NCLEX-PN
Integumentary System NCLEX Questions Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
The nurse is caring for clients in an outpatient surgery clinic. Which client should be assessed first?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Crying suggests emotional distress or pain, requiring immediate assessment. Sleeping, voiding, and discharge-ready clients are stable.
Question 2 of 5
The ED nurse is caring for a client admitted with extensive, deep partial-thickness and full-thickness burns. Which interventions should the nurse implement? List in order of priority.
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Correct Answer: D,B,E,A,C
Rationale: Priority: 1) Airway status (ABCs); 2) IV catheters/fluids (prevent shock); 3) Morphine (pain control); 4) Rule of nines (guide resuscitation); 5) Sterile dressings (infection prevention).
Question 3 of 5
The elderly client is admitted from the long-term care facility diagnosed with congestive heart failure. The client complains of severe itching on both hands and the nurse notes wavy, brown, threadlike lesions between the client’s fingers. Which comorbid condition would the nurse suspect the client of having based on these assessment data?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Itching and threadlike burrows between fingers indicate scabies. Tinea capitis affects the scalp, HSV-2 is genital, and psoriasis causes plaques.
Question 4 of 5
While the nurse is assessing the client hospitalized with recurrent lower-extremity cellulitis, the client states, 'I have athlete's foot; do you want to check it?' The nurse concludes that this information is significant for what reason?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Cellulitis is an infection with diffuse inflammation occurring in the tissue just under the skin. Chronic athlete's foot causes minute breaks in the skin, allowing bacteria on the skin to enter the tissue and cause the infectious process. Cellulitis is caused by a bacterial infection, not fungal. Cellulitis requires antibiotics, not fungicides. Neuralgia is associated with herpes zoster, not cellulitis.
Question 5 of 5
Of the following information provided by the client to the nurse, which factor is most likely to cause a retinal detachment?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Trauma, such as a head injury, is a common cause of retinal detachment.