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NCLEX-RN EXAM REVIEW PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS When selecting an NCLEX answer or determining the order of priority what should you remember or use and what is the exception? - ANSWER-Use the ABC rule: Airway breathing, and circulation. The exception to the rule is with actual CPR, use C-A-...

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NCLEX-RN EXAM REVIEW PRACTICE

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS


When selecting an NCLEX answer or determining the order of priority what should you remember or use

and what is the exception? - ANSWER✔✔-Use the ABC rule: Airway breathing, and circulation. The

exception to the rule is with actual CPR, use C-A-B for CPR. Also remember safety first and acute before

chronic. If the pt. is not in distress then you assess. If the pt is in distress then you should do something.

If the pt has diaphorisis you should always do something.


How should you address questions related to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - ANSWER✔✔-Address

physiological needs first, followed by safety and security needs, love and belonging needs, self esteem

needs and finally self actualization needs. *When a physiological need is not addressed in the question,

look for the option that addresses safety.


If a question is related to the nursing process, read the question to determine the step of the nursing

process. What are the steps in the nursing process and what kind of question might be related to that

step. - ANSWER✔✔-Assessment question address the gathering and verification of data.




Analysis questions require the nurse to: interpret data, collect additional information, identify and

communicate nursing diagnoses and determine the health team's ability to meet the pts needs.




Planning questions ask about determining, prioritizing, and modifying outcomes of care.


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Implementation questions reflect the management and organization of care and the assignment and

delegation of tasks. Be prepared for questions on client teaching.




Evaluation questions focus on comparing the actual outcomes of care with the expected outcomes and

on communicating and documenting findings.


What are the normal ranges for H&H? What are the nursing implications - ANSWER✔✔-Hemoglobin -

Male 14-18 Female 12-16 Newborn 14-24




High altitude living increases value, slight decrease during pregnancy. Drug therapy can alter values.




Hematocrit - Male 42-52 Female 37-47 Newborn 44-64




Prolonged stasis from vasoconstriction secondary to the tourniquet can alter values. Abnormalities in

RBC size may alter Hct values


What are the normal ranges for WBC?


What can increase values?


What can decrease values?


How long does the postpartum period of pregnancy affect normal ranges? What range is normal during

the postpartum period? - ANSWER✔✔-Both genders 5000-10000 Newborn 9000-30000

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Anesthetics, stress, exercise, and convulsions can increased values.




Drug therapy can decrease values.




24-28 hr postpartum: a count as high as 25000 is normal


What are the normal ranges for RBC?


What can increase levels


What happens to levels during pregnancy? - ANSWER✔✔-Males: 4.7-6.1 million


Female: 4.2-5.4 million


Exercise and high altitudes can cause an increase levels


pregnancy usually lower values


drug therapy can alter values


Never draw a specimen from an arm with an infusing IV.


What are the normal ranges for PLATELETS?


What may increase values?


What may decrease values?


What drugs decrease values? - ANSWER✔✔-Both Genders: 150000-400000




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