NCLEX-PN
Health Promotion and Maintenance NCLEX Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A complication of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) is the development of cholestasis. What is this condition?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Cholestasis from TPN is an intrahepatic interruption of bile flow, unlike cholangitis (duct inflammation), cholecystitis (gallbladder inflammation), or gallstone formation.
Question 2 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 3 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 4 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 5 of 5
A patient has been admitted to the hospital with a HNP L4-5 segment diagnosis. After 24 hours the patient is able to ambulate with assistance with reduced muscle spasms. Which of the following medications was the most beneficial in changing the patient's mobility status?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Flexeril is a muscle relaxant for acute muscle pain and spasms.