NCLEX-PN
Basic Care and Comfort NCLEX Questions
Question 1 of 5
Which of the following is an appropriate nursing goal for a client at risk for nutritional problems?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Promoting healthy nutritional practices is an appropriate nursing goal for a client at risk for nutritional problems.
Choice A is incorrect because it is a nursing intervention, not a goal statement.
Choice C is incorrect because it is a therapeutic treatment.
Choice D is incorrect because weight gain is an appropriate goal only if the client is underweight.
Question 2 of 5
The nurse explains to a client who underwent gastric resection that which of the following meals is most likely to cause rapid emptying of the stomach?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Meals that are high in carbohydrates promote rapid gastric emptying. The other options are associated with decreased emptying time.
Question 3 of 5
When making an occupied bed, it is important for the nurse to:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Using a bath blanket or top sheet keeps the client warm and provides privacy. Keeping the bed in the low position and working above raised side rails might strain the nurse's back. Continually moving back and forth to tuck and arrange linen is time-consuming and disorganized.
Question 4 of 5
Nurses caring for clients who have cancer and are taking opioids need to assess for all of the following except:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Addiction is not of primary concern when treating the pain of terminally ill clients. Clients with cancer who are taking opioid analgesics can develop tolerance, constipation, and sedation.
Question 5 of 5
A client is complaining of difficulty walking secondary to a mass in the foot. The nurse should document this finding as:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Morton's neuroma is a small mass or tumor in a digital nerve of the foot. Hallux valgus is referred to in lay terms as a bunion. Hammertoe is where one toe is cocked up over another toe. Plantar fasciitis is an inflammation of, or pain in, the arch of the foot.