NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Trainer Test 5 Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
Which vitamin is directly involved in the metabolism of the hormones secreted by the parathyroid?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Vitamin D is critical for calcium absorption, which is regulated by parathyroid hormones. Vitamins C, K, and B9 are not directly involved.
Question 2 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client who is 4 days post-op for a transverse colostomy. The client is ready for discharge and asks the nurse to empty his colostomy pouch. What is the best response by the nurse?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Most adult learners obtain skills by participating in the activities. Anxiety about discharge can be causing the client to forget that they have mastered the skill of emptying the pouch. The client should show the nurse how the pouch is emptied.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client with a history of meningitis.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Droplet precautions are required for bacterial meningitis (e.g., Neisseria meningitidis) to prevent transmission via respiratory secretions. Standard precautions are insufficient, and contact or airborne precautions are incorrect.
Question 4 of 5
The spouse of a client who had an angioplasty following a heart attack says to the nurse, 'What is an angioplasty? It sounds like plastic surgery. My husband had a heart attack.' What information should be included in the nurse's response?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: An angioplasty is the insertion of a balloon-tipped catheter into a coronary artery. The balloon is inflated, opening up the artery and increasing blood flow through the coronary artery to the heart muscle. Angioplasty does not repair heart damage. A left heart cardiac catheterization is the diagnostic procedure that precedes angioplasty. Answer 2 describes a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedure.
Extract:
An elderly client with osteoarthritis.
Question 5 of 5
The homecare nurse is visiting an elderly client with osteoarthritis. It would be MOST important for the nurse to include which of the following instructions?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Strategy: All answers are implementations. Determine the outcome of each answer choice. Is it desired? (1) swimming is only one helpful exercise (2) correct-warm-up or 'stretching' exercises should always be done to begin and end exercising (3) severely painful joints should not be exercised (4) isometric exercises do not involve joint movement