NCLEX-PN
Health Promotion and Maintenance NCLEX Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A 50 milliliter (ml) bolus of normal saline fluid is ordered by the physician. The physician wants it to infuse in 30 minutes. The nurse should set the pump rate at:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: One hundred ml in one hour equals 50 ml in 30 minutes, which is what the physician prescribed.
Choice 2 is 10 ml more than the physician prescribed for 30 minutes.
Choice 3 is the same as
Choice 2; it is 10 ml more than the physician prescribed for 30 minutes.
Choice 4 only provides 25 ml over 30 minutes, or half the volume prescribed.
Question 2 of 5
Which of the following developmental milestones for a 6-month-old child should be screened by the nurse during a routine office visit?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Rolling over occurs between 4 and 6 months of age. Sitting up occurs between 7 and 8 months, creeping between 9 and 10 months, and standing between 8 and 10 months.
Question 3 of 5
Which of the following is one of the main goals for Healthy People 2010?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Healthy People 2010 has as its main goal elimination of health disparities among the U.S. population. Healthy People 2010 is a set of health objectives for the nation to achieve over the first decade of the twenty-first century and was developed by the Surgeon General's office. Earlier editions of this report, Healthy People and Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives established national health objectives and served as the basis for the development of state and community plans.
Question 4 of 5
Which of the following motions is identified with the corresponding action? (Action: Turning palm of hand over to face in the anterior direction, dorsum of the hand is pointed downward toward the floor.)
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Supination is described as 'Holding a bowl of soup in your hand,' which matches the action of turning the palm to face anteriorly.
Question 5 of 5
An appraisal of self-care practices involves an assessment of:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Short-term stressors impinging on a family include unemployment, being on welfare, the threat of termination, health, hospitalization, convalescence, depression, and suicidal thoughts. Long-term stressors impinging on the family include emotional distance, lack of communication in families (especially within marital relationships), continual geographical movement from one community to the next (so that no stable and sufficient social network is established), a spouse's minimal participation in family life, and excessive and frequent drinking bouts. Family strengths include the presence of a social support system, interest in and capability to provide child care, motivation for employment, and financial self-sufficiency, self-care beliefs, values, health-seeking behaviors, and realistic goals and limitations.