NCLEX-PN
Physiological Adaptation NCLEX Questions Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A batterer is usually someone who:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Many batterers report having been abused as children.
Question 2 of 5
The PN is caring for a client with diabetes insipidus. The nurse can expect the lab work to show:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: In diabetes insipidus, the pituitary releases too much antidiuretic hormone (ADH) causing the client to produce a large amount of dilute (decreased osmolarity) urine and causing dehydration (elevated serum osmolarity).
Choice 3 might be seen in a client with SIADH (syndrome of inappropriate ADH).
Choices 1 and 2 generally don't occur- urine and serum osmolarity typically move in opposite directions.
Question 3 of 5
Which intervention should the nurse take first to assist a woman who states that she feels incompetent as the mother of a teenage daughter?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The intervention priority with a mother who feels incompetent to parent a teenage daughter is to assist the mother to identify what she feels her crisis events are and to help her develop better coping skills and improve her mothering skills. With a teenager, the growth and development parameters have to be concentrated on self as well as acquiring an added event.
Choices 1, 2, and 4 do not directly address the mother's feelings of inadequacy.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse who was not promoted tells another friend, 'I knew I'd never get the job. The hospital administrator hates me.' If she actually believes this of the administrator, who, in reality, knows little of her, she is demonstrating:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Projection results in unconsciously adopting blaming behavior. It attributes unacceptable attributes to other people.
Question 5 of 5
Which of the following coping mechanisms protects an individual from anxiety?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Denial and fantasy reduce anxiety by avoiding or reimagining reality, serving as protective coping mechanisms, unlike the other options, which may not consistently reduce anxiety.