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2024 (FEBRUARY) NCLEX PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE VERIFIED SOLUTIONS BY EXPERTS A nurse on a pediatric oncology unit is helping parents of a child who is terminally ill to prepare for the impeding loss of there child. Which of the following statements shold the nurse make? a. the nursi...

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2024 (FEBRUARY) NCLEX PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE VERIFIED SOLUTIONS BY EXPERTS


A nurse on a pediatric oncology unit is helping parents of a child who is
terminally ill to prepare for the impeding loss of there child. Which of the
following statements shold the nurse make?


a. the nursing staff will bathe your child and take care of his daily needs
b. you're child will be most comfortable in a low-stimulation environment
c. would you like assistance in planning where you're child will die?
d. would you like hospice to continue providing curative care in you're home?
Would you like assistance in planning where you're child will die?


-the nurse should inform the parents that they can choose to keep the child in a hospital
setting or take the child home to die
A nurse is caring for a client who is in skeletal traction following a femur fracture.
On entering, the nurse finds that the client has slid toward the foot of the bed,
and the traction weight is resting on the floor. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take?


a. remove the weight temporarily to reposition the client to the correct alignment
in bed
b. have the client use a trapeze to pull himself up while ensuring the weight
hangs freely
c. lift the rope off the pulley while the client rocks back and forth to reposition
himself
d. lift the weight manually while another staff member moves the client up in bed
Have the client use a trapeze to pull himself up while ensuring the weight hangs freely

,- the nurse should not lift or remove the weight without a prescription because this could
interfere with the correct alignment of the extremity
A nurse is caring for a client who takes warfarin to treat chronic atrial fibrillation
and has early manifestations of Alzheimer's disease. The client's partner asks the
nurse if the client would benefit from taking Ginkgo biloba. Which of the following
responses should the nurse make?


a. Ginkgo biloba will likely interfere with the effectiveness of his other
medications
b. you should ask his provider is Ginkgo biloba is safe
c. Ginkgo biloba is most effective in the later stages of Alzheimer's disease
d. people who have Alzheimer's disease should adhere to the medication regimen
there provider prescribes
Ginkgo biloba will likely interfere with the effectiveness of his other medications


- Ginkgo biloba increase risk of bleeding
- Don't ask provider because it refers the client's partner to another professional without
responding to the question
A nurse is caring for a client who has a 20-year history of COPD and is receiving
oxygen at 2 L/min via nasal cannula. The client is dyspneic and has an oxygen
saturation via pulse oximetry of 85%. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take?


a. place non rebreather mask on the client and increase the oxygen flow to 3
L/min
b. prepare the client for possible endotracheal intubation and mechanical
ventilation
c. increase the oxygen flow and request an arterial blood gas determination
d. position the client supine and administer an anti anxiety medication
Increase the oxygen flow and request an arterial blood gas determination

, A nurse is providing postoperative teaching to the parent of a 3-month-old infant
who is recovering from an umbilical hernia repair. Which of the following
statemnts by the parent indicates an understanding of the teaching?


a. I will expect the site to bulge when my baby cries
b. I will place a belly band around my baby's abdomen
c. I will fold the baby's diaper away from the incision
d. I will bathe my child in the bathtub daily
I will fold the baby's diaper away from the incision


- to protect form contamination
A nurse is preparing to test the function of cranial nerve X. Which of the following
assessment procedures should the nurse use?


a. have the client open his mouth and say "ahh"
b. ask the client to identify the scent of coffee
c. use a tongue blade to provoke a gag reflex
d. have the client smile and raise his eyebrows
Have the client open his mouth and say "ahh"
A nurse is reviewing the medical history of a client who has spasticity due to
multiple sclerosis and a new prescription for tizanidine. Which of the following
comorbidities increases the client's risk of adverse effects while taking this
medication?


a. Pneumonia
b. Benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH)
c. Hepatitis
d. Diabetes mellitus
Hepatitis

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