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NCLEX-RN Practice Test
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The NCLEX exam covers these topics: Basic Nursing Care, Management and Practice Directives, Preventing Risks and Complications, Caring for Acute and Chronic Conditions, Safety, Mental Health, Pharmacology and Growth and Development.
 

NCLEX-RN Practice Test
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1. Which method should be the last resort in assisting a patient who is experiencing mild anxiety?
2. A nurse is putting together an educational seminar on advance directives. What information would be included in the materials?
3. A nurse is attempting to speak with a client about his personal feelings of self-esteem and self-concept. Which of the following questions is most appropriate for assessing a client's personal identity?
4. A nurse just started a blood transfusion for a patient with a Hemoglobin of 6. The patient says, 'I feel hot, my stomach hurts, and I am having difficulty breathing.' What should be the nurses first action?
5. Which of the following is an organizational factor that affects workplace violence directed at nurses?
6. Which of the following is an example of client handling equipment?
7. Which of the following complications is associated with premature rupture of membranes in the pregnant client?
8. Mr. W has orders for a physical therapy consult. The nurse contacts the appropriate department but 12 hours later, no one has come to see the client. Which is the most appropriate action of the nurse?
9. A patient with a history of schizophrenia says "The medical staff is secretly employed by the CIA to take me out." The nurse should respond as follows:
10. A drug form in which medication particles are instilled into a liquid and combined through agitation of the solution is called:
11. While preparing for discharge, a patient makes the statement to the nurse, I'm not sure I will be able to take care of myself at home." Who is the most appropriate team member to report this statement?"
12. A patient, who weighs 143 pounds, has a prescription for Garamycin at two mg/kg, IV, every eight hours. There is 100 mg in 50 ml solution on hand. The nurse should administer __________ milliliters to the patient with each dose.
13. A nurse is educating a female client about progesterone. Which of the following information is appropriate to include in this teaching?
14. A nurse is preparing to talk about body changes with a client who just had a bilateral mastectomy. Which of the following actions of the nurse is most appropriate during this discussion?
15. A nurse working in the telemetry unit receives a call that a patient's EKG rhythm has transitioned into Atrial Fibrillation. Which medication is the patient likely to receive long-term in relation to this diagnosis?
16. A nurse is attempting to assess a client's pulse in his foot. She palpates the pulse on the anterior aspect of his ankle, below the lower end of the medial malleolus. Which type of pulse is this nurse taking?
17. Mrs. J is in the adult ICU on a ventilator. The nurse caring for her recognizes that her endotracheal tube needs suctioning. Based on the nurse's understanding of this procedure, what level of pressure should the nurse apply while suctioning?
18. The nurse enters the room of a patient complaining of lower back pain after a left hip replacement surgery. What non-pharmacological intervention would not be appropriate?
19. In which of the following ways can the nurse promote the sense of taste for an older adult?
20. The nurse notices a CNA using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer after walking out of a room marked as Enteric Contact Precautions. What should the nurse's response be?
21. A nurse is caring for a child whose parents live in a home with several other unrelated children and adults. Some of the people who live in the home have visited and the nurse discovers that this group all shares finances and living conditions. What type of family is this most likely an example of?
22. Which of the following statements to the Type 2 Diabetic patient by the nurse is correct?
23. A patient is having a tonic-clonic seizure. A nurse should take which of the following steps?
24. Which of the following lab tests would be considered Point of Care testing?
25. A patient is not to eat or drink anything 24 hours before a colonoscopy.