NCLEX-RN EXAM PRACTICE WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024/2025
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NCLEX-RN EXAM PRACTICE WITH
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2024/2025
NCLEX-RN EXAM PRACTICE WITH
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2024/2025
NCLEX-RN EXAM PRACTICE WITH
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2024/2025
NCLEX-RN EXAM PRACTICE WITH
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2024/2025
NCLEX-R...
NCLEX-RN EXAM PRACTICE WITH
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2024/2025
A hurricane is coming, and nurses have been activated to open a shelter. What items should the
public be encouraged to bring to the shelter?
a. Food and clothing
b. Cats and dogs
c. Medication and records
d. Radios, televisions and other electronics - ANSWER-c. Medication and records
The public should be encouraged to bring all medications and medical records to the shelter. Space
will be limited at the shelter so they should not bring food, clothing or any type of electronics.
Animals will not be allowed at the shelter.
A nurse from the surgical care unit has been floated to your unit for the day. Which of the following
patients would you want to assign to this nurse?
a. Exacerbation of heart failure
b. Diabetes type II, new onset
c. Emergency appendectomy
d. Thyrotoxicosis - ANSWER-c. Emergency appendectomy
The nurse from the surgical care unit should be comfortable taking care of an emergency
appendectomy patient. This nurse should be most comfortable with pre- and post-operative
patients; therefore, the nurse should choose to give him or her those patients if available.
A patient inquires about the therapeutic uses of marijuana. You know that marijuana is used for what
therapeutic use?
a. Stimulating appetite
b. Stimulating energy
c. Reducing stress
,NCLEX-RN EXAM PRACTICE WITH
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d. Antibacterial agent - ANSWER-a. Stimulating appetite
A patient who has been assaulted is exhibiting signs of hyperventilation, pacing, rapid speech and
headache. What level of anxiety is this patient in?
a. Panic
b. Severe
c. Moderate
d. Psychotic - ANSWER-b. severe
This patient is displaying the signs of severe anxiety. This patient would display signs of
hyperventilation, purposeless activity, loud, rapid speech and headache. The other three options are
incorrect.
An elderly patient comes into the emergency department to rule out stroke. On admission, vital signs
are pulse 90, blood pressure 150/100, and respirations 20. An IV is run for the patient. Upon
reassessment 30 minutes later, vital signs are pulse 78, blood pressure 170/90, and respirations 24
and irregular. What action should the nurse consider taking?
a. Have the patient describe how they are feeling
b. Check the patient's Dilantin level
c. Decrease fluids
d. Encourage the patient to drink - ANSWER-c. Decrease fluids
The nurse should decrease the fluids based on this assessment. The patient is showing signs of
hypervolemia and increased intracranial pressure. The other three options are inappropriate for a
patient who is be monitored for a stroke.
If you were caring for a child who had croup that had to be in a cool mist tent, what action would you
need to take if the child became frightened and began crying consistently?
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A. Notify the physician and get an order for sedation.
B. Have the mother make the child stay in the tent.
C. Give the child a toy to play with in the tent.
D. Place the child in mom's lap and direct cool mist over the child's face. - ANSWER-D. Place the child
in mom's lap and direct cool mist over the child's face.
Crying will aggravate laryngospasm and increase hypoxia. This will lead to airway obstruction so it is
important to decrease crying quickly.
If your patient was taking clozapine (Clozaril), what laboratory result would you want to monitor for
adverse effects?
a. WBC count
b. Platelet count
c. Blood glucose
d. Liver function tests - ANSWER-a. WBC count
In which position would a patient with emphysema be able to enhance the effectiveness of their
breathing?
a. On the side, lying in bed
b. Sitting in a recliner
c. Sitting up in bed
d. Sitting on the side of the bed and leaning on an overbed table - ANSWER-d. Sitting on the side of
the bed and leaning on an overbed table
The correct hand placement for chest compressions is the:
a. Lower third of sternum
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b. Upper half of the sternum
c. Upper third of the sternum
d. Lower half of the sternum - ANSWER-d. Lower half of the sternum
The most appropriate place to check the pulse on a 1-month-old infant is:
a. Brachial
b. Carotid
c. Popliteal
d. Radial - ANSWER-a. Brachial
The older patient that you have been assigned to is having difficulty distinguishing between hot and
cold temperatures. Alteration of what gland activity would lead to this problem?
a. Parotid
b. Thymus
c. Pineal
d. Sweat - ANSWER-d. Sweat
There is a patient on the unit with herpes zoster. You would avoid assigning this patient to a staff
member who has never had or been vaccinated for:
a. Mumps
b. Chicken pox
c. Roseola
d. German measles - ANSWER-b. Chicken pox
What adverse effect would you observe in a patient who is taking an excessive amount of bupropion
(Wellbutrin)?
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