developing a 'lifeline' in relation to eating behaviors will further benefit the client
Extract:
The neonatal nurse is instructing the family of a newborn about an apnea monitor.
Question 5 of 5
The nurse should be MOST concerned if a family member makes which of the following statements?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Strategy: 'MOST concerned' indicates that you are looking for an incorrect statement. (1) appropriate behavior (2) appropriate behavior (3) appropriate behavior (4) correct-indicates a feeling that monitor may not let them know if their infant stops breathing