NCLEX-PN
Basic Care and Comfort NCLEX Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A standard walker is used when clients:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: A walker is used for clients who have balance problems, cardiac problems, or cannot use crutches or a cane. The client needs to bear partial weight and have strength in her wrists and arms. The client uses her upper body to propel the walker forward.
Question 2 of 5
A nursing care plan for a client with sleep problems has been implemented. All of the following should be expected outcomes except:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: An expected outcome is that the client falls asleep shortly after going to bed.
Question 3 of 5
The client with intermittent abdominal pain recently had a barium enema. The client calls the nurse to report passage of a soft-formed, pale-colored stool. What is the nurse's best response?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: A: Pale stools are expected due to residual barium. B: Pain doesn't cause pale stools. C: Diet doesn't affect barium-related stool color. D: Water aids barium passage but isn't indicated for soft stools.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse explains to a client who underwent gastric resection that which of the following meals is most likely to cause rapid emptying of the stomach?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Meals that are high in carbohydrates promote rapid gastric emptying. The other options are associated with decreased emptying time.
Question 5 of 5
A client is complaining of difficulty walking secondary to a mass in the foot. The nurse should document this finding as:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Morton's neuroma is a small mass or tumor in a digital nerve of the foot. Hallux valgus is referred to in lay terms as a bunion. Hammertoe is where one toe is cocked up over another toe. Plantar fasciitis is an inflammation of, or pain in, the arch of the foot.