NCLEX-PN
Health Promotion and Maintenance NCLEX Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A client asks the nurse what risk factors increase the chances of getting skin cancer. The risk factors include all except:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Diet and foods are not established risk factors for skin cancer, unlike fair complexion, sun exposure, and history of sunburns.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse suspects a patient is developing Bell's Palsy. The nurse wants to test the function of cranial nerve VII. Which of the following would be the most appropriate testing procedures?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The facial nerve (VII) is motor to the face and sensory to the anterior tongue.
Question 3 of 5
A 32 year-old male with a complaint of dizziness has an order for Morphine via. IV. The nurse should do which of the following first?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Dizziness can be a sign of hypotension, that may a contraindication with Morphine.
Question 4 of 5
The school nurse is conducting health screenings on schoolchildren. During the screening, she identifies a child with the behavioral characteristics of attention deficit disorder. Which of the following behaviors is consistent with this disorder?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Children with attention deficit disorder are easily distracted but are able to carry on a conversation. Concrete thinking is more indicative of age, and slow speech development has more to do with other learning disabilities.
Question 5 of 5
After 12 months of cessation of menses, which of the following assessment findings in a client who is taking hormone replacement therapy should the nurse report to the physician immediately?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Uterine bleeding on combination hormone replacement therapy, after 12 months of menses cessation, indicates an increased risk of carcinoma and should be reported to the physician immediately. Breast tenderness, weight gain, and fluid retention are all routine side effects of hormone replacement therapy. They should be noted in the record and reported to the physician, but they are not urgent.