NCLEX-PN
NCLEX Health Promotion and Maintenance Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A patient has recently been prescribed Zidovudine (Retrovir). The patient has AIDS. Which of the following side effects should the patient specifically watch out for?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Anemia and fever are associated with Zidovudine's side effects.
Question 2 of 5
When medications have an additive, synergistic, or antagonistic effect on a tissue, a reaction has occurred.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Pharmacodynamic reactions involve the effect of drugs on tissue receptors, causing additive, synergistic, or antagonistic effects.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse is caring for a postpartum woman who has relinquished her baby for adoption. The care plan for the client should include which of the following priority strategies?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Providing opportunities to express feelings addresses the immediate emotional needs of grief, loneliness, and guilt, which is a priority for supporting the woman's psychological well-being.
Question 4 of 5
Medication bound to protein can have which of the following effects?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Protein-bound drugs are inactive and less available for therapeutic effects until unbound. This does not enhance availability, speed distribution, or increase metabolism.
Question 5 of 5
An example of an extended care facility is a:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: When an elderly client has been hospitalized for an illness, under Medicare he or she can be transferred to a nursing facility.